Punk: The Jubilee [Import]

Various Artists - Alternative - Punk | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B000068PZ0
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #937,549 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. White Riot

2. New Rose

3. Orgasm Addict

4. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker

5. Teenage Kicks

6. Into The Valley

7. Another Girl, Another Planet

8. Lust For Life

9. Blank Generation

10. Rip Her To Shreds

11. Top Of The Pops

12. C30 C60 C90 Go

13. King Rocker

14. (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

15. This Perfect Day

16. Alternative Ulster

17. Emergency

18. If The Kids Are United

19. Turning Japanese

20. She Does It Right

See all 46 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great but not comprehensive, November 13, 2003

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This review is from: Punk: The Jubilee (Audio CD)

This is a great punk rock compilation. Not perfect, in that some of the most influential bands of the time have been omitted, but quite inclusive with a lot of the era's classic tracks by the rest.

And of these there were plenty, like New Rose by The Damned, Into The Valley by The Skids, Blank Generation by Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Shot By Both Sides by Magazine and Oh Bondage Up Yours! by X Ray Spex.

The contrast between the angry little anthems by Poly Styrene's band and the moody, brooding electronics of Howard DeVoto's Magazine demonstrates the magnificent variety of sounds and flavours that went under the umbrella of Punk.

There was the pop punk of The Buzzcocks, The Only Ones, The Vapors and The Undertones, the experimental edge of Devo, Wire and XTC, the hard but melodic rock of The Stranglers and Penetration plus various obscure gems like Jilted John's eponymous little tale of woe and The Flying Lizard's exquisite interpretation of the old classic Money. The Tom Robinson Band and Ian Dury and the Blockheads are well represented too.

On the minus side, there are no proper tracks by those fathers of punk The Sex Pistols or by other seminal artists like Siouxsie and the Banshees or The Jam. This album should thus be complimented with Never Mind by the Pistols and the Best Of The Banshees for a truly representative view of the era and the style.