City Babys Revenge

City Baby's Revenge is the second studio album released by British hardcore punk band Charged GBH.[3][4] The title is a response to the band's 1982 debut album, City Baby Attacked By Rats.

City Baby's Revenge
Studio album by
Charged GBH
Released1984
Recorded1982-84
GenreHardcore punk, street punk
Length43:40
LabelCaptain Oi!, Clay Records[1]
ProducerChris Nagle
Charged GBH chronology
City Baby Attacked by Rats
(1982)		 City Baby's Revenge
(1984)		 Midnight Madness and Beyond
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

It was released by Clay Records in 1983 (Clay LP 8) and re-released in 2002 by punk reissue label Captain Oi! (Ahoy CD 186), with bonus tracks (A & B sides of the singles "Give Me Fire", "Catch 23" and "Do What You Do" EP). It was recorded in Strawberry Studios in Stockport, UK, and produced by the band and Chris Nagle.

Duff McKagan, of Guns N' Roses, puts City Baby's Revenge in his top 5 records[5]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that the title track "ranks among punk's most vivid depictions of urban decay."[2] SF Weekly called City Baby's Revenge a "real breakthrough ... on which the band developed its trademark sound: sweeping speed-metal rhythms coupled with a thundering double-bass bedrock, perfectly merging punk rage with Sabbath-style production."[6]

Track listing
  1. "Diplomatic Immunity" - 2:16
  2. "Drugs Party in 526" - 2:37
  3. "See the Man Run" - 2:16
  4. "Vietnamese Blues" - 3:57
  5. "Womb With a View" - 2:57
  6. "Forbidden Zone" - 3:09
  7. "Valley of Death" - 3:09
  8. "City Baby's Revenge" - 3:40
  9. "Pins and Needles" - 3:34
  10. "Christianized Cannibals" - 2:43
  11. "Faster Faster" - 2:55
  12. "High Octane Fuel" - 3:15
  13. "I Feel Alright" - 3:41 (The Stooges cover)
  14. "Skanga (Herby Weed)" - 3:26

Bonus tracks (2002 reissue)
  1. "Give Me Fire" - 2:51
  2. "Mantrap" - 3:16
  3. "Catch 23" - 2:52
  4. "Hellhole" - 3:00
  5. "Do What You Do" - 3:11
  6. "Four Men" - 4:03
  7. "Children of Dust" - 3:29
  8. "Do What You Do" (Concrete Mix) - 5:42

References
  1. Glasper, Ian (May 1, 2014). "Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980–1984". PM Press – via Google Books.
  2. "City Baby's Revenge - G.B.H. | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. Thompson, Dave (October 31, 2000). "Alternative Rock". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
  4. "TrouserPress.com :: Charged G.B.H". www.trouserpress.com.
  5. Amoeba (2019-05-28), Duff McKagan - What's In My Bag?, retrieved 2019-05-28
  6. Staff, SF Weekly (February 24, 1999). "Fast and Frightening". SF Weekly.


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