Moving Targets [Import]

Penetration | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 16, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Captain Oi
• ASIN: B000C6NOS2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #485,667 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Future Daze

2. Life's a Gamble

3. Lover of Outrage

4. Vision

5. Silent Community

6. Stone Heroes

7. Movement

8. Too Many Friends

9. Reunion

10. Nostalgia

11. Free Money

12. Don't Dictate [*]

13. Money Talks [*]

14. VIP [*]

15. Firing Squad [*]

16. Never [*]

Editorial Reviews

At last A proper CD release for the debut LP by Penetration which hit No. 22 in the U.K. charts when first issued by Virgin in 1978. Includes the singles 'Life's A Gamble' and 'Firing Squad' plus the accliamed punk classic 'Don't Dictate'. Captain Oi. 2006.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent New Wave band that some called Punk, July 28, 2009

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Strat_Lvr - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moving Targets (Audio CD)

I bought the original Import LP of this when it first came out at the old Music Plus store and I loved this album from the day I bought it. However, I consider Penetration more of a "new wave" band than just a "punk" band because they were so diverse in their styles and sounded better than many of the punk bands of that era from the late 70's, and I was never much of a fan of those other punk bands. Pauline Murray had a very unique and different voice, unlike any I've heard before or since, and I think she was an outstanding vocalist, and her album "Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls" is a one-of-a-kind classic in my opinion. This album rocks and there's no bad tracks. If you like any kind of new wave/punk bands, you must hear this debut LP by Penetration, it's an outstanding album! Glenn Signal Hill, CA

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Too Many Friends!!!!, June 7, 2007

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Jose F. Bacelar "cpxiexie" (Brasilia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moving Targets (Audio CD)

This CD is soooo good!!! It never grows old. Pure Punk Rock. Pity that Penetration was such an underrated group. I love Punk Rock (Sex Pistols, Ramones, The Clash, Blondie, Patti Smith) and I think Penetration stands side by side with the greatest ones.

4.0 out of 5 stars A classic, sort of, November 21, 2010

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Pseudonym (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moving Targets (Audio CD)

This debut LP from Penetration is hard to pin down. It has punk elements (evidenced by covers of the Buzzcocks' "Nostalgia" and Patti Smith's "Free Money), but had a sound closer to new wave. The songs are consistently strong, but rarely as brilliant as the best groups they emulate. The band avoids cliches of romantic, commercial rock, but the lyrics have never been particularly strong or innovative.

MOVING TARGETS doesn't exactly capture the band's live electricity, but is a competent rendering of the Penetration at their most creative and consistent. The vocals of Pauline Murray solidify and give distinction to the sound. Best of all, you can still listen to these songs long after other bands have become passe.