Anorexia - Rapist In The Park

Original Release Date

1980

Release Information

UK 7" 1980 (Slim - SJP812)

1 Rapist In The Park
2 I'm A Square
3 Pets

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None

Credits

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Reviews & Opinions

DIE OR D.I.Y. BLOGSPOT: Talking about The Fatal Microbes in the previous Pete Fender Post, reminded me of this similar sounding masterpiece by Anorexia. Political correctness kills punk rock, full stop (check out the Die or DIY? politically incorrect compilation , "Wrong Songs and Banned Bands" by clicking here!). Its not just the powers that be, that constitute the evil brain police of this reality, its the multitudinous Tom Robinson-alikes that infiltrate what the REAL people are doing that represent such a danger. Therefore I reckon it is my duty to push forward a fine politically unworthy specimen of incorrect tunage, such as the magnificentAnorexia's - "Rapist in the Park" symphony. Not only is the group name punishable by imprisonment in today’s thought controlled environment, but the subject matter of the title track is something also to be swept under the shagpile carpet. Thanks largely to some early exposure of John Peel's Radio 1 program, "Rapist in the Park" (released on the band's own Slim -- geddit? -- Records) earned the band some fans and made it possible for Anorexia to draw crowds around the South of England for a short while. Bizarrely, an early incarnation of George Michael's Wham! opened for the band on several occasions before evolving into that aural atrocity that we all know and hate. As naively naughty as the title track is, the charm levels are increased ten fold by the closing track on this ep,"Pets", which includes such poetic delights as "Cats give me the Frights,/ I like cats in the night./I want a cat with purple 'air / Then it will be,..... very rare!" Almost Shakespearian? Click on Pets for a sample of this almost Shakespearian genius.

SOBRIQUIET MAGAZINE, JANUARY 2009: Unfortunately, despite hinting at genuine originality, Anorexia's debut does not hold up especially well over time. With jangly guitars, risque lyrics that sound a bit too premeditatedly provocative, occasionally atonal vocals, and a sloppy-sounding arrangement, Anorexia sinks right to the mushy center of the early eighties punk rock slush pile.

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