Pick Your King

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Pick Your King
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EP by
Released1983
RecordedJanuary 20, 1983
Genre Hardcore punk
Length12:40
Label Fatal Erection Records, Reflex/Wolfpack Records
Poison Idea chronology
Darby Crash Rides Again
(1982)
Pick Your King
(1983)
Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes
(1984)
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Pick Your King is the title of American hardcore punk band Poison Idea's debut EP, released in 1983 via Fatal Erection Records. The album jacket featured a "choice" of kings (hence the title), one side had an image of Jesus Christ, the other side an image of Elvis Presley, a.k.a. "The King". The EP was reissued in 2005 by Reflex/Wolfpack Records on a compilation 12" also containing the 'Learning To Scream' EP.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Think Twice" - 0:41
  2. "It's An Action" - 1:26
  3. "This Thing Called Progress" - 1:01
  4. "In My Head Ache" - 1:07
  5. "Underage" - 0:58
  6. "Self Abuse" - 0:54
  7. "Cult Band" - 0:42
  8. "Last One" - 0:51
  9. "Pure Hate" - 1:41
  10. "Castration" - 0:28
  11. "(I Hate) Reggae" - 1:18
  12. "Give It Up" - 0:27
  13. "Think Fast" - 1:06

Personnel

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References

  1. Kennedy, Patrick. "Pick Your King - Poison Idea". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-09-04.