Why?

by Discharge

Overview

A bonus-stacked reissue of Discharge's 1981 debut album captures the band in full fiery flight, not only across a regular LP that remains one of the Oi! movement's most cherished long-players, but also via 14 bonus tracks that build up into a complete portrait of the group's early output. The four songs that comprised the band's debut "Realities of War" EP kick off the bonus section; the "Fight Back" and "Decontrol" EPs follow, together with two cuts recorded live on 1981's all-consuming Apocalypse Punk Tour. And across this savage blast, the manic energy and ruthless commitment that so hallmarked Discharge's early charm is captured with decade-defying accuracy; so much of the early Oi! scene sounds sadly dated today, but Discharge rise above the passing years and sound just as vital twenty years later. Why itself, of course, is equally inviolate, to complete a package that stands among the most crucial collections that the early '80s have to offer. [Captain Oi! reissued the album with bonus tracks and videos in 2007.] ~ Dave Thompson

Product Details

Release Date:	04/24/2007
Label:	Captain Oi! Records
UPC:	5032556361927

Tracks

1. Visions of War
2. Does This System Work
3. A Look at Tomorrow
4. Why
5. Maimed and Slaughtered
6. Mania for Conquest
7. Ain't No Feeble Bastard
8. Is This to Be
9. Massacre of Innocence (Air Attack)
10. Why (Reprise)
11. Realities of War
12. They Declare It
13. But After the Gig
14. Society's Victim
15. Fight Back
16. War's No Fairytale
17. Always Restrictions
18. You Take Part in Creating the System
19. Religion Instigates
20. Decontrol
21. It's No T.V. Sketch
22. Tomorrow Belongs to Us
23. Maimed and Slaughtered
24. Decontrol

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Discharge   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Tim Turan   Mastering
Mark Brennan   Project Coordinator,Liner Notes
Dave "Bambi" Ellesmere   Composer
Discharge   Composer
Kelvin "Cal" Morris   Composer
Steve Hammonds   Project Coordinator
Roy Wainwright   Composer
Kelvin Morris   Composer
Anthony James Roberts   Composer
Tim Smith   Design
Mike "Clay" Stone   Producer
Roy "Rainy" Wainwright   Composer
Tony "Bones" Roberts   Composer