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The Donnas Turn 21 (CD)

By: The Donnas (Artist)

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The Donnas Artist Snapshot:

How can you not love a quartet of hard-rocking teenage girls who all go by the same first name? Despite the Josie & the Pussycats-on-speed image conjured by this, the Donnas turned out to be one of hard rock's brightest hopes right before the Strokes came on the scene. Emerging in the late '90s, they combined a Ramones/Runaways '70s punk sensibility with a bit of pop metal a la Kiss or Motley Crue, and eventually made the leap to the majors that separates rock stars from cult items.

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DISC 1 for The Donnas Turn 21 (CD) Album By The Donnas (Artist)
1   Are You Gonna Move It For Me
2   Do You Wanna Hit It
3   40 Boys In 40 Nights
4   Play My Game
5   Midnite Snack
6   Drivin' Thru My Heart
7   You've Got A Crush On Me
8   Little Boy
9   Don't Get Me Busted
10   Police Blitz
11   Hot Pants
12   Gimme A Ride
13   Living After Midnight
14   Nothing To Do
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (2/01/01, pp.58-9) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Maintains the pop polish that made GET SKINTIGHT a sugar-buzz classic....those bong-hugging caballeros got nothing on singer Donna A., who lights it up like there's no tomorrow..."
Spin (2/01, p.108) - 6 out of 10 - "...Like all good concept bands, the Donnas have a cute one, a funny one, an ambitious one, and a musical genius....[these] gurls can take you home and make you like it..."
Entertainment Weekly (1/19/01, p.86) - "...Another dose of Ramones-style dope. Donna A.'s whip-smart words alternate between crude overtures...and prideful boasts..." - Rating: A-
Q (3/01, p.106) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Mischievous pouty anthems reminiscent of Joan Jett and early Kiss, and a fine tradition of ironic heavy metal covers...continues with a romp through Judas Priest's 'Living After Midnight'. Funny girls."
Magnet (1-2/01, p.85) - "...The Donnas have matured. They've tempered the cheerleader quality of their vocals, and the breakneck pace has slowed down just enough to discover that...they learned to play and sing..."
NME (Magazine) (2/3/01, p.34) - 7 out of 10 - "...The Donnas are utterly convincing, whether appropriating the prehistoric on-the-road attitudes of '40 Boys in 40 Nights' or the fabulous stalker-crushing 'You Got A Crush On Me'....if girls can love Eminem, boys can dig this. Righteous, sisters."

Title Note

The Donnas: Donna A. (vocals); Donna R. (guitar, background vocals); Donna F. (bass, background vocals); Donna C. (drums, percussion, background vocals).

Additional personnel: Danny Sullivan (tambourine).

Recorded at Toast, San Francisco, California.

The Donnas may be older on 2001's TURN 21, but--if their lyrics and image are any indication--they're still the same vampy, rocked-out cherry bombs they were three albums earlier. Such is the vibe of the Donnas' music, which channels the spirit of glammy 1970s hard rock through late-'90s riot grrl feminism.

There is the vague sense that much of this image and sound is manufactured, and that the Donnas are putting on the act for fun, but make no mistake, these girls not only love a crunchy power chord and a bubblegum hook, they know how to use them to great effect. Although songs like "Drivin' Thru My Heart" have an obviously Ramones-like thump, the quartet owe less to the punk legacy they are sometimes associated with than they do to the Sweet, Kiss, the Runaways, and heavy metal bands like Judas Priest (they even cover "Living After Midnight" here), but that's no slight, especially if you're just looking to pop open a Schlitz, crank up the stereo, and get sleazy, which is definitely the best way to enjoy DONNAS TURN 21.

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