City Babys Revenge

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City Baby's Revenge
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Studio album by
Charged GBH
Released1984
Recorded1982–1984
Studio Strawberry, Stockport
Genre Hardcore punk, street punk
Length43:40
Label Captain Oi!, Clay [1]
Producer Chris Nagle, Charged GBH
Charged GBH chronology
City Baby Attacked by Rats
(1982)		City Baby's Revenge
(1984)		 Midnight Madness and Beyond
(1986)

City Baby's Revenge is the second studio album released by British hardcore punk band Charged GBH. [2] [3] The title is a response to the band's 1982 debut album, City Baby Attacked by Rats .

Contents

Release

The album was released by Clay Records in 1983 (Clay LP 8) and re-released in 2002 by punk reissue label Captain Oi! (Ahoy CD 186), with bonus tracks (A & B sides of the singles "Give Me Fire", "Catch 23" and "Do What You Do" EP).

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic wrote that the title track "ranks among punk's most vivid depictions of urban decay." [4] SF Weekly called City Baby's Revenge a "real breakthrough ... on which the band developed its trademark sound: sweeping speed-metal rhythms coupled with a thundering double-bass bedrock, perfectly merging punk rage with Sabbath-style production." [5]

Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses puts City Baby's Revenge in his top 5 records. [6]

Track listing

  1. "Diplomatic Immunity" - 2:16
  2. "Drugs Party in 526" - 2:37
  3. "See the Man Run" - 2:16
  4. "Vietnamese Blues" - 3:57
  5. "Womb with a View" - 2:57
  6. "Forbidden Zone" - 3:09
  7. "Valley of Death" - 3:09
  8. "City Baby's Revenge" - 3:40
  9. "Pins and Needles" - 3:34
  10. "Christianized Cannibals" - 2:43
  11. "Faster Faster" - 2:55
  12. "High Octane Fuel" - 3:15
  13. "I Feel Alright" - 3:41 (The Stooges cover)
  14. "Skanga (Herby Weed)" - 3:26

Bonus tracks (2002 reissue)

  2. "Give Me Fire" - 2:51
  3. "Mantrap" - 3:16
  4. "Catch 23" - 2:52
  5. "Hellhole" - 3:00
  6. "Do What You Do" - 3:11
  7. "Four Men" - 4:03
  8. "Children of Dust" - 3:29
  9. "Do What You Do" (Concrete Mix) - 5:42

References

  1. ↑ Glasper, Ian (1 May 2014). Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980–1984. PM Press. ISBN   9781604869897 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Thompson, Dave (31 October 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "TrouserPress.com :: Charged G.B.H". www.trouserpress.com.
  4. 1 2 "City Baby's Revenge - G.B.H. | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  5. ↑ Staff, SF Weekly (24 February 1999). "Fast and Frightening". SF Weekly. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. ↑ Amoeba (28 May 2019), Duff McKagan - What's In My Bag?, archived from the original on 20 December 2021, retrieved 28 May 2019
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