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. It was originally released only in Britain on Roughneck, a subsidiary of Fire Records, in 1991. It was re-released on

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'' called it an album "which has influenced every hardcore, post-hardcore, call it what you want, punk group that exists anywhere across the globe."

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rated it as one of the 50 best albums of 1991. In 2012, Sarah Anderson of ''

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'' named it one of "20 lost albums ripe for rediscovery", and the same magazine named it the 49th best album of 1991 in 2016.

Track listing

All songs written by

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, except where noted. # "I Want the Moon" (Stubbs, Dickie Hammond) - 2:49 # "How Lonely" - 2:39 # "I Don't Want to Be the One to Say It" (Stubbs, Hammond) - 2:34 # "Pandora's Box" (Stubbs, Hammond) - 3:01 # "Not a Day Goes By" - 2:38 # "Not Superstitious" - 4:19 # "Springtime" (Stubbs, Hammond) - 3:19 # "Winning" - 1:59 # "In the Real World" (Stubbs, Hammond) - 2:23 # "Baked Potato" (Stubbs, Hammond) - 3:17 # "Bowl of Flies" - 2:58 # "Dead Industrial Atmosphere" - 4:03 Bonus tracks on the CD re-release: # "Trenchfoot" - 3:00 # "Scheme of Things" - 3:20 # "

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References

1991 albums Leatherface (band) albums Seed Records albums {{1990s-punk-album-stub