The Best of Brought To Life - 152

1. SYSTEMATIC DEATH - 'Step' - Systema Project 7" - Japan - 1988

My favourite Systematic Death tune from the E.P. of the same name. Can you call any thrash track a 'tune'?  Well, I just did.            

2. THE POGUES - 'The Sickbed Of Cuchulainn' - Stiff LP - UK -1985

You know exactly what you're getting with The Pogues, either a drunken upbeat Irish jig or a slow, heartbreaking ballad. This is one of the former. From second album 'Rum, Sodomy & The Lash'.

3. BELUGA AND THE HUMAN ASHTRAYS - 'Mars Needs Women' - Howard Peluso Productions 7" - USA - 1979

From Ireland to Mars! Their only single (that I know of).

4. THE YODLER KILLERS - 'Jacot Masturbette' - Zaki 7" - Switzerland - 1979

If they were rubbish I'd still have included a track by a band with such a great name.

5. GAUZE - 'Power' - ADK LP - Japan - 1985

More Japanese mayhem, this time from the first Gauze record 'Fuck Heads'.

6. THE DICKIES - 'You're So Hideous' - Demo - USA - 1977

A couple of early demos now. This one's slower than the vinyl version but provides extra menace as a result.

7. CRIME - 'San Francisco's Doomed' - Demo - USA - 1978

Available on various retro compilations with a similar name.

8. PETER BERGER - 'My Sex Is Bad' - Musk Project 7" - Switzerland - 1979

Mine too! I think this was his only single.

9. THE ONLY ONES - 'Lovers Of Today' - Vengeance 7" - UK - 1977

The debut single by very much a singles band, not that they were that prolific.

10. MORRIS AND THE MINORS - 'Emily' - Round 7" - UK - 1979

The lead (and best) track from their sole E.P. which was called 'State The Obvious'.

11. THE POGUES - 'Sally MacLennane' - Stiff LP - UK -1985

Another upbeat jig from 'Rum, Sodomy & The Lash'. Live on The Tube here.

12. CRIME - 'Feel The Beat' - Demo - USA - 1978

Another raw 1978 demo.

13. THE DICKIES - 'You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)' - Demo - USA - 1977

Followed by another from the demo that got them signed to A&M. Here, have a zany short clip.

14. THE GOOD SAMARITANS - 'Dotted Line' - Self-Released 7" - USA - 1980

Straight from The Sound Of Music, you might think. Their only single.

15. GAUZE - 'Fuckhead' - ADK LP - Japan - 1985

Another blast from 'Fuck Heads'.

16. THE FRESHIES - 'No Money' - Razz 7" - UK - 1980

Worth it for the fantastic intro alone. Their fourth single.

17. THE DICKIES - 'Walk Like An Egg' - Demo - USA - 1977

'Yankee shake a leg!'

18. CRIME - 'Piss On Your Dog' - Demo - USA - 1978

Are they taking the piss out of Iggy here, or what?

19. SYSTEMATIC DEATH - 'Sink You' - Systema Project 7" - Japan - 1988

That last one was a bit slow . . . but not this.

20. DIETER MEIER - 'Jim For Tango' - Periphery Perfume 7" - Switzerland - 1978

Totally different from his blistering debut 'Cry For Fame' but abrasive enough for an airing here.

21. THE ONLY ONES - 'You've Got To Pay' - CBS 7" - UK - 1979

Their third single, which had the misfortune of having to follow 'Another Girl Another Planet'.

22. THE DRONES - 'Can't See' - Fabulous 7" - UK - 1980

Another third single, different from their previous stuff but a fine song nonetheless.

23. THE POGUES - 'Billy's Bones' - Stiff LP - UK -1985

A third from 'Rum, Sodomy & The Lash'.

24. THE GOOD SAMARITANS - 'Nightmares Theme' - Self-Released 7" - USA - 1980

Definitely not from The Sound Of Music. A scary instrumental and the flipside of 'Dotted Line'.

25. GAUZE - 'Go' - ADK LP - Japan - 1985

And a third from 'Fuck Heads'.

***BONUS TRACKS***

26. THE DICKIES - 'I'm OK You're OK'

27. CRIME - 'Twisted'

28. THE FRESHIES - 'Oh Girl'

29. BELUGA AND THE HUMAN ASHTRAYS - 'High 'n' Tight'

30. SYSTEMATIC DEATH - 'T.O.K.I.O. Light'

31. THE POGUES - 'Dirty Old Town'

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