City Baby Attacked By Rats [Import]

G.B.H. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 28, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Receiver Records
• ASIN: B0000089QV
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #663,006 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Time Bomb

2. Sick Boy

3. Wardogs

4. Slut

5. Maniac

6. Gunned Down

7. I Am The Hunted

8. City Baby Attacked By Rats

9. The Prayer Of A Realist

10. Passenger On The Menu

11. Heavy Discipline

12. Boston Babies

13. Bellend Bop

14. No Survivors

15. Self Destruct

16. Big Women

17. Am I Dead Yet?

18. Slit Your Own Throat

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GBH's best, September 18, 2001

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D. K. Malone (earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: City Baby Attacked By Rats (Audio CD)

Their 1982 sophomore album, and my personal favorite. Classic punk, among the best of the early 80s. Upbeat and hardedged enough to be classified as hardcore, but tempered with a strong dose of good old Ramones-ish pop, neither sloppy nor too polished. Sort of seems like "good time" party music compared to the dark and serious stuff that was coming from the bourgeoning peace punk movement that was dominant in the British scene at the time. I seem to remember the next album, City Baby's Revenge, was their most popular. But I never understood why. These songs are catchier, and the production is better. Both great albums, but I had to pick one, this would be it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A la marosca!, Que Punk!, August 4, 2000

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This review is from: City Baby Attacked By Rats (Audio CD)

Impressive punk band.. Best of the late seventies/early eigthies. Can't help listening over and over.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BEWARE: Not the ORIGINAL MIX!, December 17, 2006

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Ernesto Catalan Valdez "There is no try..." (Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: City Baby Attacked By Rats (Audio CD)

I agree that this is probably G.B.H.'s finest hour: a nice mix of speedy british punk in the vein of DISCHARGE, THE EXPLOITED and even MOTORHEAD. But be warned: this 1998 edition is NOT the original 1982 mix. The snare drum sounds annoyingly louder than usual and, in some songs, the Bass guitar completely disappears! A case in point: the song "The Prayer of the Realist", one of this album's highlights, had a bass break in the middle and on this version it's totally gone!!! All you hear is some guitar feedback and the drums. [...]. The bonus songs (taken from their "Leather, Bristles, etc." EP) have luckily remained untouched.

I bought this CD back in 1998 and was truly disappointed by this horrendous mix. Whoever though of this should be hanged. Apparently, the Captain OI! label re-released the album, remastered AND with the original mix untouched, so if you're getting this classic hardcore album, get the OI! version.

Besides, the thirty-something price tag on this version is almost insulting and DEFINITELY not worth it.

For this version I give the album only 3 stars (for the atrocious mix) and 5 stars for the ORIGINAL album, which is truly a gem in the annals of punk!