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''...But the Little Girls Understand'' is an album by power pop/new wave group The Knack released by Capitol Records in February 1980. The album reached the number 15 spot on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart in 1980. The singles "Baby Talks Dirty" and "Can't Put a Price on Love" both charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at #38 and #62, respectively.〔 The song "Mr. Handleman" was released as a single in some countries, such as New Zealand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Knack&titel=Mr%2E+Handleman&cat=s )〕 Guitarist Berton Averre has stated that "Mr. Handleman" was the first song he and lead singer Doug Fieger wrote together. The RIAA certified the album as Gold on April 14, 1980.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=RIAA: (Website ) )〕 == Overview and reviews == The album's title is a reference to blues musician Willie Dixon's song "Back Door Man", which has the lyrics: "I'm a back door man. The men don't know, but the little girls understand." Mike Chapman, credited as "Commander" Chapman, produced the album. Chapman also wrote a comedic description of the album in the liner notes, including the line "The songs are an assortment of feelings expressed redundantly as only the Knack can. This record is very dear to me and my bank manager."〔 Band members Berton Averre and Doug Fieger wrote all of the songs except for "The Hard Way",〔 which was written by Ray Davies and recorded by The Kinks on their album ''Schoolboys in Disgrace'' (1975). The album did not achieve the same strong commercial success as the Knack's debut ''Get the Knack'', but it sold well enough to hit the #15 spot on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart in 1980. The singles "Baby Talks Dirty" and "Can't Put a Price on Love" both charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at #38 and #62, respectively.〔 The RIAA certified the album as Gold on April 14, 1980,〔 about two months after its release.〔 Capitol Records released an expanded version of the album with bonus tracks in 2002. Critic Dave Marsh of ''Rolling Stone'' wrote a scathing review, commenting: Specifically addressing some of the songs on the album, Marsh wrote "In Fieger's lyrics, women are literally commodities whose chief purpose is to be brutalized. The kid in 'Baby Talks Dirty' is a foul-mouthed windup doll, and in 'Mr. Handleman,' the tame calypso that's the new LP's catchiest number, the protagonist is pimping for his wife–a situation the group views with dispassion, if not outright approbation."〔 He further wrote "All of Fieger's lyrics finally boil down to one sentiment: f *ck- me, honey. (When he's feeling ambitious, he writes something like 'Can't Put a Price on Love,' which translates: f *ck me for free, babe.)"〔 ''Trouser Press'' remarked that the band "replicated the sound" of their debut album, and described "Baby Talks Dirty" as "anemic" and an "inferior replicant of 'My Sharona' (minus the thunderous hook)." ''Trouser Press'' also remarked on the bad taste of some of the album's lyrics, giving "Mr. Handleman's" wife-pimping lyrics as an example.〔 In a generally negative review, Robert Christgau stated that "little girls prefer catchy, punchy second-hand songs to varied, indecisive thirdhand ones. In fact, so do critics." On the other hand, critic Chris Woodstra of Allmusic has retrospectively given a positive opinion. He called the album "a good time for those who don't take rock & roll too seriously."〔 Critic Steve "Spaz" Schnee of Allmusic has also stated that ''...But the Little Girls Understand'' is "unfairly dismissed as an inferior rehash of the debut." The album's front cover features Sharona Alperin, the young woman who had inspired the band's hit "My Sharona". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「...But the Little Girls Understand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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