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Released
  
1979

Stations of the Crass (1979)
  
Penis Envy (1981)

Release date
  
1979

Label
  
Crass Records

Recorded
  
August 1979

Artist
  
Crass

Producer
  
Crass

Genres
  
Anarcho-punk, Art punk

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Length
  
79:23 65:25 (Crassical release)

Similar
  
Crass albums, Anarcho-punk albums, Other albums

Crass stations of the crass full album


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 the 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 typical of Crass), 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.

Contents

A remastered edition of the album, 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 because of contentions with former members. The remastered 'Crassical Collection' version was eventually released in October 2010, including 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. These tracks can be downloaded from the Crass Arkive, but they are taken from a rip of the original 1990 CD issue. The untitled track 20 from the original 1990 CD cannot be downloaded.

Crass mother earth 1979


LP

Side 1

  1. "Mother-Earth" - 4:11
  2. "White Punks on Hope" - 2:22
  3. "You've Got Big Hands" - 1:42
  4. "Darling" - 1:56
  5. "System" - 0:56
  6. "Big Man, Big M.A.N." - 2:46
  7. "Hurry Up Garry (The Parsons Farted)" - 1:11

Side 2

  1. "Fun Going On" - 2:16
  2. "Crutch of Society" - 1:52
  3. "Heard Too Much About" - 1:08
  4. "Chairman of the Bored" - 1:18
  5. "Tired" - 3:19
  6. "Walls" - 2:59
  7. "Upright Citizen" - 3:15

Side 3

  1. "The Gasman Cometh" - 3:17
  2. "Demo(N)Crats" - 3:20
  3. "Contaminational Power" - 2:01
  4. "Time Out" - 2:16
  5. "I Ain't Thick, It's Just a Trick" - 4:24
  6. "Prime Sinister" [Unlisted Track] - 1:20

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

*From the band's John Peel Session - BBC Maida Vale 4, March 28, 1979.

Personnel

  • Steve Ignorant - lead vocals
  • Eve Libertine - lead vocals on tracks 4, 13, 16
  • Joy De Vivre - voices
  • Phil Free - lead guitar, backing vocals
  • N.A. Palmer - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Pete Wright - bass guitar, lead vocals on tracks 8, 12, 14
  • Penny Rimbaud - drums, radio
  • Gee Vaucher - artwork
  • Mick Duffield - films

    • Songs

    Mother Earth4:12
    White Punks on Hope2:22
    You've Got Big Hands1:43

    References

    Stations of the Crass Wikipedia
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