The Only Good Punk... Is a Dead One

The Only Good Punk...Is A Dead One
Studio album by
Electro Hippies
Released1988
Recorded30 November and 1 December 1987
Genre
Length30:20
LabelPeaceville
ProducerElectro Hippies, Hammy
Electro Hippies chronology
Electro Hippies/Generic Split
(1986) 		The Only Good Punk...Is A Dead One
(1988) 		The Peel Session
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
allmusic[1]

The Only Good Punk...Is A Dead One is the debut album proper by British crust punk band Electro Hippies. The original LP featured 20 songs, all but four of which last less than two minutes. The 2002 re-issue of the album (with the title shortened to The Only Good Punk) contains an additional 20 tracks (the listing can be found at the allmusic review); of those, six were taken from a compilation album and fourteen were from a live recording done in 1989.

Track listing

  • All Songs Written By Electro Hippies.
No.TitleLength
1."Faith"0:39
2."Acid Rain"2:53
3."Run Ronald"0:40
4."Scum"1:05
5."B.P."1:47
6."Unity"1:59
7."Terror Eyes"2:40
8."So Wicked"0:46
9."Profit"0:54
10."Freddy's Revenge"1:47
11."Mistake"0:43
12."Things Of Beauty"4:05
13."Protest"0:30
14."Gas Joe Pearce"0:54
15."Lies"1:55
16."Tortured Tears"1:31
17."Turkeys"0:56
18."D.I.Y."1:01
19."Suck"0:42
20."Deception"2:53
Total length:30:20

Personnel

  • Andy: guitars, vocals
  • Dom: bass, vocals
  • Simon: drums

Production

  • Produced By Electro Hippies & Hammy
  • Engineered & Mixed By Disk Drive

References

  1. ^ York, William "The Only Good Punk Is a Dead One Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-03-26
  • "The Only Good Punk...Is A Dead One" at discogs: link