Can't Stand The Rezillos by The Rezillos

Can't Stand The Rezillos

The Rezillos

1978

Can't Stand The Rezillos is a Punk album by The Rezillos, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 42 pressings tracked, owned by 5 collectors.

Sound DNA

  • Punk
  • Punk Rock
  • brittle
  • frenzied
  • punky

About

Scotland’s Rezillos in 1977 created a postmodernist punk confection that mixed B-movie and pop-culture ephemera with relentless Ramones riffs, power harmonies, beefy glam rock, blips of speed-addled R&B, and absolutely peerless bass playing—all with nary a whiff of punk anarchy or sloganeering. The U.K. Top 20 hit “Top of the Pops,” which is like early Queen on too many Pop Tarts, leads the charge of well-recorded ironic (i.e., post–art school) punk ditties, including eardrum-tenderizing covers of an old Fleetwood Mac B-side (“Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonight”) and a Dave Clark Five humdinger (“Glad All Over”). Led by the colorful Faye Fife and guitarist Jo Callis (later a Human League main man), the band created songs that withstand the test of time, easily evidenced by the number of “best albums” lists this thing has graced. This set collects the band’s pretty much flawless 1978 debut (<i>Can’t Stand the Rezillos</i>), a non-album single (“Destination Venus”) and its b-side, and the ’79 live album <i>Mission Accomplished ... But the Beat Goes On</i>.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Flying Saucer Attack2:50
  2. 2No2:22
  3. 3Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight1:54
  4. 4Top of the Pops2:55
  5. 52000 A.D.2:58
  6. 6It Gets Me2:11
  7. 7I Can't Stand My Baby2:23
  8. 8Glad All Over2:07
  9. 9(My Baby Does) Good Sculptures3:10
  10. 10I Like It1:46
  11. 11Getting Me Down2:07
  12. 12Cold Wars2:55
  13. 13Bad Guy Reaction2:15
  14. 14Destination Venus3:35
  15. 15Mystery Action2:51
  16. 16Top of the Pops (Live At the Glasgow Apollo, December 23, 1978)2:54
  17. 17Mystery Action (Live At the Glasgow Apollo, December 23, 1978)2:45
  18. 18Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight (Live At the Glasgow Apollo, December 23, 1978)1:48
  19. 19Thunderbirds Are Go (Live At the Glasgow Apollo, December 23, 1978)2:31
  20. 20Cold Wars (Live At the Glasgow Apollo, December 23, 1978)2:56
  21. 21Teenbeat (Live At the Glasgow Apollo, December 23, 1978)3:08
  22. 22No (Live At the Glasgow Apollo, December 23, 1978)2:15
  23. 23Land of a Thousand Dances (Live At the Glasgow Apollo, December 23, 1978)2:14
  24. 24I Need You (Live At the Glasgow Apollo, December 23, 1978)1:49
  25. 25Culture Shock (Live At the Glasgow Apollo, December 23, 1978)3:11
  26. 26Getting Me Down (Live At the Glasgow Apollo, December 23, 1978)2:00
  27. 27Ballroom Blitz (Live At the Glasgow Apollo, December 23, 1978)4:46
  28. 28(My Baby Does) Good Sculptures (Live At the Glasgow Apollo, December 23, 1978)3:20

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Performers

5 collectors on Gatefold own this · 42 pressings tracked on Gatefold