City Baby Attacked by Rats

City Baby Attacked By Rats
Studio album by Charged GBH
Released	15 April 1982
Studio	FSR Studios, Birmingham
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	34:06
Label	Clay Records (Clay LP 4) (UK), Captain Oi! (Ahoy CD 185)
Producer	Mike "Clay" Stone
Charged GBH chronology
Leather, Bristles, No Survivors and Sick Boys... (1981)Leather, Bristles, No Survivors and Sick Boys...1981 City Baby Attacked By Rats (1982) City Babys Revenge (1984)City Babys Revenge1984

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City Baby Attacked By Rats is the debut album by the band Charged GBH. Released in 1982 on Clay Records^[1] and later rereleased by leading punk reissue label Captain Oi! in 2002^[2] with bonus tracks (A & B sides of singles "No Survivors" and "Sick Boy"). It is considered a landmark in the development of hardcore punk,^[3] 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

14. "No Survivors" - 2:35
15. "Self Destruct" - 2:01
16. "Big Women" - 2:17
17. "Am I Dead Yet?" - 2:31
18. "Slit Your Own Throat" - 2:07
19. "Sick Boy [Single Version]" - 2:34

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