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X-Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1979
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Germ Free Adolescents is an LP by X-Ray Spex from 1979 released on the EMI, EMI International label.
About this album
Germfree Adolescents is X-Ray Spex’s defining punk statement, a smart and scathing debut that turned outsider energy into something lasting. Released in 1978, it pairs Poly Styrene’s clipped, defiant vocals with saxophone-led urgency and songs that skewered consumerism, conformity and teenage identity. The band’s bright, abrasive sound set them apart from much of the first-wave punk crowd, while tracks such as Art-I-Ficial, Identity and the title song helped make the album a cult classic. Its influence has endured as one of punk’s clearest expressions of wit, anger and anti-fashion attitude.
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Artist: X-Ray SpexLabel: EMI, EMI International – EMC-2687Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 1Country: AustraliaReleased: 1979Genre: Punk & AlternativeStyle: Punk
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A1 Art-I-Ficial
A2 Obsessed With You
A3 Warrior In Woolworths
A4 Let'S Submerge
A5 I Can'T Do Anything
A6 Identity
B1 Genetic Engineering
B2 I Live Off You
B3 I Am A Poseur
B4 Germ Free Adolescents
B5 Plastic Bag
B6 The Day The World Turned Dayglo