It's very easy to miss the point of this album, half of it is fucking around which can be abrasive
and annoying, but the other half predicts alt rock genres like post-punk, lo-fi and indie - years
before they'd come about! Don't compare this to their first album, because you'll be disappointed,
see it as its own thing and it's a hell lot more rewarding. And who's ever cared about vocal
talent? This is punk fuckin' rock!
To make it easier here are the classics: "Listen To This", "Save the House", "Victory Garden",
"Parachutist", "Dairymaid's Lament", "Leejol", "Sherlock Holmes", "Dirth of Tilth", "The Jewels of
the Madonna" and "Green of My Pants".
Hear the birth of Gang of Four, Wire, Swell Maps and the Minutemen in "Dairymaid's Lament".
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