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City Baby Attacked by Rats is the debut album by the band Charged GBH. It was released in 1982 on Clay Records[3] and was rereleased in 2002 by leading punk reissue label Captain Oi![4] with bonus tracks (A & B sides of singles "No Survivors" and "Sick Boy"). It is considered a landmark in the development of hardcore punk, especially the UK 82 scene. Recorded at Frank Skarth Recordings (FSR) in Birmingham, produced by Mike "Clay" Stone. It contains a rerecording of earlier single "Sick Boy".

Track listing

  1. "Time Bomb" - 2:26
  2. "Sick Boy" - 2:32
  3. "Wardogs" - 1:29
  4. "Slut" - 2:32
  5. "Maniac" - 2:12
  6. "Gunned Down" - 2:34
  7. "I Am the Hunted" - 2:52
  8. "City Baby Attacked by Rats" - 2:34
  9. "Prayer of a Realist" - 2:29
  10. "Passenger on the Menu" - 2:48
  11. "Heavy Discipline" - 2:11
  12. "Boston Babies" - 2:07
  13. "Bellend Bop" - 5:08

Captain Oi re-release bonus tracks

  1. "No Survivors" - 2:35
  2. "Self Destruct" - 2:01
  3. "Big Women" - 2:17
  4. "Am I Dead Yet?" - 2:31
  5. "Slit Your Own Throat" - 2:07
  6. "Sick Boy [Single Version]" - 2:34

References

  1. ^ Heibutzki, Ralph. "Review: Charged GBH — City Baby Attacked by Rats". AllMusic. Netaktion LLC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ^ Reid, Jim (28 October 1982). "Rat Trap. Review: Charged GBH — City Baby Attacked by Rats" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 25. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022 – via World Radio History.
  3. ^ "Charged G.B.H* - City Baby Attacked by Rats". Discogs. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Charged GBH* - City Baby Attacked by Rats". discogs. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  5. ^ "James Hetfield Reveals the Street Punk Band He Took the Phrase 'Spit Out the Bone' from".


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