999 - 999

Original Release Date

1978

Release Information

UK LP 1978 (United Artists - UAG 30199)
UK CD 2007 (Captain Oi! - AHOY DPX 147)

1 Me And My Desire 3:48
2 Chicane Destination 2:41
3 Crazy 3:37
4 Your Number Is My Number 2:56
5 Hit Me 2:54
6 I'm Alive 2:33
7 Titanic (My Over) Reaction 3:31
8 Pick It Up 2:42
9 Emergency 2:50
10 No Pity 1:58
11 Direct Action Briefing 2:19
12 Nobody Knows 3:13
CD Bonus Tracks
13 Quite Disappointing 2:11
14 Nasty Nasty 2:03
15 My Street Stinks 1:44

Chart Placings

UK Chart Hit: 53, 1 wk

Credits

LP:

Produced by Andy Arthurs
Engineer: Alan Winstanley
Completed, Winter '77
Mixed soon afterwards at Olympic Studios
Engineer: Doug Bennett
Thanks to Steve Nye

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CD Bonus Tracks:

13: B-Side of I'm Alive 7", released August 1977
14: Nasty, Nasty 7", released October 1977
15: B-Side of Emergency 7", released January 1978

Additional Credits

Nick Cash - vocals, guitar
Guy Days - guitar, vocals
Jon Watson - bass
Pablo Labritain - drums

Reviews & Opinions

CHAINSAW, JUNE 1978: This album is a lot better than I thought it would be. I saw 999 about six months ago and I thought they were crap, but I quite like this. True, there are some boring tracks on this (most of the boring ones are on side one) but there's some great stuff on this as well. It's not anywhere as good as the Buzzcocks album [Another Music In A Different Kitchen] but there's a lot more variety on this. It's not typical-three chord punk - the songs have all got tunes and they haven't given this a wall of noise production. And I think the 999 singer is a better singer than Billy Idol. My rating: ***

Additional Notes

This was imported into the US. You can spot these imported copies because of the "JEM" sticker on the front cover. Otherwise, it's identical to the UK pressing

Images

UK LP 1978 (United Artists - UAG 30199). Click here for more

UK CD 2007 (Captain Oi! - AHOY DPX 147). Digipak. Click here for more