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ANGELIC UPSTARTS "the independant punk singles collection", cd.

oh God...i dislike this album so much!

UK punk group which disbanded in the mid 1980s, this album is a collection of "a" and "b-sides".
the music is a pale immitation of The Clash for the most part even though they do manage to do a respectful version of Clash's debut single "white riot". lyrically, for the most part, they lack the intelligence of Strummer/Jones and Weller or the shock value of The Sex Pistols.
"dont stop" is an average go at funk. "brighton bomb" is a response to the IRA's attempted assassination of Maggie Thatcher in 1984 and more semi acoustic to their earlier material, however, the best song here is "soldier"(b-side track to "brighton bomb") which is a well written acoustic song describing a british soldier on the streets of Nthn Ireland.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: about 20 of them!
best track: soldier, lyrics included in link

tracks:

1. the murder of liddle towers*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHWx2kHrwEY audio
2. police oppression*
3. woman in disguise*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soh36Ohl-d0 audio
4. lust for glory*
5. 42nd street*
6. solidarity*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owrVQebWCtc video
7. five flew over the cuckoo's nest*
8. dollars and pounds*
9. dont stop**
10.not just a name*
11.the leech*
12.leave me alone(live)*
13.liddle towers(live)*
14.white riot(live)*
15.machine gun kelly*
16.paint it in red*
17.there's a drink in it*
18.brighton bomb**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtZE4vL88...D5529A1547 audio
19.thin red line*
20.soldier***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqJ1J1qA57A audio w/-lyrics
21.england(live)*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjIL15EKb...92C7979C46 audio
22.we're gonna take the world(live)*
23.the young ones(live)*

3s=1
2s=2
1s=20

rating 1.2