The Record (album)

The Record
Studio album by Fear
Released	May 1982
Recorded	December 1981, Sound City Recording Studio, Van Nuys, CA
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	27:44
Label	Slash
Producer	Fear, Gary Lubow
Fear chronology
The Record (1982) More Beer (1985)

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The Record is the debut album by Los Angeles hardcore punk band Fear, released in 1982

"We Got to Get Out of This Place" is a cover of the song made famous by The Animals.

Track listing

All songs by Lee Ving, except where noted.

1. Let's Have A War (Ving, Philo Cramer) – 2:20
2. Beef Boloney – 1:47
3. Camarillo – 1:09
4. I Don't Care About You – 1:50
5. New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones – 2:08
6. Gimme Some Action – 1:00
7. Foreign Policy – 2:14
8. We Destroy the Family (Ving, Cramer) – 1:54
9. I Love Livin' in the City – 2:05
10. Disconnected – 2:07
11. We Got to Get Out of This Place (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 2:38
12. Fresh Flesh (Ving, Derf Scratch) – 1:44
13. Getting the Brush (Scratch) – 2:32
14. No More Nothing – 1:31

(Note: the CD reissue includes a bonus track: Fuck Christmas, from the band's single of the same name) (Cramer)

Personnel

• Lee Ving: vocals, rhythm guitar, bass
• Philo Cramer: lead guitar
• Derf Scratch: bass, saxophone, vocals
• Spit Stix: drums

Trivia

• The Fender Precision bass used by Derf Scratch on this album was sold to Mike Watt of The Minutemen and was later used on his band's second album, What Makes a Man Start Fires?

• I Love Livin In The City is featured in the video game, The Warriors, and on the soundtrack for the movie SLC Punk! and was also featured in the game Tony Hawks Underground 2.