Society's Victims by Discharge (CD, Aug-2004, 3 Discs, Castle)

Album Features
UPC:	5050159198597
Artist:	Discharge
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2004
Record Label:	Castle
Genre:	Hardcore/Punk, Heavy Metal
Number Of Discs:	3

Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Realities of War
2. They Declare It
3. But After the Gig
4. Society's Victims
5. Fight Back
6. War's No Fairytale
7. Always Restrictions
8. You Take Part in Creating the System
9. Religion Instigates
10. Decontrol
11. It's No TV Sketch
12. Tomorrow Belongs to Us
13. Visions of War
14. Does This System Work?
15. Look at Tomorrow, A
16. Why?
17. Maimed & Slaughtered
18. Mania For Conquest
19. Ain't No Feeble Bastard
20. Is This to Be?
21. Massacre of Innocence (Air Attack)
22. Never Again
23. Death Dealers
24. Two Monstrous Nuclear Stockpiles
25. State Violence State Control
26. Doomsday
27. Warning
28. Where There Is a Will There Is a Way
29. In Defense of Our Future
30. Price of Silence, The
31. More I See, The
32. Ignorance
33. Hear Nothng See Nothing Say Nothing
34. Nightmare Continues, The
35. Final Blood Bath, The
36. Protest and Survive
37. I Won't Subscribe
38. Drunk With Power
39. Meanwhile
40. Hell on Earth, A
41. Cries of Help
42. Possibility of Life's Destruction, The
43. Blood Runs Red, The
44. Free Speech For the Dumb
45. Grave New World
46. City of Fear
47. Lost Tribe Rising
48. Shootin up the World
49. Leaders Deceivers
50. You Deserve Me
51. Almost Alive
52. Corpse of Decadence
53. Trust Em
54. M.A.D.
55. Hype Overload
56. You
57. What Do I Get?
58. Hell Is War
59. Hell Is War (2004 Version)
60. More I See, The (2004 Version)
61. State Violence State Control (2004 Version)
62. Never Again (2004 Version)
63. You Take Part in Creating the System (2004 Version)
64. Nightmare Continues, The (Live 2004)
65. Hell on Earth, A (Live 2004)
66. Realities of War (Live 2004)
67. Possibility of Life's Destruction, The (Live 1983)
68. Final Blood Bath, The (Live 1983)
69. Doomsday (Live 1983)
70. Drunk With Power (Live 1983)
71. Why? (Live 1983)
72. Two Monstrous Nuclear Stockpiles (Live 1983)
73. Decontrol (Live 1983)
74. Warning (Live in New Jersey)
75. Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (Live in New Jersey)
76. Protest and Survive (Live in New Jersey)
77. In Defense of Our Future (Live in New Jersey)
78. State Violence State Control (Live in New Jersey)
79. Price of Silence, The (Live in New Jersey)
80. Blood Runs Red, The (Live in New Jersey)

DISC 2:
1. Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
2. Nightmare Continues, The
3. Final Blood Bath, The
4. Protest and Survive
5. I Won't Subscribe
6. Drunk with Power
7. Meanwhile
8. Hell on Earth, A
9. Cries of Help
10. Possibility of Life's Destruction, The
11. Blood Runs Red, The
12. Free Speech for the Dumb
13. Grave New World
14. City of Fear
15. Lost Tribe Rising
16. Shootin' Up the World
17. Leaders Deceivers
18. You Deserve Me
19. Almost Alive
20. Corpse of Decadence
21. Trust 'Em
22. M.A.D.
23. Hype Overload
24. You
25. What Do I Get?
26. Hell Is War

DISC 3:
1. Hell Is War
2. More I See, The
3. State Violence, State Control
4. Never Again
5. You Take Part in Creating the System
6. Nightmare Continues, The
7. Hell on Earth, A
8. Realities of War
9. Possibility of Life's Destruction, The
10. Final Blood Bath, The
11. Doomsday
12. Drunk with Power
13. Why?
14. Two Monstrous Nuclear Stockpiles
15. Decontrol
16. Warning
17. Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
18. Protest and Survive
19. In Defence of Our Future
20. State Violence, State Control
21. Price of Silence, The
22. Blood Runs Red, The

Details
Distributor:	Phantom Import Distributi
Recording Type:	Mixed
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Anthology from the uncompromising legends of UK hardcore punk. Includes new material and includes exerpt sleeve notes by Mark Brennan.

SOCIETY'S VICTIMS is a three-disc box set that gives a satisfying overview of the British punk band Discharge. The compilation includes new songs, live material, singles and EPs, and selected album tracks.Discharge split heads and changed minds with the raging and righteousness of early releases like the Realities of War EP (1980) and the "Why" 12" from 1983. But the pioneering U.K. hardcore unit lost focus with lineup shifts and an eventual drift toward metal, and their legacy was tarnished or criminally forgotten by the mid-'90s. Since then the band's been anthologized and re-released as much as it's been maligned. Various labels released compendiums of their early singles; the band's own 2001 deal with Sanctuary brought expanded reissues of early releases, as well as collections like 2002's Decontrol: The Singles. All of this means Discharge devotees will already own much of Society's Victims, or at least its first half, roughly from Realities of War through the Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing LP. But Society's Victims continues from there, and in doing so gets close to being the definitive statement of their legacy, warts and all. It delves into Discharge's conflicted mid-period with the title track from Grave New World, as well as two songs each from the early-'90s efforts Massacre Divine and Shootin' Up the World. "Grave"'s sudden shift toward Robert Plant-styled vocals and galloping metal chording really is jarring, particularly after the bluster and grit of the Hear Nothing material. And cuts like "City of Fear" and "Leaders Deceivers" are interesting as statements of the muscular thrash sound that hardcore helped create, but that doesn't make them very memorable. Still, these songs' failings only make 2002's eponymous comeback album -- with the original lineup reconstituted -- that much more stinging. Disc two ends with an abbreviated form of the album. Society's Victims' third disc gathers 2004 remakes of classics like "Hell Is War" and "State Violence, State Control" with Varukers vocalist Tony "Rat" Martin, as well as live material spanning Discharge's entire career. ~ Johnny Loftus