City Baby Attacked by Rats


City Baby Attacked by Rats is the debut album by the band Charged GBH. Released in 1982 on Clay Records and later rereleased by leading punk reissue label Captain Oi! in 2002 with bonus tracks. It is considered a landmark in the development of hardcore punk, especially the UK 82 scene. Recorded at Frank Skarth Recordings in Birmingham, produced by Mike "Clay" Stone. It contains a rerecording of earlier single "Sick Boy".

Track listing

  1. "Time Bomb" - 2:26
  2. "Sick Boy" - 2:32
  3. "Wardogs" - 1:29
  4. "Slut" - 2:32
  5. "Maniac" - 2:12
  6. "Gunned Down" - 2:34
  7. "I Am the Hunted" - 2:52
  8. "City Baby Attacked by Rats" - 2:34
  9. "Prayer of a Realist" - 2:29
  10. "Passenger on the Menu" - 2:48
  11. "Heavy Discipline" - 2:11
  12. "Boston Babies" - 2:07
  13. "Bellend Bop" - 5:08

    Captain Oi re-release bonus tracks

  15. "No Survivors" - 2:35
  16. "Self Destruct" - 2:01
  17. "Big Women" - 2:17
  18. "Am I Dead Yet?" - 2:31
  19. "Slit Your Own Throat" - 2:07
  20. "Sick Boy " - 2:34

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