Teenage Hate

Teenage Hate
Studio album by
The Reatards
Released1998
Genre
Length36:47
LabelGoner
The Reatards chronology
Teenage Hate
(1998) 		Grown Up, Fucked Up
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubB[3]
Consequence of Sound[4]
Pitchfork8.6/10[5]
Spin7/10[6]

Teenage Hate is the debut studio album by the American garage punk band, the Reatards.[7] It was released in 1998 via Goner Records. It features elements from various music genres, such as garage rock, punk rock, southern rock, power pop, blues and rockabilly.[5][3][2] The album utilizes a raw lo-fi sound, which makes it sound like "it was recorded on a telephone",[3] juxtaposing hooks and choruses with highly dissonant guitars and screaming, which were compared to those of Black Francis of Pixies.[2][6]

Goner reissued Teenage Hate on May 17, 2011, a year after Jay Reatard's death.[8] The posthumous release included two rare recordings, The Reatards Cassette and Fuck Elvis Here's the Reatards Cassette, which have been previously released on only cassette format. These were included in the bonus disc. The reissue, which includes covers of artists such as the Beatles, Buddy Holly, Fear, Lil' Bunnies, the Litter, and Dead Boys,[8] received critical acclaim.

  1. ^ Jackson, Josh (January 29, 2018). "The 50 Best Garage Rock Albums of All Time". www.pastemagazine.com. Paste. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Deming, Mark. "The Reatards - Teenage Hate". Allmusic. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c Murray, Noel (May 31, 2011). "Reatards - Teenage Hate/Fuck Elvis Here's The Reatards". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on June 3, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  4. ^ O'Shoney, Charson (June 8, 2011). "Album Review: Reatards – Teenage Hate [Reissue]". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Bevan, David (May 26, 2011). "Reatards - Teenage Hate". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  6. ^ a b Hultkrans, Andrew (May 31, 2011). "Reatards, 'Teenage Hate/Fuck Elvis Here's the Reatards'". Spin. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  7. ^ Hemmerling, Joe (July 15, 2011). "1998: Reatards - Teenage Hate + 2 Cassette Releases". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  8. ^ a b Fitzmaurice, Larry (March 31, 2011). "Jay Reatard's First Album Reissued". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 24, 2013.