Germ Free Adolescents

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Germ Free Adolescents
Studio album by X-Ray Spex
Released	November 1978
Recorded	Mid 1978 at Essex Studios
Genre	Punk
Length	45:30
Label	EMI
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X-Ray Spex chronology
Germ Free Adolescents (1978) Conscious Consumer (1995)

Germ Free Adolescents was X-Ray Spex's 1978 first album and contained the UK hit singles: "The Day The World Turned Day-Glo" (No. 23 in April 1978), "Identity" (No. 24 in July 1978) and "Germ Free Adolescents" which reached No. 18 in November 1978.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Art-I-Ficial" - 3:24
2. "Obsessed With You" - 2:30
3. "Warrior In Woolworths" - 3:06
4. "Let's Submerge" - 3:26
5. "I Can't Do Anything" - 2:58
6. "Identity" - 2:25
7. "Genetic Engineering" - 2:49
8. "I Live Off You" - 2:09
9. "I Am a Poseur" - 2:34
10. "Germ Free Adolescents" - 3:14
11. "Plastic Bag" - 4:54
12. "The Day the World Turned Day-Glo" - 2:53

[edit] Additional Tracks

The expanded version from 2005 also has bonus tracks:

13. "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" - 2:51
14. "I Am a Cliche" - 1:55
15. "Highly Inflammable" - 2:35
16. "Age" - 2:38
17. "Genetic Engineering" - 2:49
18. "Art-I-Ficial" - 3:24
19. "I Am a Poseur" - 2:34
20. "Identity" - 2:25
21. "Germ Free Adolescents" - 3:05
22. "Warrior in Woolworths" - 3:06
23. "Age" - 2:38

Tracks 13-16 from the singles, tracks 17-20 from Peel Session 20/02/1978, tracks 21-23 from Peel Session 06/11/1978

[edit] Personnel

• Poly Styrene - vocals
• Jak Airport - guitar
• Paul Dean - bass
• Rudi Thomson - sax
• Bp Hurding - drums
• Falcon Stuart - producer
• John Mackenzie Burns - engineer
• Andy Pearce - assistant engineer
• Nick Webb - mastering