Name: City Baby Attacked By Rats (Captain Oi)
Brand: Captain Oi! Records (UK)
SKU: 1410010
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City Baby Attacked By Rats

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Album: City Baby Attacked By Rats (Captain Oi)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Time Bomb	More Info...	0:02
2)	Sick Boy	More Info...	0:02
3)	Wardogs	More Info...	0:01
4)	Slut	More Info...	0:02
5)	Maniac	More Info...	0:02
6)	Gunned Down	More Info...	0:02
7)	I Am the Hunted	More Info...	0:03
8)	City Baby Attacked By Rats	More Info...	0:02
9)	The Prayer of a Realist	More Info...	0:02
10)	Passenger On the Menu	More Info...	0:02
11)	Heavy Discipline	More Info...	0:02
12)	Boston Babies	More Info...	0:02
13)	Bellend Bop	More Info...	0:05
14)	No Survivors (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02
15)	Self Destruction (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02
16)	Big Women (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02
17)	Am I Dead Yet? (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02
18)	Slit Your Own Throat (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02
19)	Sick Boy (Single Version) (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02

Album: City Baby Attacked By Rats (Captain Oi)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Time Bomb	More Info...	0:02
2)	Sick Boy	More Info...	0:02
3)	Wardogs	More Info...	0:01
4)	Slut	More Info...	0:02
5)	Maniac	More Info...	0:02
6)	Gunned Down	More Info...	0:02
7)	I Am the Hunted	More Info...	0:03
8)	City Baby Attacked By Rats	More Info...	0:02
9)	The Prayer of a Realist	More Info...	0:02
10)	Passenger On the Menu	More Info...	0:02
11)	Heavy Discipline	More Info...	0:02
12)	Boston Babies	More Info...	0:02
13)	Bellend Bop	More Info...	0:05
14)	No Survivors (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02
15)	Self Destruction (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02
16)	Big Women (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02
17)	Am I Dead Yet? (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02
18)	Slit Your Own Throat (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02
19)	Sick Boy (Single Version) (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

This 1998 reissue includes 5 bonus tracks not on the original release.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is an expanded edition of CITY BABY ATTACKED BY RATS, containing six bonus tracks.
Britain's G.B.H. exemplified what happened after the promise of 1977 punk and post-punk petered out: faster, fuzzier tempos that incorporated lightning-fast guitar licks and a greater volume to put the point across. The mingling of Marshall stacks and "screw you" attitudes has often made for an uneasy marriage -- as the endless debates in fanzines like Maximumocknroll show -- but it's undeniably potent when wielded in the right hands. G.B.H.'s rude and crude debut showed the band to be some distance from that goal, which hardly bothered the listeners who propelled it to number 17 on the U.K. charts in 1982. The band tackles its material with admirably single-minded zeal: Most tracks make their point in two minutes or less. Urban ills are the dominant inspiration for the oft-anthologized "Sick Boy" and "Time Bomb," while "No Survivors" reflects Cold War-era fears of nuclear confrontation. The band's inspiration owes as much to films like A Clockwork Orange as its '80s inner-city environment. A garishly violent streak runs through tracks like "Gunned Down," "Passenger on the Menu," and "The Prayer of a Realist" -- while the equally mindless "Slut" and "Big Women" take aim at women who criticize the band. Many of G.B.H.'s subsequent outings have been dedicated to refining this template, with greater or lesser forays into metal. All this relentless velocity can be considered bracing, or numbing; if you can look past the minimal chord changes and repetitive structures, it's pretty impressive stuff. That's the hallmark of an acquired taste, so proceed accordingly. [Captain Oi's reissue adds half a dozen alternate takes, as well as the single version of "Sick Boy."] ~ Ralph Heibutzki