Crass - Christ the Album

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Article name: Christ the Album
Genre: Punk Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: CRASSICAL COLL. Number of tracks: 39

Tracklist LP - 1

CRASS - HAVE A NICE DAY CRASS - MOTHER LOVE CRASS - NINETEEN EIGHTY BORE CRASS - I KNOW THERE IS LOVE CRASS - BEG YOUR PARDON CRASS - BIRTH CONTROL 'N' ROCK 'N' ROLL CRASS - REALITY WHITEWASH CRASS - IT'S THE GREATEST WORKING CLASS RIPOFF CRASS - DEADHEAD CRASS - YOU CAN BE WHO? CRASS - BUY NOW PAY AS YOU GO CRASS - RIVAL TRIBAL REVEL REBEL (PT. 2) CRASS - BUMHOOLER CRASS - SENTIMENT (WHITE FEATHERS) CRASS - MAJOR GENERAL DESPAIR

Tracklist - 2

CRASS - BANNED FROM THE ROXY (LIVE) CRASS - ONE HAND CLAPPING (LIVE) CRASS - PUNK IS DEAD (LIVE) CRASS - NAGASAKI NIGHTMARE (LIVE) CRASS - DARLING (LIVE) CRASS - BATA MOTEL BLUES (LIVE) CRASS - BERKERTEX BRIBE (LIVE) CRASS - FOLD IT IN HALF (LIVE) CRASS - TONY'S BIG HANDS (LIVE) CRASS - BUMHOOLER (LIVE) CRASS - BIG A LITTLE A (LIVE) CRASS - FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE (LIVE) CRASS - ARLINGTON 73 (LIVE) CRASS - BOMB PLUS BOMB TAPE (LIVE) CRASS - CONTAMINATIONAL POWEER (LIVE) CRASS - AIN'T THICK, IT'S JUST A TRICK (LIVE) CRASS - G'S SONG (LIVE) CRASS - SECURICOR (LIVE) CRASS - I CAN'T STAND IT (LIVE) CRASS - SHAVED WOMAN (LIVE) CRASS - NOT APART (LIVE) CRASS - DO THEY OWE US A LIVING? (LIVE) CRASS - SO WHAT? (LIVE) CRASS - SALT'N'PEPPER (LIVE)

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Released with unplanned irony as the Falklands War raged -- an event that would provide grist for the band's eventual masterwork, Yes Sir I Will -- Christ, another two-album half-studio/half-live set like Stations of the Crass, once again aims to take no prisoners. Ratcheting up the continued "leave no stone unturned" lyrical approach that characterized the group from the start, Crass again sounds like the group's about to explode in eight million directions. Ignorant takes over the lead vocal role again, his rough ramalama bitterly leading the charge against the loathed Thatcher government and the society that allowed it to come into power. Libertine, here appearing as Peeve Libido, adds backing vocals while De Vivre takes the lead on "Birth Control" and "Sentiment." Free's guitar work roars along with the usual vim, as does the Pete Wright aka Sybil Right/Rimbaud rhythm section, while continual spiking of the musical punch via production or sonic collages, or even almost power pop catchiness at points, prevents things from being one note. "Reality Whitewash" even has a swelling string and brass combination to propel it along. Mock and real found-sound bites, from official statements to slams at Crass itself, pepper the studio side as bridges between songs or concurrently running elements of the tunes themselves. While hints had always been present in earlier songs, Crass collectively starts wearing their hearts on their sleeves even more than before; "I Know There Is Love" is another all-encompassing rejection of societal roles in favor of a real, untainted feeling, at once impolite and passionate. The live material, recorded at a June 1981 show, is interspersed with a variety of material from other sources, including more found-sound/media snippets and, in an interesting nod to the past, two cuts from the group's very first time in a studio. ~ Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett