Considered by many
Electric Frankenstein aficionados to be the definitive statement from the band,
Listen Up Baby! was out-of-print after the demise of
Man's Ruin records until
TKO came along and not only reissued the EP, but fleshed out the original six tracks to a full-length. Technically, the material was culled from the split disc the band did with
the Hookers in 1998; it has the same songs in the same order as on the original EP. The disc marked a return to the fold for original vocalist
Steve Miller, and this lent a renewed enthusiasm to the band's usual, upbeat
Ramones-meets-
Heartbreakers-meets-
Kiss couldn't-have-originated-anywhere-but-New-York retro-
punk, and while a lot of the band's material does tend to sound similar, you could do a lot worse than start your
Electric Frankenstein collection with this set. ~ Brian O'Neill