CD 1
Go Wild 1. Punks On Postcards 2. Go Wild (My Son) 3. Messed Up 4. Six Foot Rooms 5. Ten Per Cent Off 6. Circles 7. Mother's On The Phone 8. All (Messed Up) Together
All The Time: 9. Countdowns 10. Twenty Questions 11. Upside Down 12. The Time It Takes 13. Four Minutes 14. Northern Ireland 15. Northern Ireland Dub 16. Onwards
CD 2
Onwards & Upwards 1. Pressure 2. Colour T.V. 3. Fast Forward 4. You Are Not Alone 5. Joyless 6. If You Don't Like It 7. Civilisation Street 8. United 9. Catching Flies 10. When The Fighting's Over 11. Open Mind Surgery 12. Don't Worry About It 13. I.S.D. 14. Stonehenge 15. Home Economics 16. New York, New York
CD 3
Living History (Demo) 1. No Chance In A Million 2. Living History 3. Colour T.V. 4. United 5. Stonehenge 6. Punks On Postcards 7. You Are Not Alone 8. If You Don't Like It 9. Six Foot Rooms 10. Ten Per Cent Off
Reality Stop No 44: 11. Don't Worry About 12. Fast Forward 13. Open Mind Surgery 14. Television Shop 15. Catching Flies 16. Pressure 17. When The Fighting's Over 18. Human Zoo 19. I.S.D.
Released On Bluurg Records / Fish 51
Review:
I have to admit that I missed Culture Shock the first time around - a mixture, I suppose, of girlfriends, working abroad and then working in "pop music" radio for a number of years meaning that I took my eye off the ball as far as the punk scene was concerned - certainly after the A Heads split up - and Beki left Vice Squad - sparking that mid 80s demise of quite a lot of the late 70s/early 80s bands, I lost touch (no internet in those days..).
I am, therefore, very pleased that all of Culture Shock's releases have now been put together in one 3 cd box set entitled "Everything", which means I can catch up all at once. It comes wth a great 60 page booklet which has all the lyrics, a short history of the band and reviews from various fanzines relating to the original album releases.
Presumably, Culture Shock's music falls into the caterory of what John Robb calls "Post Punk" but this is a very light and lively mixture of ska / punk and reggae with lots of social comment and bit of humour - very easy to listen to and certainly worth buying to complete your collection of Warminster punk classics and at 51 tracks for a tenner (or less, depending on where you buy it from...) you really couldn't get better value for money.
Order Links:http://www.subhumans.co.uk/
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