The First Album (Never Reissued)

THE NEIGHBORHOODS - FIRE IS COMING (1984)

 

Hailing from Boston, The Neighborhoods started out playing strong power pop (a 1980 single, "Prettiest Girl," remains a local classic) in the wake of British neo/mods. The eight/song Fire Is Coming is a get your feet wet proposition, relative to the albums; a likable pointer to the future. The production is a bit thin, but you can tell what the horns on the very first track (ambitious idea) were meant to sound like. The cover of "If I Had a Hammer" was a great idea, enthusiastically executed. Even though two songs of the album were included as bonus tracks on the 1991 CD reissue of "Reptile Men" (1987), the full length has never been fully reissued.

FIRE (193 mb)