Stations of the Crass

Stations of the Crass
Studio album by Crass
Released 1979
Recorded 1979
Genre Anarcho-punk
Length 79:23
65:25 (Crassical release)
Label Crass Records
Producer Crass
Crass chronology
The Feeding of the 5000
(1978)		 Stations of the Crass
(1979)		 Penis Envy
(1981)
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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 rpm, while the final side comprises said live material and plays at 33 rpm. 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 Bond Street tube station that had allegedly been 'decorated' by them.

A remastered edition of 'Stations', complete with new artwork by Gee Vaucher, designed specifically for the small size of a CD case, was due to be released in March 2009, but was delayed due to contentions with former members. The remastered 'Crassical Collection' version was eventually released in October 2010, featuring a 64-page booklet of liner notes by Steve Ignorant and Penny Rimbaud, as well as bonus tracks in the form of the band's 1979 John Peel Session. The live tracks recorded at the Pied Bull are not included on the remastered edition, but they can be downloaded from the Crass Arkive. [2] The untitled Track 20 from the original 1990 CD cannot be downloaded.

Contents

Track listing

LP

Side 1

  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"

Side 2

  1. "Fun Going On"
  2. "Crutch of Society"
  3. "Heard Too Much About"
  4. "Chairman of the Bored"
  5. "Tired"
  6. "Walls"
  7. "Upright Citizen"

Side 3

  1. "The Gasman Cometh"
  2. "Demo(N)Crats"
  3. "Contaminational Power"
  4. "Time Out"
  5. "I Ain't Thick, It's Just a Trick"
  6. "Prime Sinister" [Unlisted Track]

Side 4 (Live tracks recorded at the Pied Bull, Islington, 7 August 1979)

  1. "System"
  2. "Big Man, Big M.A.N."
  3. "Banned from the Roxy"
  4. "Hurry Up Garry"
  5. "Time Out"
  6. "They've Got A Bomb"
  7. "Fight War, Not Wars"
  8. "Women"
  9. "Shaved Women"
  10. "You Pay"
  11. "Heard Too Much About"
  12. "Angels"
  13. "What a Shame"
  14. "So What"
  15. "G's Song"
  16. "Do They Owe Us a Living?"
  17. "Punk Is Dead"

Original 1990 CD

  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"
  20. "Prime Sinister" [Unlisted Track]
  21. "System/Big Man, Big M.A.N./Banned from the Roxy/Hurry Up Garry/Time Out/They've Got A Bomb/Fight War, Not Wars"
  22. "Women/Shaved Women/You Pay/Heard Too Much About"
  23. "Angels/What a Shame/So What/G's Song"
  24. "Do They Owe Us a Living?"
  25. "Punk Is Dead"

"Crassical Collection" 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 Gary"
  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"
  20. "Radio Radicals - thread track"
  21. "Shaved Women" *
  22. "They've Got A Bomb" *
  23. "Tired" *
  24. "G's Song" *
  25. "Mother Earth" *
  26. "Gozonabit - run out track"

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ http://crassarkive.com/
Band members
Penny Rimbaud (drums)  · Gee Vaucher (artwork, films)  · Steve Ignorant (voice)  · N. A. Palmer (guitar)  · Phil Free (guitar)  · Pete Wright (bass)  · Eve Libertine (voice)  · Joy De Vivre (voice)  · Mick Duffield (films)  · John Loder (engineer)
Major album releases
See also