City Babys Revenge


City Baby's Revenge is the second studio album released by British hardcore punk band Charged GBH. The title is a response to the band's 1982 debut album, City Baby Attacked By Rats.
It was released by Clay Records in 1983 and re-released in 2002 by punk reissue label Captain Oi!, with bonus tracks. It was recorded in Strawberry Studios in Stockport, UK, and produced by the band and Chris Nagle.
Duff McKagan, of Guns N' Roses, puts City Baby's Revenge in his top 5 records

Critical reception

wrote that the title track "ranks among punk's most vivid depictions of urban decay." SF Weekly 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."

Track listing

  1. "Diplomatic Immunity" - 2:16
  2. "Drugs Party in 526" - 2:37
  3. "See the Man Run" - 2:16
  4. "Vietnamese Blues" - 3:57
  5. "Womb With a View" - 2:57
  6. "Forbidden Zone" - 3:09
  7. "Valley of Death" - 3:09
  8. "City Baby's Revenge" - 3:40
  9. "Pins and Needles" - 3:34
  10. "Christianized Cannibals" - 2:43
  11. "Faster Faster" - 2:55
  12. "High Octane Fuel" - 3:15
  13. "I Feel Alright" - 3:41
  14. "Skanga " - 3:26

    Bonus tracks (2002 reissue)

  16. "Give Me Fire" - 2:51
  17. "Mantrap" - 3:16
  18. "Catch 23" - 2:52
  19. "Hellhole" - 3:00
  20. "Do What You Do" - 3:11
  21. "Four Men" - 4:03
  22. "Children of Dust" - 3:29
  23. "Do What You Do" - 5:42