U.K. Subs - Another Kind Of Blues

Original Release Date

1979

Release Information

UK LP 1979 (Gem - GEMLP 100)
UK CD 2000 (Captain Oi! - AHOY DPX 134)

1 C.I.D. 2:11
2 I Couldn't Be You 2:07
3 I Live In A Car 1:36
4 Tomorrows Girls 2:23
5 Killer 1:29
6 World War 1:23
7 Rockers 3:36
8 I.O.D. 1:24
9 T.V.Blues 2:08
10 Blues 1:50
11 Lady Esquire 1:58
12 All I Wanna Know 1:46
13 Crash Course 1:43
14 Young Criminals 2:20
15 B.I.C. 1:37
16 Disease 1:26
17 Stranglehold 1:57
CD Bonus Tracks
18 C.I.D. (Single Version) 1:55
19 I Live In A Car (Single Version) 1:26
20 B.I.C. (Single Version) 1:34
21 Stranglehold (Single Version) 2:28
22 World War (Single Version) 1:08
23 Rockers (Single Version) 2:09
24 Tomorrows Girls (Single Version) 2:24
25 Scum Of The Earth 2:18
26 Telephone Numbers 1:05

18-20: C.I.D 7", released September 1978
21-23: Stranglehold 7", released June 1979
24-26: Tomorrows Girls 7", released August 1979

Chart Placings

UK Chart Hit: 21, 5 wks

Credits

LP:

Charlie Harper - vocals, harmonica
Nick Garratt - guitar
Paul Slack - bass
Pete Davies - drums

Recorded at Kingsway Recorders Ltd. (May, June 1979)
Produced by John McCoy and the U.K. Subs
Engineered by Bob Broglia
Mixing engineers: Bob Broglia and Paul 'Chas' Watkins

Additional Credits

CD Bonus Tracks:
18-20: C.I.D 7", released September 1978
21-23: Stranglehold 7", released June 1979
24-26: Tomorrows Girls 7", released August 1979

Reviews & Opinions

PUNKY GIBBON: The lads charge through 17 bona fide top-of-the-second-division second wave punk, with chugging/slashing guitars, shouted Cockney vocals and, almost without exception, a great lyric (Harper is one of punk’s most underrated wordsmiths, capable of wit, insight and unflinching realism). Garrett also plays a mean guitar. It contains different versions of the three preceding singles, as well as perennial crowd-pleasers like 'I Couldn't Be You', 'Young Criminals' and 'Disease'. Hardly radical, but damn good: this is virtually a Greatest Hits LP and is one of the best punk albums ever.

CHARLES SHAAR MURRAY, 1979: U.K. Subs are a punk group; their thump and bellow is a patented example of what got stuck in the filter after the prototypes moved on. [read full review here]

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UK LP 1979 (Gem - GEMLP 100). Blue or black vinyl. Click here for more

UK CD 2000 (Captain Oi! - AHOY DPX 134). Digipak. Click here for more