Another Kind of Blues

Another Kind of Blues
Studio album by U.K. Subs
Released September 14, 1979
Recorded Kingsway Recorders Ltd.
May–June, 1979
Genre Punk rock
Length 35:55
Label RCA
Producer John McCoy and U.K. Subs
U.K. Subs chronology

Another Kind of Blues
(1979)
Brand New Age
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic [1]

Another Kind of Blues is the first studio album released by English punk band the U.K. Subs. It was released in 1979 on RCA Records. [2] It is considered as a classic from the punk era.

The style of music borrows heavily from blues and rock'n'roll but infused much of the energy and social commentary that was shaping the wider punk rock scene.

Critics were divided on the album's merits. Writing for the New Musical Express, Charles Shaar Murray described the album as being "As appetising as the tea-bag left to dry on the saucer" [3] , while in Sounds, Garry Bushell awarded the album five stars and called it "a near perfect slice of good time high energy punk." [4]

The first 20,000 copies were printed on blue vinyl and the album reached number 21 in the UK album charts.

Tracklist

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "C.I.D."  Charlie Harper, Richard Anderson 2:10
2. "I Couldn't be You"  John B. Presley, arr. by Charlie Harper 2:06
3. "I Live in a Car"  Charlie Harper, Nicky Garratt, Paul Slack, Rory Lions 1:36
4. "Tomorrows Girls"  Harper 2:24
5. "Killer"  Harper, Garratt, Slack 1:28
6. "World War"    1:06
7. "Rockers"    3:15
8. "I.O.D."    1:22
9. "T.V. Blues"  Harper, Garratt, Slack 2:08
10. "Blues"    1:50
11. "Lady Esquire"    1:50
12. "All I Wanna Know"  Harper, Garratt, Slack 1:48
13. "Crash Course"  Charlie Harper, John McCoy, Nicky Garratt 1:40
14. "Young Criminals"    2:18
15. "B.I.C."    1:35
16. "Disease"    1:25
17. "Stranglehold"  Harper 2:26

Personnel

UK Subs
Additional personnel

References

  1. "Another Kind of Blues - UK Subs". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  2. "U.K. Subs - Another Kinds of Blues". Discogs. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  3. Shaar Murray, Charles (22 September 1979), ...Dredged up, New Musical Express
  4. Bushell, Gary (8 September 1979), Long live the punk, Sounds (magazine)