by John Dougan
Never released in America, this is a stunning record that remains a benchmark of the punk era. From the bubbling, herky-jerky rhythms of &Quality Crayon Wax OK& to the gleeful honking of &Wake Up,& this is the sound of five young English musicians disassembling rock & roll and remaking it in an entirely new way. It's more than just a different way of playing music; it, like the best punk rock, fills you with the feeling of being able to change the world. An underrated record of its time, it remains criminally overlooked by critics even today (with such notable exceptions as Greil Marcus and Jon Savage), as the history of punk is finally being written.