"reverse engineering"
Year: 2022
Label: Cleopatra
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 12
Time: 34 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Rock
"covers - subversions II"
Year: 2019
Label:
Cleopatra
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 12
Time: 36 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Garage Rock
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"covers - subversions I"
Year: 2018
Label: Cleopatra
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 12
Time: 36 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Garage Rock
This new studio collection, recorded by the current UK Subs line-up of
Harper, Straughan, Gibbs and Oliver is nattily entitled "subversions"
and was released on label "Cleopatra Records" on 22 June 2018. The album
consists of 12 cover songs, which the band chose themselves, and was
recorded at Pat Collier's Perry Vale Studios in London last year, where
the last few Subs A-Z albums were recorded. The idea and concept is not
original (many bands before did the same "covers album"), but the true
is UK Subs have choosen good songs and covering them on the best way.
The bands covered are classics of garage rock or simply rock'n'roll such
as: The Stooges, MC5, The Yardbirds, Ray Charles, The Diodes, The
Saints, Bob Seger, Queens Of The Stone Age, David Bowie, etc. Good
result.
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"siezo"
Year: 2016
Label: none
Format: CD , LP
Tracks: 16
Time: 34 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Rock
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"yellow leader"
Year: 2015
Label: none
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 18
Time: 40 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Alternative Rock
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"Revolution no: XXIV"
Year: 2012
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 14
Time: 36 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Rock
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"work in progress"
Year: 2010
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 14
Time: 34 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Rock
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"universal"
Year: 2002
Label: Red Archives
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 15
Time: 36
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Rock
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"riot"
Year: 1997
Label: Cleopatra
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 15
Time: 36 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Rock
The original UK Subs lineup reunited in 1996 and recorded over 30 songs, releasing them simultaneously on 2 separate discs - each one a bit over a half hour long - to commemorate their 20th anniversary. This is part 2 - while part 1 is called "
Quintessentials."
"occupied"
Year: 1996
Label: Fall Out
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 16
Time: 36 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Rock
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"normal service resumed"
Year: 1994
Label: Fallout
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 14
Time: 36 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Rock
A true hidden gemm could be this "normal service resumed", which was underrated, forgot and completly unnoticied in 1994. But it become in another good UK Subs album to add to their huge discography and this time it seems was the turn to
getting closer a little bit to hard rock, especially in the rhythmic guitars and global sound production. The release was made in two formats, this one is the original studio album, but label "Fallout Records" made also another issue with a bonus CD, which contains a performance "Live in Croatia" recorded in '93 with twenty six songs. Later in 2015 there was another re-issue through record label "Let Them Eat Vinyl" in a limited edition.
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"killing time"
Year: 1988
Label: Red Archives
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 12
Time: 35 min.
Genre: electronic
Style: New Wave
For the 1988 album "killing time", UK SUBS frontman Charlie Harper brought back the original lineup of guitarist Nicky Garratt and bassist Alvin Gibbs after a five-year absence, an hiatus with no activity and apparent disparition. Garratt and Gibbs were present during the most successful albums, so it seemed only natural that a reunion album would serve to rekindle the magic of that period. Fortunately, the reunion turned better but not harder or strictly to original classic punk rock, but to new musical styles more alternative rock oriented, even perhaps some "new wave" songs. All these years I know UK SUBS I have not ever seen nor listened to this "killing time", which is sure the most forgotten and unknown UK SUBS album. The band especially hits a lot with "Nico," an ill-conceived tribute to the Velvet Underground chanteuse that is very well done. "killing time" is next to here below "flood of flies" the most different and also original UK SUBS albums, which perhaps, are not expected for those who love the classic 1977 punk rock but which are more than satisfactory for those who, simply, like to listen to music... and enjoy it. In add, to mention the band recorded again with the political punk rock label "Red New Archives" from San Francisco.
"flood of lies"
Year: 1983
Label: Fallout
Format: LP, CD
Tracks: 12
Time: 36 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Post Punk
No no, I am not wrong at all... ha ha! this is UK SUBS british punk rock band since 1977 yes. And the true is the band has recorded until 2015 thirthy seven full lenght official albums, all of them more or less into the simple description of "punk rock". With an only one exception in 1983 with the album "Flood of flies" and months later the EP "Magic". Different of the rest, this UK SUBS album has more to do with Joy Division, Siouxsie & The Banshees or PiL than the typical punk rock. So, here we can to listen to some kind of industrial and sometimes electronic drums and percusions, reverb effects, echoes and some kind of dark, sinister of misteryous ambient. Sincerely I never had listened to this album until now, but the true is this is not a bad disk at all. If you like post-punk, deathrock or cold wave, it's recommended to listen to mininum a few times this work.
"endangered species"
Year: 1982
Label: Warner
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 13
Tracks: 35 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Rock
This is the most succesful UK Subs album and probably one of the best but the best works of the band. If its debut "Another kind of blues" (1979) was a good punk rock album, this fourth "Endangered species" is clearly excellent. The band took few new wave influences, with some kind of electronic drums, occasionally keyboards and certain atmospheres closer to post-punk. Here we can to find songs became in a total classics such as: "Down of the farm", "Police state", "New barbarians" or "Endangered species" to mention just a few. High recommended
"brand new age"
Year: 1980
Label: Sony
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 14
Time: 30 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Rock
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"another kind of blues"
Year: 1979
Label: Sony
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 17
Time: 35 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Rock
UK Subs were another group that emerged from the scene at The Roxy in
London in 1977. Founder and Lead Vocalist Charlie Harper was playing in
R&B and pub rock groups before being influenced by bands like The
Damned to turn to punk.
The band was based around Harper's growling Cockney vocals with
Nicky Garratt on Guitar, Paul Slack on Bass and a variety of drummers.
Although adopting punk stylings, the bands work was still heavily
influenced by R&B, albeit played fast. Whilst never having a big hit, several singles made the lower
reaches of the Top 30 in the late 70s, including "Stranglehold",
"Tomorrow's Girls", a cover of The Zombies classic "She's Not There"
and "Warhead". The first two studio LPs "Another Kind of Blues" and
"Brand New Age" also made the lower reaches of the album charts.
In 1983 Nicky Garratt left the band along with bass player Alvin
Gibbs and then drummer Kim Wylie leaving Charlie Harper to recruit a
whole new band.
Garratt would come back in and out of the line-up over the following 40 years whilst Charlie carried on touring and recording with an almost
ever changing line-up.
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