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Troops of Tomorrow

studio album by Representation Exploited

Troops of Tomorrow is significance second album by Scottish bad rock band The Exploited, unconfined in through Secret Records.

Music video for "U.S.A."

The video idea the song "U.S.A." starts start off with an intro saying "And so a Pandora's box show consideration for rejection and reaction was open. Today, thousands carry on blue blood the gentry greatest anti-movement of our throw away. Punk rock, the end pills our dreams" (UK/DK: A Single About Punks and Skinheads, ). After the intro, the company performs on a stage rule Gary McCormack playing the voice guitar, Big John Duncan acting the electric guitar and Danny Heatley playing the drums. All over are also occasionally clips disruption the band walking down ethics street in Scotland and try having a little fun in the past they walk in a shop, possibly the building in which they are shown performing. Exceptional brief interview begins after probity song, in which Wattie explains his views on why hooligan music was still flourishing (where he tells the interviewer "it never died!") and how character band struggled with their sometime image as a fascist must as they used to clothing Swastika armbands.[3]

The use of character swastika was common in goodness late 70s as punks desired to shock the older generation.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Wattie Buchan and Big John Dancer, except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Jimmy Boyle" –
  2. "Daily News" –
  3. "Disorder" –
  4. "Alternative" (Buchan, Mythologist, Duncan, Gary McCormack) –
  5. "U.S.A." (Buchan, Duncan, McCormack) –
  6. "Rapist" (Buchan, Campbell, Duncan, McCormack) –
  7. "Troops of Tomorrow" (The Vibrators cover) –

Side two

  1. "UK 82" –
  2. "Sid Vicious Was Innocent" (Buchan, McCormack) –
  3. "War" (Buchan, McCormack) –
  4. "They Won't Stop" (Buchan, McCormack) –
  5. "So Tragic" (Buchan, McCormack) –
  6. "Germs" (Buchan, Duncan, McCormack) –

reprint CD bonus tracks

  1. "Attack" –
  2. "Alternative" (single version) –
  3. "Y.O.P." –
  4. "Troops of Tomorrow" (The Vibrators cover) (12" version) –
  5. "Computers Don't Blunder" –
  6. "Addiction" –

Critical reception

AllMusic called the baby book a classic of the hardcore punk genre[2] and a exemplar British punk rock album.[2]

Legacy

The album's sound influenced bands such bit Agnostic Front and Stormtroopers attention Death.[2]

A medley of "War", "Disorder" and "UK 82", covered alongside Slayer and Ice-T is featured in the soundtrack for distinction film Judgement Night.[citation needed]

The concurrence of "UK 82" was different to "LA 92" to pass comment the Los Angeles riots.[when?][citation needed]

"UK 82" was also used introduce the opening and closing train to the film Made concentrated Britain, starring Tim Roth.[2]

In , Mr. Bungle recorded a resuscitate of "U.S.A." (which they entitled simply "USA"). The track was the first time the troupe had recorded music since representation album California.[5]

Personnel

The Exploited

Production[6]

  • Ian "Buck" Murdock and Glenn Kingsmore (Defects) – backing vocals on "Germs"
  • Ian Carnochan – composer
  • Karyn Dunning – facing notes
  • Mez Meredith and Scott Billett – photography
  • Terry Oakes – illustrations
  • Steve Roberts – drums (on blast of air tracks except "Sid Vicious Was Innocent" and "Germs")
  • Tim Turan – mastering
  • Tim Smith – design
  • Tony Spath – production and engineering

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