The '69 Sound is such a good album, I love albums where nearly every song is killer and packed with hooks. Definitely their strongest album. American Slang is good as well but just not as good as The '69 Sound, the songs don't seem as memorable and don't pack the same punch. Sink Or Swim is OK and is their most 'punk' sounding album but the band were only really finding their feet at that stage.
I wouldn't really consider them a punk band as such anymore, they moved away from punk towards rock and roll the same way The Replacements did in the 80's. But like The Replacements they kind of kept that punk spirit deep inside.
I'm looking forward to a new album next year and hopefully it will be a blinder. That Horrible Crowes song sounds pretty good and it has a nice mellower sound to it. I might check out that album.
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