''City Baby's Revenge'' is the second studio album released by
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hardcore punk
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Charged GBH. The title is a response to the band's 1982 debut album, ''
City Baby Attacked by Rats
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Release
The album was released by Clay Records in 1983 (Clay LP 8) and re-released in 2002 by punk reissue label Captain Oi! (Ahoy CD 186), with bonus tracks (A & B sides of the singles "Give Me Fire", "Catch 23" and "Do What You Do" EP).
Critical reception
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wrote that the title track "ranks among punk's most vivid depictions of urban decay."
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SF Weekly
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'' called ''City Baby's Revenge'' a "real breakthrough ... on which the band developed its trademark sound: sweeping speed-metal rhythms coupled with a thundering double-bass bedrock, perfectly merging punk rage with Sabbath-style production."
Duff McKagan
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Guns N' Roses puts ''City Baby's Revenge'' in his top 5 records.
Track listing
#"Diplomatic Immunity" - 2:16
#"Drugs Party in 526" - 2:37
#"See the Man Run" - 2:16
#"Vietnamese Blues" - 3:57
#"Womb With a View" - 2:57
#"Forbidden Zone" - 3:09
#"Valley of Death" - 3:09
#"City Baby's Revenge" - 3:40
#"Pins and Needles" - 3:34
#"Christianized Cannibals" - 2:43
#"Faster Faster" - 2:55
#"High Octane Fuel" - 3:15
#"I Feel Alright" - 3:41
(The Stooges
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cover)
#"Skanga (Herby Weed)" - 3:26
Bonus tracks (2002 reissue)
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"Give Me Fire" - 2:51
#"Mantrap" - 3:16
#"Catch 23" - 2:52
#"Hellhole" - 3:00
#"Do What You Do" - 3:11
#"Four Men" - 4:03
#"Children of Dust" - 3:29
#"Do What You Do" (Concrete Mix) - 5:42
References
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1984 albums
Charged GBH albums
Captain Oi! Records albums
Albums recorded at Strawberry Studios