The Best of Brought To Life - 213

1. X - 'The Hungry Wolf' - Elektra LP - USA - 1982

The opening track from third album 'Under The Big Black Sun' which, if not the best, is certainly one of their most consistent albums.

2. NO MEANS NO - 'Sex Mad' - Alternative Tentacles LP - Canada - 1987

One of the best live bands I ever saw. The lead track from the album of the same name.

3. HUVUDTVÄTT - 'Borsten' - Really Fast LP - Sweden - 1984

We'll up the tempo now with a caustic thrasher from 'Vårt Fria Land' - their split album with Kurt I Kuvos.

4. TZN XENNA - 'Dzieci Z Brudnej Ulicy' - Tonpress 7" - UK - 1985

A cool Polish single which I had the pleasure of distributing back in the day. It translates roughly as 'Dirty Street Kids' and appears to be an uplifting tale of urban struggle.

5. X-RAY SPEX - 'Age' - EMI 7" - UK - 1978

The flipside of 'Germ-Free Adolescents'.

6. HEADCLEANERS - 'Where Is?' - Malign Massacre 7" - Sweden - 1981

One from their debut E.P.

7. X - 'Motel Room In My Bed' - Elektra LP - USA - 1982

A second track from 'Under The Big Black Sun'.

8. KURT I KUVÖS - 'Arne Weize' - Really Fast LP - Sweden - 1984

We must not forget that there were two bands on 'Vårt Fria Land'.

9. HUVUDTVÄTT - 'Finns Det Tvätt Efter Detta' - Really Fast LP - Sweden - 1984

It's just that this lot were the most exciting of the two.

10. NO MEANS NO - 'Dad' - Alternative Tentacles LP - Canada - 1987

A second track from 'Sex Mad' which was also a single. Domestic abuse was rarely written about back in the eighties.

11. HEADCLEANERS - 'Epidemic Infection' - Xcentric Noise 7" - Sweden - 1983

One from their second E.P. 'The Infection Grows'.

12. X-RAY SPEX - 'Plastic Bag' - EMI LP - UK - 1978

One from the quintessential album 'Germ-Free Adolescents'.

13. X - 'Under The Big Black Sun' - Elektra LP - USA - 1982

The title track from 'Under The Big Black Sun'. Of course.

14. TZN XENNA - 'Ola, Ola, Ola Lej' - Demo - Poland - 1984

I'm guessing at the year here but this is available on the 'Ciemny Pokój' compilation of their stuff.

15. HEADCLEANERS - 'Disinfect' - Malign Massacre 7" - Sweden - 1981

Another one from their debut 'Disinfection' E.P.

16. NO MEANS NO - 'Obsessed' - Alternative Tentacles LP - Canada - 1987

A schizophrenic instrumental from 'Sex Mad'.

17. X - 'Real Child Of Hell' - Elektra LP - USA - 1982

A fourth track from 'Under The Big Black Sun'.

18. HUVUDTVÄTT - 'Stryk' - Massproduktion 7" - Sweden - 1981

From their split E.P. with The Picnic Boys.

19. KURT I KUVÖS - 'Tilltro' - Really Fast LP - Sweden - 1984

Another track from 'Vårt Fria Land'.

20. X-RAY SPEX - 'Highly Inflammable' - EMI 7" - UK - 1979

The final (sniff) single from this incarnation of the band.

21. HEADCLEANERS - 'No Sense' - Xcentric Noise 7" - Sweden - 1983

A second track from 'The Infection Grows'.

22. TZN XENNA - 'Ciemny Pokój' - Tonpress 7" - UK - 1985

The flipside of 'Dzieci Z Brudnej Ulicy'.

23. X - 'How I (Learned My Lesson)' - Elektra LP - USA - 1982

A fifth track from 'Under The Big Black Sun'.

24. NO MEANS NO - 'No Fgcnuik' - Alternative Tentacles LP - Canada - 1987

Unscramble the letters to get a swear word! From 'Sex Mad'.

25. X-RAY SPEX - 'Warrior In Woolworths' - EMI LP - UK - 1978

From 'Germ-Free Adolescents' or the flipside of 'Highly Inflammable'.

***BONUS TRACKS***

26. TZN XENNA - 'Democracja' (Demo)

27. X - 'Blue Spark' (from 'Under The Big Black Sun')

28. KURT I KUVÖS - 'En Trevlig Mardröm (from 'Vårt Fria Land)

29. X-RAY SPEX - 'Germ-free Adolescents' (from the LP of the same name)

30. X - 'Because I Do' (from 'Under The Big Black Sun')

31. TZN XENNA - 'Dzielna Radziecka Kobieta' (Demo)

32. NO MEANS NO - 'Two Lips Two Lungs And One Tongue' (from 'Wrong')

33. X - 'The Have Nots' (from 'Under The Big Black Sun')

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