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Hard work was hardwired into Dr. Feelgood's DNA. They never left the road, not even after the death of their lead singer Lee Brilleaux in 1994. Nearly two decades after his demise, a lineup of Dr. Feelgood containing no original members continues to grind out gigs across the United Kingdom, a testament to the band's take-no-prisoners aesthetic, even if their presence tends to obscure what made the Feelgoods so special in the mid-'70s. It took Julien Temple's 2009 documentary Oil City Confidential to remind the world at large about Dr. Feelgood's crucial place in history, how they turned pub rock into something tougher, harder, leaner, and meaner, something that paved the way for punk rock just a few years later. Oil City Confidential told the story, but it's All Through the City (With Wilko 1974-1977) that provides the supporting evidence. A four-CD/one-DVD box chronicling everything that the original lineup of Brilleaux, guitarist Wilko Johnson, bassist John B. Sparks, and drummer John "The Big Figure" Martin recorded during their four years together, All Through the City contains all the vital music Dr. Feelgood ever recorded. They'd make other good records -- 1978's Private Practice and its hit single "Milk & Alcohol," for instance -- but this is the music that made the band's legacy, and it still packs a wallop: this is intense, gritty, hard rock & roll, its love of old R&B tying it somewhat to the past but the vicious vigor of the performances still feeling modern. This lacerating energy is best felt on the live performances -- their hit album Stupidity and the television performances collected on the DVD -- but their first two LPs, Down by the Jetty and Malpractice contain much of the same nervy spirit, conveyed by Wilko's slashing cubist guitar and Brilleaux's growl. On the welcome disc of rarities that concludes this set, some of the thought behind the band's evolution is evident -- an early version of "Roxette" betrays some deep doo wop roots that the group defiantly shook off just a year later -- but that only strengthens the case for Dr. Feelgood. They knew precisely how to trim away the fat, they knew what mattered: the hard angular riffs, the throttling rhythms, the sense of malicious malevolence that pervades even the love songs. All of that is showcased on All Through the City, a box set that captures Dr. Feelgood in all of their rage and glory.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Pat Moran, Engineer - Vic Maile, Producer - Lee Brilleaux, Vocals - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer, Guitar - The Big Figure, Drums - KINGSLEY WARD, Engineer - John B Sparks, Bass
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975, 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
John Lee Hooker, Composer - Vic Maile, Producer - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Dave Charles, Engineer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - Vic Maile, Producer - Lee Brilleaux, Vocals - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer, Guitar - The Big Figure, Drums - KINGSLEY WARD, Engineer - John B Sparks, Bass
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975, 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Producer - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer, Writer - Dave Charles, Engineer - Dr Feelgood, Performance
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975, 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - Vic Maile, Producer - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer - KINGSLEY WARD, Engineer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - Vic Maile, Producer - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer - KINGSLEY WARD, Engineer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - Vic Maile, Producer - Lee Brilleaux, Vocals - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer, Guitar - The Big Figure, Drums - KINGSLEY WARD, Engineer - John B Sparks, Bass
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975, 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Producer, Engineer - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer - Dr Feelgood, Performance
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - Vic Maile, Producer - Lee Brilleaux, Vocals - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer, Guitar - The Big Figure, Drums - KINGSLEY WARD, Engineer - John B Sparks, Bass
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975, 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - Vic Maile, Producer - Lee Brilleaux, Vocals - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer, Guitar - The Big Figure, Drums - KINGSLEY WARD, Engineer - John B Sparks, Bass
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975, 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - Vic Maile, Producer - Jupp, Composer - Lee Brilleaux, Vocals - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Guitar - The Big Figure, Drums - KINGSLEY WARD, Engineer - John B Sparks, Bass
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975, 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mansfield, Composer - Pat Moran, Engineer - Vic Maile, Producer - Mike Maxfield, Composer - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - KINGSLEY WARD, Engineer - Robin McDonald, Composer - Michael Greco, Composer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
WILLIAMS, Composer - Vic Maile, Producer - Chuck Rio, Composer - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Vic Maile And The Pye Mobile, Engineer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Producer - Bob Andrews, Keyboards, Piano, Saxophone - Ellis McDaniels, Composer - Samuel Smith, Composer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Doug Bennett, Engineer - Wilko Johnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums - John B Sparks, Bass
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dr. Feelgood, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Doug Bennett, Engineer - Wilko Johnson, Composer - Mick Green, Composer - Nigel Brooke - Hart, Tape - Dr Feelgood, Producer, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Producer - Dr. Feelgood, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Doug Bennett, Engineer - Wilko Johnson, Composer - Nigel Brooke - Hart, Tape - Dr Feelgood, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Producer - Dr. Feelgood, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Doug Bennett, Engineer - Wilko Johnson, Composer - Nigel Brooke - Hart, Tape - Dr Feelgood, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Producer - Bob Andrews, Keyboards, Piano, Saxophone - Morganfield, Composer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Doug Bennett, Engineer - Wilko Johnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums - John B Sparks, Bass
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dr. Feelgood, Producer, Engineer, Vocals, Performance, MainArtist - Doug Bennett, Engineer - Wilko Johnson, Composer - Nigel Brooke - Hart, Tape - Dr Feelgood, Producer, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
PARKER, Composer - Vic Maile, Producer - Bob Andrews, Keyboards, Piano, Saxophone - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Doug Bennett, Engineer - Wilko Johnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums - John B Sparks, Bass
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vincent, Composer - Bob Andrews, Piano - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Doug Bennett, Engineer - Huey Piano Smith, Composer - Nigel Brooke - Hart, Tape - Dr Feelgood, Producer, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jerry Leiber, Composer - Mike Stoller, Composer - Vic Maile, Producer - Bob Andrews, Keyboards, Piano, Saxophone - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Doug Bennett, Engineer - Wilko Johnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums - John B Sparks, Bass
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Nick Lowe, Composer - Johnson, Composer - Sparks, Composer - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Doug Bennett, Engineer - Nigel Brooke - Hart, Tape - Dr Feelgood, Producer, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bob Andrews, Piano - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Doug Bennett, Engineer - Wilko Johnson, Composer - Nigel Brooke - Hart, Tape - Dr Feelgood, Producer, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
DISC 2
Chuck Berry, Composer - Vic Maile, Mixer - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Vic Maile with The Manor Mobile, Engineer - Dr Feelgood, Producer, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Mixer - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer - Vic Maile with The Manor Mobile, Engineer - Dr Feelgood, Producer, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Solomon Burke, Composer - Vic Maile, Mixer, Engineer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums, Backing Vocals - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1976, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Mixer - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, Engineer, Vocals, Performance, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer - Vic Maile with The Manor Mobile, Engineer - Dr Feelgood, Producer, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
ELLAS MCDANIEL, Composer - Vic Maile, Mixer - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, Engineer, Vocals, Performance, MainArtist - Vic Maile with The Manor Mobile, Engineer - Dr Feelgood, Producer, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Rufus Thomas, Composer, Lyricist - Vic Maile, Mixer, Engineer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums, Backing Vocals - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1976, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Mixer - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer - Vic Maile with The Manor Mobile, Engineer - Dr Feelgood, Producer, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Mixer, Engineer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals - Mick Green, Composer - The Big Figure, Drums, Backing Vocals - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1976, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Mixer - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer - Vic Maile with The Island Mobile, Engineer - Dr Feelgood, Producer, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Mixer, Engineer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums, Backing Vocals - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1976, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Writer - Vic Maile, Mixer, Engineer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums, Backing Vocals - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1976, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Sonny Boy Williamson, Composer - Vic Maile, Mixer, Engineer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums, Backing Vocals - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1976, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Mixer - Dr. Feelgood, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer, Writer - Vic Maile with The Island Mobile, Engineer - Dr Feelgood, Producer, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - Bert De Coteaux, Producer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals - Tim Hinkley, Keyboards - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - Bert De Coteaux, Producer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals - Tim Hinkley, Keyboards - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - GLUCK, Composer - Bert De Coteaux, Producer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals - Cirino Colacrai, Composer - Eddie Fontaine, Composer - Tim Hinkley, Keyboards - Diane Lambert, Composer - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - Bert De Coteaux, Producer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals - Tim Hinkley, Keyboards - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - Bert De Coteaux, Producer - Malcolm Rebennack, Composer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Seth David, Composer - Wilko Johnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals - Tim Hinkley, Keyboards - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - Bert De Coteaux, Producer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals - Lew Lewis, Composer - The Big Figure, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals - Tim Hinkley, Keyboards - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - Bert De Coteaux, Producer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals - Tim Hinkley, Keyboards - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - WILLIE DIXON, Composer - Bert De Coteaux, Producer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals - Tim Hinkley, Keyboards - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - Bert De Coteaux, Producer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals - Tim Hinkley, Keyboards - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Pat Moran, Engineer - Bert De Coteaux, Producer - Lee Brilleaux, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals - The Big Figure, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals - Tim Hinkley, Keyboards - E McDaniel, Composer - John B Sparks, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977, 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
DISC 3
SMITH, Composer - Peter Mew, Mixer - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Doug Bennett, Engineer - Nigel Brooke - Hart, AssistantEngineer - Andrew Lauder, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dr. Feelgood, Producer, MainArtist - Wilko Johnson, Composer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Writer - Peter Mew, Mixer - Dr. Feelgood, MainArtist - Doug Bennett, Engineer - Nigel Brooke - Hart, AssistantEngineer - Andrew Lauder, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
Hard work was hardwired into Dr. Feelgood's DNA. They never left the road, not even after the death of their lead singer Lee Brilleaux in 1994. Nearly two decades after his demise, a lineup of Dr. Feelgood containing no original members continues to grind out gigs across the United Kingdom, a testament to the band's take-no-prisoners aesthetic, even if their presence tends to obscure what made the Feelgoods so special in the mid-'70s. It took Julien Temple's 2009 documentary Oil City Confidential to remind the world at large about Dr. Feelgood's crucial place in history, how they turned pub rock into something tougher, harder, leaner, and meaner, something that paved the way for punk rock just a few years later. Oil City Confidential told the story, but it's All Through the City (With Wilko 1974-1977) that provides the supporting evidence. A four-CD/one-DVD box chronicling everything that the original lineup of Brilleaux, guitarist Wilko Johnson, bassist John B. Sparks, and drummer John "The Big Figure" Martin recorded during their four years together, All Through the City contains all the vital music Dr. Feelgood ever recorded. They'd make other good records -- 1978's Private Practice and its hit single "Milk & Alcohol," for instance -- but this is the music that made the band's legacy, and it still packs a wallop: this is intense, gritty, hard rock & roll, its love of old R&B tying it somewhat to the past but the vicious vigor of the performances still feeling modern. This lacerating energy is best felt on the live performances -- their hit album Stupidity and the television performances collected on the DVD -- but their first two LPs, Down by the Jetty and Malpractice contain much of the same nervy spirit, conveyed by Wilko's slashing cubist guitar and Brilleaux's growl. On the welcome disc of rarities that concludes this set, some of the thought behind the band's evolution is evident -- an early version of "Roxette" betrays some deep doo wop roots that the group defiantly shook off just a year later -- but that only strengthens the case for Dr. Feelgood. They knew precisely how to trim away the fat, they knew what mattered: the hard angular riffs, the throttling rhythms, the sense of malicious malevolence that pervades even the love songs. All of that is showcased on All Through the City, a box set that captures Dr. Feelgood in all of their rage and glory.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 70 track(s)
- Total length: 03:44:45
- Main artists: Dr. Feelgood
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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