City Baby Attacked by Rats
Studio album by
Released15 April 1982
StudioFSR Studios, Birmingham
Genre
Length34:06
LabelClay Records (Clay LP 4) (UK), Captain Oi! (Ahoy CD 185)
ProducerMike "Clay" Stone
Charged GBH chronology
Leather, Bristles, No Survivors and Sick Boys...
(1981)
City Baby Attacked by Rats
(1982)
City Babys Revenge
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Record Mirror[2]

City Baby Attacked by Rats is the debut album by the band Charged GBH. It was released in 1982 on Clay Records[3] and was rereleased in 2002 by leading punk reissue label Captain Oi![4] with bonus tracks (A & B sides of singles "No Survivors" and "Sick Boy"). It is considered a landmark in the development of hardcore punk, especially the UK 82 scene. Recorded at Frank Skarth Recordings (FSR) 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

  1. "No Survivors" - 2:35
  2. "Self Destruct" - 2:01
  3. "Big Women" - 2:17
  4. "Am I Dead Yet?" - 2:31
  5. "Slit Your Own Throat" - 2:07
  6. "Sick Boy [Single Version]" - 2:34

References

  1. Heibutzki, Ralph. "Review: Charged GBH — City Baby Attacked by Rats". AllMusic. Netaktion LLC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. Reid, Jim (28 October 1982). "Rat Trap. Review: Charged GBH — City Baby Attacked by Rats" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 25. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022 via World Radio History.
  3. "Charged G.B.H* - City Baby Attacked by Rats". Discogs. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. "Charged GBH* - City Baby Attacked by Rats". discogs. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  5. "James Hetfield Reveals the Street Punk Band He Took the Phrase 'Spit Out the Bone' from".


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