Why (Discharge EP)

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Why
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EP by
ReleasedApril 1981
Recorded1981
StudioThe Grove, London
Length14:43
Label Clay Records
Producer Mike Stone
Discharge chronology
Decontrol
(1980)
Why
(1981)
Never Again
(1981)
Professional ratings
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Why is the fourth EP by English hardcore punk band Discharge, released in 1981 on Clay Records. It reached number 1 on the UK Indie Charts in 1981. It was reissued in 2003 with 12 bonus tracks, in addition to the 10 tracks from the 1981 EP. The reissue EP is 31:52 in length.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Discharge

No.TitleLength
1."Visions of War"1:41
2."Does This System Work?"1:17
3."A Look at Tomorrow"1:57
4."Why"1:11
5."Maimed and Slaughtered"1:06
6."Mania for Conquest"1:16
7."Ain't No Feeble Bastard"1:30
8."Is This to Be?"1:31
9."Massacre of Innocents (Air Attack)"1:23
10."Why (Reprise)"1:49

CD reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Realities of War"
  2. "They Declare It"
  3. "But After the Gig"
  4. "Society's Victim"
  5. "Fight Back"
  6. "War's No Fairytale"
  7. "Always Restrictions"
  8. "You Take Part in Creating This System"
  9. "Religion Instigates"
  10. "Decontrol"
  11. "It's No T.V. Sketch"
  12. "Tomorrow Belongs to Us"

References

  1. Johnny Loftus. "Why - Discharge | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. "Discharge - Why".
  3. Sutcliffe, Phil (2 May 1981). "Pure hell". Sounds . p. 29.