Jump to content

Germfree Adolescents

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Koavf (talk | contribs) at 03:16, 11 July 2011 (infobox style fix, replaced: = EMI Records → = EMI using AWB). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Untitled

Germ Free Adolescents is the debut album of English punk rock band X-Ray Spex. It contained the UK hit singles: "The Day The World Turned Day-Glo" (No. 23 in April 1978), "Identity" (No. 24 in July 1978) and "Germ Free Adolescents" which reached No. 18 in November 1978.

The album received wide acclaim upon its release.[1] In his February 1979 Consumer Guide in the Village Voice, critic Robert Christgau bemoaned the fact that Germ Free Adolescents had not been released in the US and praised Poly Styrene's "cheerfully moralistic nursery rhymes", strong melodies, and the "irresistible color" of the band's "dubiously tuned one-sax horn section".[2] Trouser Press called it "a masterpiece!"[3] The Rough Guide to Rock calls it a "storming album".[4]

In 1994, The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music named Germ Free Adolescents the eighth best punk albums of all-time.[5] Seven years later, in May 2001, Spin magazine ranked the album number 5 in its "50 Most Essential Punk Records". In March 2003, Mojo magazine ranked the LP number 19 in its 'Top 50 Punk Albums'.[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Poly Styrene.

Side one

  1. "Art-I-Ficial" - 3:24
  2. "Obsessed with You" - 2:30
  3. "Warrior in Woolworths" - 3:06
  4. "Let's Submerge" - 3:26
  5. "I Can't Do Anything" - 2:58
  6. "Identity" - 2:25

Side two

  1. "Genetic Engineering" - 2:49
  2. "I Live Off You" - 2:09
  3. "I Am a Poseur" - 2:34
  4. "Germ Free Adolescents" - 3:14
  5. "Plastic Bag" - 4:54
  6. "The Day the World Turned Day-Glo" - 2:53

Additional Tracks

The 1991 Caroline release features four additional tracks and a rearranged song order.

  2. The Day The World Turned Dayglo" - 2:50
  3. "Obsessed With You" - 2:26
  4. "Genetic Engineering" - 2:46
  5. "Identity" - 2:21
  6. "I Live Off You" - 2:06
  7. "Germfree Adolescents" - 3:10
  8. "Art-I-Ficial" - 3:21
  9. "Let's Submerge" - 3:23
  10. "Warrior In Woolworths" - 3:03
  11. "I Am A Poseur" - 2:30
  12. "I Can't Do Anything" - 2:55
  13. "Highly Inflammable" - 2:32
  14. "Age" - 2:36
  15. "Plastic Bag" - 4:51
  16. "I Am A Cliche" - 1:52
  17. "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" - 2:48
  • Tracks 12,13,15 & 16 from original singles.

The 2005 CD reissue includes the following bonus tracks not on the original release.

  2. "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" - 2:51
  3. "I Am a Cliché" - 1:55
  4. "Highly Inflammable" - 2:35
  5. "Age" - 2:38
  6. "Genetic Engineering" - 2:49
  7. "Art-I-Ficial" - 3:24
  8. "I Am a Poseur" - 2:34
  9. "Identity" - 2:25
  10. "Germ Free Adolescents" - 3:05
  11. "Warrior in Woolworths" - 3:06
  12. "Age" - 2:38

Personnel

  • Poly Styrene - vocals
  • Jak Airport - guitar
  • Paul Dean - bass
  • Rudi Thomson - saxophone
  • B.P. Hurding - drums

Additional personnel

  • Ted Bunting - saxophone on "Identity" & "The Day The World Turned Day-Glo"
  • Falcon Stuart - producer, cover concept
  • John Mackenzie Burns - engineer
  • Andy Pearce - assistant engineer
  • Nick Webb - mastering
  • Trevor Key - photography
  • Cooke Key - sleeve

Notes

  1. ^ For example, critics at the NME ranked the album number 9 in their albums of the year list.
  2. ^ Consumer Guide, Feb. 26, 1979
  3. ^ Trouser Press
  4. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock, p.1194
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (1994). All Time Top 1000 Albums. Enfield: Guinness Publishing. p. 236. ISBN 0-85112-786-X.;
  6. ^ Mojo Issue 112 (March 2003) Top 50 Punk Albums;
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Germfree_Adolescents&oldid=438847955"