See for Miles
'
Troggs
compilation
Wild Things
collects 20 tracks from the group's angsty mid-'70s period. Fans looking for
"Love Is All Around"
or the original version of frat rock staple
"Wild Thing"
(presented hear in its raw, re-recorded pre-new wave form) will be disappointed, but anybody wondering why the band is often cited as one of the "godfathers of punk" will find searing cuts like
"Rock & Roll Lady,"
"Walking the Dog,"
and
"Gonna Make You"
edge closer to the work of
Raw Power
-era
Iggy & the Stooges
than
the Kingsmen
or
Herman's Hermits
. ~ James Christopher Monger