Stations of the Crass

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Stations of the Crass
Studio album by Crass
Released	1979
Recorded	1979
Genre	Anarcho-punk
Length	46:22
Label	Crass Records
Producer(s)	Crass
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Crass chronology
The Feeding of the 5000 (1978)	Stations of the Crass (1979)	Penis Envy (1981)

Stations of the Crass is the second album by Crass, released in 1979. The record, originally released as a double 12", includes live tracks from a gig recorded at the Pied Bull pub in Islington, London on August 7, 1979. The first three sides contain the studio tracks and play at 45 rpms, while the final side is comprised of said live material and plays at 33 rpms. The album's title is not only a pun on the Catholic rite of the Stations of the Cross (such jibes against the religious establishment were almost a Crass hallmark), but is also a reference to the graffiti campaign that the band had been conducting around London's underground railway system, the cover artwork depicting a wall at Tottenham Court Road tube station that had allegedly been 'decorated' by them.

Detail from front cover artwork from Stations of the Crass, illustrating an example of the stenciled graffiti used by the band

Inner sleeve art from Stations Of The Crass. Collage by Gee Vaucher

[edit] Track listing

1. "Mother-Earth"
2. "White Punks on Hope"
3. "You've Got Big Hands"
4. "Darling"
5. "System"
6. "Big Man, Big M.A.N."
7. "Hurry up Garry"
8. "Fun Going On"
9. "Crutch of Society"
10. "Heard Too Much About"
11. "Chairman of the Bored"
12. "Tired"
13. "Walls"
14. "Upright Citizen"
15. "The Gasman Cometh"
16. "Demo(N)Crats"
17. "Contaminational Power"
18. "Time Out"
19. "I Ain't Thick, It's Just a Trick"

[edit] Live tracks recorded at the Pied Bull, Islington, 1979

• "System/Big Man, Big M.A.N./Banned from the Roxy/Hurry Up Garry (live)"
• "Women/Shaved Women/You Pay/Heard Too Much About (live)"
• "Angels/What a Shame/So What/G's Song (live)"
• "Do They Owe Us a Living? (live)"
• "Punk Is Dead (live)"