The Exploited - Troops Of Tomorrow

Original Release Date

1982

Release Information

UK LP 1982 (Secret - SEC 8)
UK CD 2001 (Captain Oi! - AHOY DPX 602)

1 Jimmy Boyle 2:08
2 Daily News 2:58
3 Disorder 2:20
4 Alternative 2:06
5 U.S.A. 3:22
6 Rapist 1:29
7 Troops Of Tomorrow 4:52
8 UK 82 2:49
9 Sid Vicious Was Innocent 3:00
10 War 3:48
11 They Won't Stop 2:20
12 So Tragic 1:50
13 Germs 4:40
CD Bonus Tracks
14 Attack 2:25
15 Alternative (Single Version) 1:58
16 Y.O.P. 1:43
17 Troops Of Tomorrow (12" Version) 3:09
18 Computers Don't Blunder 2:33
19 Addiction 1:40

Chart Placings

UK Indie Hit: 1, 3 wks
UK Chart Hit: 17, 12 wks

Credits

LP:

Exploited are:
Wattie - lead vocals
Big John - guitar
Gary (Beaker) - bass
Dru Stix - drums

Steve Roberts - drums [on Sid Vicious Was Innocent and Germs]
Buck and Glen (Defects) - Backing Vocals on 'Germs'

Produced by Tony Spath and The Exploited
Engineered by Tony Spath

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CD:

Mastered by Tim Turan

Additional Credits

CD Bonus Tracks:
14-15: Attack / Alternative 7", released May 1982
16: From Britannia Waives The Rules 12" compilation, released 1982
17: Troops Of Tomorrow promotional 12", released August 1982
18-19: Computers Don't Blunder 7", released October 1982

Reviews & Opinions

TIM YOHANNAN, MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL #1, JULY 1982: Lots of really fast H.C. stuff here, but you can't tell what they're singing about - no lyrics sheet. But maybe it's better that way. I'm afraid to know what these 'geniuses' are saying. Cover says it all.

CHARLES P. LAMEY, THE NEW MUSIC RECORD & TAPE GUIDE, 1987: Troops of Tomorrow has a cleaner guitar sound, and the lyrics are a bit easier to understand [than on the first LP], but the improved production doesn't mean they're getting slick: it's still as rough as can be.

Additional Notes

The LP was excluded from the Indie charts after 3 weeks because Secret entered into a distribution deal with CBS. This has been reissued many times. Warning: I bought the Dojo CD edition issued in 1993 and it was horrendous sound; it may be that I bought a dud copy, but if they're all like this it should not be touched with a barge pole.

Images

UK LP 1982 (Secret - SEC 8). Click here for more

UK CD 2001 (Captain Oi! - AHOY DPX 602). Digipak. Click here for more