Running Riot in '84

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Running Riot in '84
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Studio album by
Released1984
Genre Punk rock
Length34:51 (1996 CD reissue)
Label Syndicate
Cock Sparrer chronology
Shock Troops
(1982)
Running Riot in '84
(1984)
Live and Loud
(1987)
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Running Riot in '84 is punk rock band Cock Sparrer's third studio album, released in 1984.

Punk rock is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in 1960s garage rock and other forms of what is now known as "proto-punk" music, punk rock bands rejected perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. They typically produced short, fast-paced songs with hard-edged melodies and singing styles, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produce recordings and distribute them through independent record labels.

Cock Sparrer British Punk/Oi! Band

Cock Sparrer is a punk rock band formed in 1972 in the East End of London, England. Although they have never enjoyed commercial success, they are considered one of the most influential street punk bands of all time, helping pave the way for early '80s punk scene and the Oi! subgenre. Their songs have been covered by many punk, Oi!, and hardcore bands.

Contents

Track listing

All titles written by Cock Sparrer

  1. "Run with the Blind"
  2. "Is Anybody There?"
  3. "Price Too High to Pay"
  4. "Think Again"
  5. "Don't Say a Word"
  6. "The Sun Says"
  7. "They Mean Murder"
  8. "Closedown"
  9. "Chip on my Shoulder" (live)
  10. "Runnin' Riot" (live)
  11. "The Sun Says" (Oi! LP version) (1996 CD Bonus Track)

Personnel

Singing act of producing musical sounds with the voice

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, gazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

The bass guitar is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and typically four to six strings or courses.

Drum kit collection of drums and other percussion instruments

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums and idiophones – most significantly cymbals, but can also include the woodblock and cowbell. In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments. Also, both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used.

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogNotes
UK1984 Syndicate Records LPSYN LP 710-track
UK1988Link RecordsLPLINK LP 03210-track, released as "Running Riot"
UK1993Step-1 MusicCDSTEP CD 02810-track + Shock Troops
UK1996 Captain Oi! Records CDAHOY 5711-track
US2001 Taang! Records CDTAANG! 15311-track + Live and Loud
US2010 Pirates Press Records LPPPR02810-track

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