The Ungovernable Force

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The Ungovernable Force
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1986 (1986-08)
RecordedAugust 1985
Studio Rockfield Studios, Wales
Genre Anarcho-punk
Length32:17
Label Mortarhate [1]
Conflict chronology
Increase the Pressure
(1984)
The Ungovernable Force
(1986)
The Final Conflict
(1988)
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The Ungovernable Force is an album by the British punk rock band Conflict. [3] It was released in 1986 by Mortarhate Records. [4]

Contents

Considered by many in the punk rock community to be the band's most coherent and complete representation of their politics and aesthetic, it has become an enduring classic in anarchist punk music culture.

Track listing

  1. "You Cannot Win" – 3:17
  2. "The Ungovernable Farce" – 1:27
  3. "A Piss In The Ocean" – 2:03
  4. "C.R.A.S.S." – 1:25
  5. "Custom Rock" – 1:51
  6. "1986, The Battle Continues" – 0:59
  7. "Mental Mania" – 2:00
  8. "The Ungovernable Force" – 3:21
  9. "They Said That..." – 2:15
  10. "Force or Service" – 2:09
  11. "The Arrest" – 1:16
  12. "Statement" – 2:10
  13. "The Day Before" – 2:10
  14. "This Is The A.L.F." – 2:47
  15. "To Be Continued..." – 3:03
  16. "Mighty And Superior" – 3:49
  17. "To Whom It May Concern" – 3:16
  18. "This Is The A.L.F. [Remix]" – 2:48
  19. "This Is The A.L.F. [Remix]" – 2:47
  20. "Custom Rock" – 1:49
  21. "Statement" – 2:10
  22. "Hidden Track" – 1:56

Personnel

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References

  1. "The Ungovernable Force LP - MORT20". Mortarhate.
  2. The Ungovernable Force at AllMusic
  3. Glasper, Ian (June 1, 2014). The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980–1984. PM Press. ISBN   9781604865165 via Google Books.
  4. "TrouserPress.com :: Conflict". trouserpress.com.