"Children Of Nuggets" Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996 - CD 3

...Yet, as the best music should, the music on Children of Nuggets transcends such behind-the-scenes particulars and exists simply as flat-out great music...
...Sure, there are some bands that faithfully re-create the sounds of the '60s, but most of the groups are inspired by the '60s, picking up their favorite elements -- whether it's dirty, raunchy guitars, jangling 12-strings, sweet harmonies, trippy swirling guitars, or catchy choruses -- and assembling them in a manner that sounds fresh, new, and invigorating. Yes, some of the production sounds a little tied to its time, but no more than the singles from the first two Nuggets boxes. What matters is that this box crackles with energy and is filled with great songs, whether they're hard rock & roll, tongue-in-cheek neo-psychedelia, Beatles and Byrds homages, dreamy, mysterious indie pop, or straight-up power pop. There are a handful of big names here, but only the La's are represented with anything close to their best-known song -- not only that, but "There She Goes" is the only thing here that could be called well known...to be continued... - allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
trax:
1 The Unguarded Moment - The Church 2 I Can't Pretend - The Barracudas 3 Out Of The Unknown - Died Pretty 4 L.A. Explosion - The Last 5 I'll Cry Alone - The Flamin' Groovies 6 Sunspots [single remix] - Julian Cope 7 Hindu Gods Of Love - The Lipstick Killers 8 Death And Angels - Green On Red 9 Barbed Wire Heart - The Sinners 10 Pink Frost - The Chills 11 She Told Me Lies - The Chesterfield Kings 2 Beauty And Sadness - The Smithereens 13 Test Drive - The Mummies 14 Busy Man (EP Version) - DMZ 15 Love Will Grow - The Stems 16 She Goes Out With Everybody - The Spongetones 17 Hypnotized - The Plimsouls 18 No Apology - The Unclaimed 19 God Knows It's True - The Teenage Fanclub 20 You Keep On Lyin' - The Hoods 21 Don't Break Down - The STING RAYS 22 The World Has Changed - The Fleshtones 23 Baby What's Wrong - The Cynics 24 Psycko (Themes From Psycho And Vertigo) - Laika & The Cosmonauts 25 My Name Is Tom - The Jigsaw Seen