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The Donnas | 
| Artist: The Donnas
Label: Lookout -- Mordam --
Category: Music
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 306303
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 763361020123
EAN: 0763361020123
ASIN: B000007Q6I
Release Date: July 28, 1998
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| Tracks:
| • | Hey, I'm Gonna Be Your Girl | | • | Let's Go Mano | | • | Teenage Runaway | | • | Lana & Steve | | • | I'm Gonna Make Him Mine (Tonight) | | • | Huff All Night | | • | I Don't Wanna Go | | • | We Don't Go | | • | Friday Fun | | • | Everybody's Smoking Cheeba | | • | Get Rid of That Girl | | • | Drive In | | • | Do You Wanna Go Out With Me | | • | Rock 'N' Roll Boy | | • | High School Yum Yum | | • | Boy Like You | | • | Let's Rab | | • | Let's Go Mano | | • | Last Chance Dance | | • | I Wanna Be a Unabomber | | • | Da Doo Ron Ron | | • | I Don't Want to Go to School | | • | I Don't Wanna Rock 'N' Roll Tonight |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 The Donnas June 24, 1999
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
In my opinion this is much better that American Teenage Rock n' Roll Machine. The songs are raw and don't suffer from overproduction. The songwriting is awesome and they just seem to have more spirit on this one. This is one of my favorite albums ever: every song is great. Some of them could have been recorded better, but this is the catchiest stuff they've done (although I haven't bought the new one yet). Many of these songs (i.e., Lana and Stevie, I Don't Wanna Rock N' Roll Tonight, High School Yum Yum ...) are classics in the girl punk pop genre. Very worth buying.
 Not The Best Place To Start your "Donnas" Collection.... May 15, 2003
"The Woj" (Downers Grove, IL)
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
If you are considering this album for your introduction to the ... female rock band "The Donnas", enter the words "Donnas", "Rock", "Roll", & "Machine" in the search box and hit go. Forget this one for now. The album's sound is very raw. The production and the musicianship is extremely poor (not that the Ramones, Joan Jett or Clash are/were virtuosos, but this very is weak). The Donnas are obviously influenced by the previously mentioned bands, along with a little Ace Frehley/Kiss thrown in. This release, however, does not really reflect those influences very well. The songs really do sound the same (my mommy said that about Judas Priest & Black Sabbath). Some of the songs at times are even unlistenable. I doubt anyone but an ... fan would play this disc more than once; and only then because they're too lazy to get up & click off the repeat button. My advice it to start with "American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine" and just get every Donnas album after that in one swift "super-saver" purchase. The bands progress from this album to "R 'N' R Machine" is tremendous...
best of their albums February 21, 2004
bryan (NY city)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
i don't understand the lack of respect for this album. i get the hunch that the other reviewers are a bit more into pop music than punk rock. this album is the most raw and purely punk than the others. this definitely has a ramones feel as well as some of the better lofi garage bands out there. the donnas seem to have gotten away from this sound which is a shame because this album is a gem and i was hoping the following stuff would be more of the same.
 underrated and raw September 26, 2003
schteezer carrerra (forest hills, n y)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The above reviews are far too harsh. This album is pure punk, in style and spirit. Their later albums veer more towards KISS and AC/DC which is all well and good. But here you will hear essential and entertaining grrl punk anthems like "i'm gonna make him mine tonite" and "i don't wanna go to school"
Incredible CD, not a place to start October 27, 2005
jlennon314 (AR)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have to agree with previous reviewers in that this is not the place to start with The Donnas. Oddly enough, though, this was my first Donnas CD. Not only that, but after listening to it, I immediately went on Amazon and bought all of their other albums. So in only a couple of weeks, I owned all 6 albums.
The Donnas are known as the "female Ramones." Well, this is the reason why. This CD is a complete Ramones rip-off CD. But this is NOT a bad thing for one glaring reason - The Donnas are very, very good. It already shows in this, their first album. It sounds vastly different from their other efforts - little soloing, faster playing, and an overall high school anti-cheerleader sort of sound and feel. Great songs such as "Hey, I'm Gonna Be Your Girl," "Let's Go Mano!," and "Get Rid of that Girl" play through my speakers about once a day. The great, simple yet inspired songwriting that these girls show is subtle in this album, but it's strong enough that you can hear it and say to yourself "these girls are good."
So why only four stars? Well, like I said, this isn't a place to start for most people unless you are a '77-punk admirer. It captures that sound to a T, even down to the recording. The recording quality actually varies across the album, with some songs sounding like they were recorded on a handheld pocket recorder, and others sounding just perfect. That may throw off some people, too.
Overall, 23 songs, only 41 minutes - what's there to hate? If you hate the song you're hearing, it'll be over soon. And with this kind of music, the more the better.
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