This Flinty Knack Deep Cut Will Make You Forget the ‘My Sharona’ Backlash
The Knack began a career-souring six-week run atop the charts 45 years ago this week with “My Sharona.” A terrific deep cut got lost along the way.
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The Knack – ‘Round Trip’ (1981): Forgotten Series
Ranking as perhaps the Knack’s greatest album, ‘Round Trip’ sadly failed to make the impact it so rightfully deserved.
Nick DeRiso’s Mid-Year Best of 2015 (Reissues + Live): Rolling Stones, John Oates, Yes + others
This Mid-Year Best of 2015 list also includes Emerson Lake and Palmer, Gov’t Mule, Jeff Beck, Lead Belly, the Knack and the Staple Singers.
The Knack – ‘Normal as the Next Guy’ (2001; 2015 reissue)
‘Normal as the Next Guy’ should have – once again – been more than enough to hot-wire a comeback for the Knack. So what went wrong this time?
Power Pop Songs Other Than ‘Go All the Way’: Gimme Five
Big Star, the Romantics and the Knack make our list of power pop songs that deserve some of the attention that the Raspberries’ titanic hit usually gets.
Rock is Dead! Songs by Todd Rundgren, the Knack, Elvis Costello, others: Gimme Five
To celebrate October, autumn and U2’s recent marketing fiasco, here’s a few songs about the death of everyone’s favorite bad penny, rock ‘n’ roll.
The Knack – ‘Serious Fun’ (1991): Forgotten series
Rocking to attention, ‘Serious Fun’ proved the Knack still had the knack.
The Knack – ‘Time Waits For No One: The Complete Recordings’ (2012)
What are the chances of two bands sharing the same moniker, having the same number of members in the group, living in the same locale and recording for the same label?
