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  • Audio CD (March 13, 2001)
  • Original Release Date: 1990
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued
  • Label: Frontier Records
  • ASIN: B000006SC8
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,863 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. I Hate Children - The Adolescents
2. Who Is Who - The Adolescents
3. Wrecking Crew - The Adolescents
4. L.A. Girl - The Adolescents
5. Self Destruct - The Adolescents
6. Kids of the Black Hole - The Adolescents
7. No Way - The Adolescents
8. Amoeba - The Adolescents
9. Word Attack - The Adolescents
10. Rip It Up - The Adolescents
11. Democracy - The Adolescents
12. No Friends - The Adolescents
13. Creatures - The Adolescents, Rikk Agnew
14. Welcome to Reality - The Adolescents
15. Losing Battle - The Adolescents
16. Things Start Moving - The Adolescents
17. O.C. Life - Rikk Agnew
18. 10 - Rikk Agnew
19. Yur 2 Late - Rikk Agnew
20. Everyday - Rikk Agnew
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Led by Los Angeles punk legend Rikk Agnew, the Adolescents lived up to their name, bawling out song after angst-ridden song about how much everything--mom, dad, the cops, and, most likely, you--totally sucked. Admittedly, that was nothing special for the scene that spawned them, but Agnew's jaw-dropping array of guitar tricks vaulted the Adolescents near to the top of the heap. Equal parts Dick Dale, Johnny Thunders, and Chuck Berry, Agnew didn't flaunt virtuoso moves, but the riffs he laid down on classics like "I Hate Children," "Wrecking Crew," and "Section 8" were instrumental in creating America's first mosh pits. --David Sprague

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, March 1, 2003
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This review is from: The Adolescents (Audio CD)
This is an amazing CD. When I heard this was one of the main influences of some of today's terrible MTV "pop-punk" bands I was a little reluctant to check this out. Luckily for me this CD is nothing like those other bands. It truely is a great album for anyone into hardcore or punk.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is O.C. not L.A., September 9, 2005
By Fritz L. Vaupel "Dirthill" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Adolescents (Audio CD)
The Ad's were from Orange County not L.A. The two places were a totally different life experience. I went to high school with these guys and that's when they wrote these songs. The base player, Steve Soto, went to El Dorado High, the same school that Mike and James from Agent Orange went to. The music was inspired from the f@#ked up mind set of everyone in O.C. back then. AO's song, El Dorado, was a statement of frustration at the mindless people around them in their school. These were the days when jocks would beat you up for being a punk. The Ad's wrote and played with a fury that I had never seen before. Seeing them play at parties and shows was incredible madness. It was glorious. Being an adolescent myself at the time, and having the same experiences that these guys were going through made this music even more powerfull. It was a drug. It was dangerous. It was punk at it's purest, at it's best. I saw these guys play in Seattle last month and even though it's been 25 years since I first heard these songs, they still gave me goose bumps. This is punk rock. This is music. All the new punk is crap when compared to this.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best punk album ever recorded., September 14, 2004
This review is from: The Adolescents (Audio CD)
Without a doubt. A must own. This record stands out from it's peers. It was an instant classic. This album has influenced countless amounts of bands. In much the way the band X wrote songs songs about what they saw in LA, The Adolescents wrote songs about what they saw. Due to that fact, this album captures perfectly the mind set and attitude of the early punk scene. The bonus album, Rikk Agnew's All By Myself is worthy of purchace in it's own right. A vert talented man shows what he is made of by recording ALL the instruments himself. As titled. All By Himself. Classics later recorded with Rikkand Casey's band DI OC life and Falling Out are instant classics as well. Check out section 8
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3.0 out of 5 stars A great skate punk album
This really is a great album, but the few standout tracks don't excuse all the excrement that the Adolescents also turned out. Still, for any hardcore or punk fan, this is a must.
Published 11 months ago by Jack Green

5.0 out of 5 stars Kids of the Black Hole
This album is one of the most crucial recordings in the punk rock genre. The Adolescents featuring guitar hero Rikk Agnew were the soundtrack behind the re-emerging skate scene in... Read more
Published 13 months ago by euroyankee

4.0 out of 5 stars A Classic
This is one of the key albums of the era, up there with Damaged and Group Sex if you ask me. I don't think they ever topped this, although Balboa Fun Zone is cool too. Read more
Published 22 months ago by S. Kopeny

5.0 out of 5 stars 25 + Years Later and Still Rocks
The Adolescents were one of the first punk bands from Orange County, Ca, but not predating "Middle Class" of the mid-late 70's. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Dr. I.C.Brown

5.0 out of 5 stars Great 80s punk!
the Adolescents are an incredible 80s punk band. Even though they didn't release too many albums, this one rules. Read more
Published on January 5, 2007 by L. Scott

5.0 out of 5 stars the way punk should be
i dont know about everyone else, but when a "punk" band relies on politics and over promotes their working class values, it definately gets old fast. Read more
Published on January 2, 2007 by Ryan Lovejoy

5.0 out of 5 stars classic punk
this is one of the best punk albums ever recorded. early 80's LA hardcore at it's best, this album still rocks hard more than 20 years later. Read more
Published on December 12, 2006

5.0 out of 5 stars the Debut album from a very great band
I thought that this debut album from the Adolescents was pretty good and should be great for newbies. Read more
Published on October 15, 2005 by Steve

5.0 out of 5 stars L.A. had the cream of punk bands
i remember listening to "someone`s gunna get their head kicked in" for maybe the 80th time and thinking the adolescents are ok but far from the best band on the album. Read more
Published on March 12, 2005 by F.Dawson

5.0 out of 5 stars TSOL Fans Will Love This
Those of you who only know "Amoeba" and think that every song on the album is like that, then you'll be shocked. Read more
Published on June 3, 2003 by B-R-Mike M.

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