THE KNACK – GET THE KNACK LP – Nr MINT UK 1979 PUNK NEW WAVE POWER POP

The Knack – Get The Knack
(Capitol Records  1979  EST11948)
UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Sleeve in Nr MINT- condition
– some slight wear to edges & a little rubbing top & bottom

The Knack was an American power pop band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1978 by Doug Fieger (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Berton Averre (lead guitar, backing vocals), Prescott Niles (bass) and Bruce Gary (drums). Spearheaded by the success of their debut single “My Sharona”, their first album, Get the Knack (1979), reached number-one in several countries. However, their next two albums, …But The Little Girls Understand (1980) and Round Trip (1981), were less successful, leading the band to disband in 1982.

Get the Knack is the debut album by the Knack, released in June 1979. At the time, the album was one of the most successful debuts in history, selling over one million copies in less than two months and spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. The lead single from the album, “My Sharona”, was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks and number one on Billboard’s Top Pop Singles of 1979 year end chart.

Track listing

Side 1

1. “Let Me Out” (Doug Fieger, Berton Averre) – 2:20
2. “Your Number or Your Name” (Fieger, Averre) – 2:57
3. “Oh Tara” (Fieger) – 3:04
4. “(She’s So) Selfish” (Fieger, Averre) – 4:30
5. “Maybe Tonight” (Fieger) – 4:00
6. “Good Girls Don’t” (Fieger) – 3:07

Side 2

1. “My Sharona” (Fieger, Averre) – 4:52
2. “Heartbeat” (Bob Montgomery, Norman Petty) – 2:11
3. “Siamese Twins (The Monkey and Me)” (Fieger, Averre) – 3:25
4. “Lucinda” (Fieger, Averre) – 4:00
5. “That’s What the Little Girls Do” (Fieger) – 2:41
6. “Frustrated” (Fieger, Averre) – 3:51

Personnel

• Doug Fieger – rhythm guitar, lead vocals
• Berton Averre – lead guitar
• Bruce Gary – drums
• Prescott Niles – bass