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Steve Lamacq plays out the 1978 debut album from Edinburgh based punk banc The Rezillos - Can't Stand The Rezillos which was released 21st July 2023 via Sire Records.

The album came off the success of their debut single "Can't Stand My Baby" released in August 1977 on the independent Edinburgh-based record label Sensible Records. The group signed with New York-based label Sire Records which at the time was seen as the major label best for emerging punk and new wave bands, as they had already signed the Ramones and Talking Heads.

The album was recorded during February 1978 at producer Tony Bongiovi's studio the Power Station in New York City. Due to illness Bongiovi was unable to attend the majority of the recording sessions, in his absence his engineer Bob Clearmountain ended up producing most of the album. The band recognised Clearmountain's contribution and asked for his name to be included on the production credits.

NME's Paul Morley reviewed the album saying "13 quick cuts lustily shot through with cheap culture combinations ... The group's inventiveness does things with noise that are a little too clever for hippy-happy exhilaration; there's no chance of any calculated innocence here ... But it's all very clever: the parodied dissatisfaction of punk; the lashings of beat and controlled chaos; the frenzied passion of the production, and, above all else, lots of cosmic vibes, maan."

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