Why (Discharge EP)

Why
EP by Discharge
Released	1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Hardcore punk, street punk
Length	14:43
Label	Clay Records
Discharge chronology
Decontrol (1980) Why (1981) Never Again (1981)

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Why is the 4th EP by hardcore punk band Discharge released in 1981 on Clay Records. It is sometimes confused as the debut album by the band. It reached #1 on the UK Indie Charts in 1981. It was reissued in 2003 with 12 bonus tracks. The reissue EP is 31:52 in length.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Visions of War"	1:41
2.	"Does This System Work?"	1:17
3.	"A Look at Tomorrow"	1:57
4.	"Why"	1:11
5.	"Maimed and Slaughtered"	1:06
6.	"Mania for Conquest"	1:16
7.	"Ain't No Feeble Bastard"	1:30
8.	"Is This to Be?"	1:31
9.	"Massacre of Innocents (Air Attack)"	1:23
10.	"Why (Reprise)"	1:49

CD reissue bonus tracks

1. "Realities of War"
2. "They Declare It"
3. "But After the Gig"
4. "Society's Victim"
5. "Fight Back"
6. "War's No Fairytale"
7. "Always Restrictions"
8. "You Take Part in Creating This System"
9. "Religion Instigates"
10. "Decontrol"
11. "It's No T.V. Sketch"
12. "Tomorrow Belongs to Us"