Charge (UK)

Excellent band who were much better and more interesting than 99% of the UK bunch, Charge really stood out from the crowd, and not only because their singer took to wearing fishnet stockings and mini-skirts to photo sessions and NME interviews. They were extremely tight, musically speaking, and their Destroy The Youth EP is superb, with the title track being one of the fastest UK Punk songs at the time. Caged & Staged is something of an oddity: a German live release with a feel rooted in 1978/1979, kind of like SLF minus much of the firepower. That's not to say it isn't worthwhile: semi-melodic songs like 'No One Rules' and 'Provisionally Dogs' make for more-than-passable third division Punk. Asides from this anomaly, their singles were hard and fast, while subsequent 45's Fashion and Luxury suggest that the boys may have been listening to too much Killing Joke.

You Get What You Deserve 7'' (1980)

01 - You Get What You Deserve

02 - Rather B. Crazy

03 - Angle Disease

Caged & Staged (Live In Germany) (1980)

01 - Alone At Midnight

02 - Little Mr. Minor Carassment

03 - No One Wants To Know My Name

04 - Crawlin' Rebels

05 - Let's Go/One Day Soon

06 - Provisionally Dogs

07 - So What!

08 - Even On A Sunday Night

09 - It Isn't Funny Anymore

10 - All The Heroes (YCAFO)

11 - The Cold Begins To Bite

12 - Such Delicate Things

13 - Rather B. Crazy

14 - Revolution

15 - Smile At The Morning

16 - The Finsbury Park Massacre

17 - No One Rules!

Kings Cross 7'' (1981)

01 - Kings Cross

02 - Brave New World

03 - God's Kids

Destroy The Youth 7'' (1982)

01 - Destroy The Youth

02 - No One Knows

03 - Can I Go To Heaven Now?

04 - Absolution

Fashion 7'' (1982)

01 - Fashion

02 - Ugly Shadows (Celebration Of A Greyed Country)

Perfection (1982)

01 - Dancing On The Graves

02 - Luxury

03 - Illusion Of Fairness

04 - Advanced State

05 - Dead For Years

06 - First For A Title

07 - Perfection

08 - Revenge Of The Midsummer Night's Dream

09 - Sir Hugo

10 - Gasman

11 - King And Queen Of Desolation

12 - Hh Huh

Luxury 7'' (1982)

01 - Luxury

02 - Madman In The North

Perfection-Plus: The Best Of... (2006)

01 - Dancing On The Graves

02 - Luxury

03 - Illusion Of Fairness

04 - Advanced State

05 - Dead For Years

06 - First For A Title

07 - Perfection

08 - Revenge Of The Midsummer Night's Dream

09 - Sir Hugo

10 - Gasman

11 - King And Queen Of Desolation

12 - Hh Huh

13 - King's Cross

14 - Brave New World

15 - God's Kids

16 - Destroy The Youth

17 - No One Knows

18 - Can I Go To Heaven Now

19 - Absolution

20 - Fashion

21 - Ugly Shadows (Celebration Of A Greyed Country)

22 - Luxury

23 - Madman In The North

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