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X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents (2 CD Deluxe Edition)

Posted By: zeus2zeus
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents (2 CD Deluxe Edition)

X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents (2 CD Deluxe Edition)
Mp3 @ 224 VBR | 187 MB | Punk | Front Cover Only
Label: Universal Int'l | Original Release: 1978 | This Edition: Feb.24, 2009
*Source: torrent


Perhaps the most utopian aspect of the U.K. punk scene was that it offered creative, articulate young people the opportunity to express themselves, and to kick up an exuberantly noisy racket in the process. X-Ray Spex certainly came from this wing of the movement, the brainchild of two female schoolmates who re-christened themselves Poly Styrene and Lora Logic. X-Ray Spex was far from the only female-centered British punk act, but they were arguably the best, combining exuberant energy with a cohesive worldview courtesy of singer and songwriter Poly Styrene. As her nom de punk hinted, Styrene was obsessed with the artificiality she saw permeating Britain's consumer society, linking synthetic goods with a sort of processed, manufactured humanity. Styrene's frantic claustrophobia permeates the record, as she rails in her distinctively quavering yowl against the alienation she feels preventing her from discovering her true self. Germ Free Adolescents is tied together by Styrene's yearning to be free not only from demands for consumption, but from the insecurity corporate advertisers used to exploit their targets (especially in women) – in other words, to enjoy being real, imperfect, non-sterile humans living in a real, imperfect, non-Day-Glo world. Fortunately, the record is just as effective musically as it is conceptually. It's full of kick-out-the-jams rockers, with a few up-tempo thrashers and surprisingly atmospheric pieces mixed in; the raw, wailing saxophone of Rudi Thomson (who replaced Lora Logic early on) gives the band its true sonic signature. The CD reissue of Germ Free Adolescents appends both sides of the classic debut single "Oh Bondage Up Yours!," one of the most visceral moments in all of British punk – which means everything you need is right here. [Universal's 2009 reissue included an additional CD of bonus material.] ~ ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Tracklist:
- CD 1 -

01. Art-I-Ficial
02. Obsessed With You
03. Warrior In Woolworths
04. Let's Submerge
05. I Can't Do Anything
06. Identity
07. Genetic Engineering
08. I Live Off You
09. I Am a Poseur
10. Germ Free Adolescents
11. Plastic Bag
12. The Day the World Turned Day-Glo
13. Oh! Bondage Up Yours! (Bonus track)
14. I Am a Cliche (Bonus track)
15. Age (Bonus track)
16. Highly Inflammable (Bonus track)
17. Genetic Engineering (Peel Sessions)
18. Art-I-Ficial (Peel Sessions)
19. I Am a Poseur (Peel Sessions)
20. Identity (Peel Sessions)
21. Germ Free Adolescents (Peel Sessions)
22. Warrior In Woolworths (Peel Sessions)
23. Age (Peel Sessions)

- CD 2 -

01. Obsessed With You (Pre-signing studio demo)
02. Let's Submerge (Pre-signing studio demo)
03. Plastic Bag (Pre-signing studio demo)
04. I Live Off You (Pre-signing studio demo)
05. I Am a Cliche (Pre-signing studio demo)
06. I Can't Do Anything (Pre-signing studio demo)
07. The Day the World Turned Day-Glo
08. Oh Bondage! Up Yours! (Pre-signing studio demo)
09. Genetic Engineering (Studio demo)
10. Art-I-Ficial (Studio demo)
11. Germ Free Adolescents (Studio demo)
12. Age (Studio demo)
13. Warrior In Woolworths (Studio demo)
14. Obsessed With You (Studio demo)
15. The Day the World Turned Day-Glo (Rough mix)
16. I Can't Do Anything (Rough mix)
17. Warrior In Woolworths (Unreleased backing track)
18. Prefabricated Icon (Unreleased backing track)

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X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents (2 CD Deluxe Edition)

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