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    05/04/1999

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    All Music Guide Review

    Burning Ambition: The History of Punk, Vols. 1-3 attempts to be a definitive overview of American and British punk in the '70s, and while it falls short of its goals, it's nevertheless an admirable effort. Admittedly, some of the selections are strange -- there are some odd choices for major artists, plus a few alternate takes, poor mixes or live cuts -- and the anthology leans toward more obscure artists, but there's enough basic material here from the likes of the Buzzcocks, the Fall, Wire, the 101'ers, 999, the Adverts, the Stranglers, the Vibrators, X-Ray Spex, the Saints, the Damned, Killing Joke, the Dead Kennedys, the Exploited, the Angelic Upstarts, the U.K. Subs, the Undertones, New Model Army, Sham 69 and the Anti-Nowhere League to make it worthwhile for listeners who already have a basic knowledge of punk, want to dig a little deeper, and don't mind taking the good with the bad. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • The New Record
  • Idol, Billy
  • 2:52

  • 2
  • Then He Kissed Me
  • Hollywood Brats
  • 2:22

  • 3
  • I Don't Care
  • Boys [1]
  • 1:54

  • 4
  • Thinkin' of the U.S.A.
  • Eater
  • 2:06

  • 5
  • Safety Pin Stuck in My Heart
  • Fitzgerald, Patrik
  • 3:39

  • 6
  • Automatic Lover
  • Vibrators
  • 2:31

  • 7
  • Action Time Vision
  • Alternative TV
  • 2:14

  • 8
  • (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
  • Stranglers
  • 3:59

  • 9
  • Baby Baby
  • Vibrators
  • 3:03

  • 10
  • Identity
  • X Ray Spex
  • 2:21

  • 11
  • (I'm) Stranded
  • Saints & Sinners [1]
  • 3:28

  • 12
  • Chinese Rocks
  • Heartbreakers [1]
  • 2:57

  • 13
  • Love Song
  • Damned, The
  • 2:01

  • 14
  • In a Rut
  • Ruts, The
  • 3:39

  • 15
  • Stranglehold
  • UK Subs
  • 2:25

  • 16
  • Flares and Slippers
  • Cockney Rejects
  • 1:37

  • 17
  • The Wait
  • Killing Joke
  • 3:41

  • 18
  • Holiday in Cambodia
  • Dead Kennedys
  • 3:43

  • 19
  • Dead Cities
  • Exploited, The
  • 1:51

  • 20
  • Last Rockers
  • Vice Squad
  • 4:17

  • 21
  • Someone's Gonna Die
  • Blitz [1]
  • 2:26

  • 22
  • City Baby Attacked by Rats
  • G.B.H
  • 2:29

  • 23
  • Russians in the DHSS
  • Attila the Stockbroker
  • 1:35

  • 24
  • Lust for Glory
  • Angelic Upstarts
  • 2:42

  • 25 (2)
  • The New Record
  • :17
  • 26 (2)
  • Then He Kissed Me
  • Hollywood Brats
  • 3:09

  • 27 (2)
  • I Don't Care
  • Boys, The
  • 2:10

  • 28 (2)
  • Thinkin' of the U.S.A.
  • Eater
  • 3:00

  • 29 (2)
  • Safety Pin Stuck in My Heart
  • Fitzgerald, Patrick [1]
  • 2:39

  • 30 (2)
  • Automatic Lover
  • Vibrators, The
  • 2:33

  • 31 (2)
  • Action Time Vision
  • Alternative TV
  • 2:32

  • 32 (2)
  • The Murder of Liddle Towers
  • Angelic Upstarts
  • 4:37

  • 33 (2)
  • C.I.D.
  • UK Subs
  • 1:54

  • 34 (2)
  • Police Car
  • Cockney Rejects
  • 1:21

  • 35 (2)
  • True Confessions
  • Undertones, The
  • 1:52

  • 36 (2)
  • Vegetarian
  • Lydon, John
  • :10
  • 37 (2)
  • Totally Wired
  • Fall, The
  • 3:24

  • 38 (2)
  • Kill the Poor
  • Dead Kennedys
  • 3:05

  • 39 (2)
  • Exploited Barmy Army
  • Exploited, The
  • 2:14

  • 40 (2)
  • So What
  • League, Anti Nowhere
  • 3:08

  • 41 (2)
  • 17 Years of Hell
  • Partisans, The
  • 2:48

  • 42 (2)
  • Stab the Judge
  • One Way System
  • 1:59

  • 43 (2)
  • Run Like Hell
  • Peter & The Test Tube Babies
  • 2:32

  • 44 (2)
  • Smash the Discos
  • Business, The
  • 1:49

  • 45 (2)
  • Warriors
  • Blitz [1]
  • 2:55

  • 46 (2)
  • Dozen Girls
  • Damned, The
  • 4:19

  • 47 (2)
  • Summer of '81
  • Violators
  • 3:34

  • 48 (2)
  • Megalomania
  • Blood, The
  • 3:12

  • 49 (2)
  • Vengeance
  • New Model Army
  • 4:06

  • 50 (2)
  • You'll Never Know
  • Vice Squad
  • 3:30

  • 51 (3)
  • If the Kids Are United
  • Sham Sixty Nine
  • 3:47

  • 52 (3)
  • Warhead
  • UK Subs
  • 3:05

  • 53 (3)
  • The Greatest Cockney Rip Off
  • Cockney Rejects
  • 2:10

  • 54 (3)
  • Another Dead Soldier
  • Anti Pasti
  • 2:36

  • 55 (3)
  • Decontrol
  • Discharge
  • 2:37

  • 56 (3)
  • Too Drunk to Fuck
  • Dead Kennedys
  • 2:40

  • 57 (3)
  • Transvestite
  • Peter & The Test Tube Babies
  • 3:21

  • 58 (3)
  • Rampton Song
  • Disorder [1]
  • 3:17

  • 59 (3)
  • Puppets of War
  • Chron Gen
  • 4:06

  • 60 (3)
  • Let's Break the Law
  • League, Anti-Nowhere
  • 3:07

  • 61 (3)
  • No Survivors
  • GBH [1]
  • 2:35

  • 62 (3)
  • Stand Strong, Stand Proud
  • Vice Squad
  • 3:19

  • 63 (3)
  • Everybody Jitterbug
  • Toy Dolls
  • 2:35

  • 64 (3)
  • Viva la Revolution
  • Adicts
  • 3:48

  • 65 (3)
  • Burn 'Em Down
  • Abrasive Wheels
  • 2:40

  • 66 (3)
  • Jerusalem
  • One Way System
  • 2:44

  • 67 (3)
  • Farmyard Boogie
  • Chaos U.K
  • 4:36

  • 68 (3)
  • Die for Your Government
  • Varukers, The
  • 1:57

  • 69 (3)
  • Fuck Religion, Fuck Politics, Fuck the Lot of You
  • Dischord, Chatic
  • 2:57

  • 70 (3)
  • Decapitated
  • Broken Bones
  • 2:42

  • Credits

    • 999
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