With its leadoff single, "My Sharona," the Knack climbed both the album and singles charts (eventually selling millions of copies around the globe), gained wide commercial acceptance, and regenerated the power pop scene that had laid dormant for half a decade.
The Knack's image, or lack thereof, was often unfavorably compared to the Beatles, but their music relied on the rough punchiness of the Kinks and the Who rather than the Fab Four.
The Knack began a quick spiral downward that they were never to recover from.
Too bad the Knack's meteoric rise and fall and their instant labeling as a bubble gum band prevented them from selling more records than they really should have.
Nobody knows that better than The Knack who, after the huge success of their "Get The Knack" debut, rushed into the studio on a wave of famous "phony Beatlemania," to record "...But the Little Girls Understand" which was released a scant eight months later.
The Knack are a quirky, different kind of band and you probably have to be a fan to appreciate these new releases.
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