Society's Victims Vol.1＜限定盤＞

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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

[SIDE A]
1. Realities Of War
2. They Declare It
3. But After The Gig
4. Society's Victim
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

[SIDE B]
15. A Look At Tomorrow
16. Why
17. Maimed And Slaughtered
18. Mania For Conquest
19. Ain't No Feeble Bastard
20. Is This To Be?
21. Massacre Of Innocents (Air Attack)
22. Never Again
23. Death Dealers
24. Two Monstrous Nuclear Stockpiles
25. State Violence State Control
26. Doomsday

[SIDE C]
27. Warning
28. Where There Is A Will There Is A Way
29. In Defence Of Our Future
30. The Price Of Silence
31. The More I See
32. Ignorance
33. Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
34. The Nightmare Continues
35. The Final Bloodbath

[SIDE D]
36. Protest And Survive
37. I Won't Subscribe
38. Drunk With Power
39. Meanwhile
40. A Hell On Earth
41. Cries Of Help
42. The Possibility Of Life's Destruction
43. The Blood Runs Red
44. Free Speech For The Dumb