Stations of the Crass

Stations of the Crass
Studio album by Crass
Released	1979
Recorded	August 1979
Genre	Anarcho-punk
Length	79:23 65:25 (Crassical release)
Label	Crass Records
Producer	Crass
Crass chronology
The Feeding of the 5000 (1978) Stations of the Crass (1979) Penis Envy (1981)
Alternative covers
Cover of the remastered 'Crassical Collection' rerelease

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Stations of the Crass is the second album by Crass, released in 1979. The record, originally released as a double 12", includes live tracks from a gig recorded at the Pied Bull pub in Islington, London, on August 7, 1979. The first three sides contain the studio tracks and play at 45 rpm, while the final side comprises the live material and plays at 33 rpm. The album's title is not only a pun on the Catholic rite of the Stations of the Cross (such jibes against the religious establishment were almost a Crass hallmark), but is also a reference to the graffiti campaign that the band had been conducting around London's underground railway system, the cover artwork depicting a wall at Bond Street tube station that had allegedly been 'decorated' by them.

A remastered edition of the album, complete with new artwork by Gee Vaucher designed specifically for the small size of a CD case, was due to be released in March 2009, but was delayed because of contentions with former members. The remastered 'Crassical Collection' version was eventually released in October 2010, including a 64-page booklet of liner notes by Steve Ignorant and Penny Rimbaud, as well as bonus tracks in the form of the band's 1979 John Peel Session. The live tracks recorded at the Pied Bull are not included on the remastered edition. These tracks can be downloaded from the Crass Arkive,^[2] but they are taken from a rip of the original 1990 CD issue. The untitled track 20 from the original 1990 CD cannot be downloaded.

Track listing

LP

Side 1

1. "Mother-Earth" - 4:11
2. "White Punks on Hope" - 2:22
3. "You've Got Big Hands" - 1:42
4. "Darling" - 1:56
5. "System" - 0:56
6. "Big Man, Big M.A.N." - 2:46
7. "Hurry Up Garry (The Parsons Farted)" - 1:11

Side 2

1. "Fun Going On" - 2:16
2. "Crutch of Society" - 1:52
3. "Heard Too Much About" - 1:08
4. "Chairman of the Bored" - 1:18
5. "Tired" - 3:19
6. "Walls" - 2:59
7. "Upright Citizen" - 3:15

Side 3

1. "The Gasman Cometh" - 3:17
2. "Demo(N)Crats" - 3:20
3. "Contaminational Power" - 2:01
4. "Time Out" - 2:16
5. "I Ain't Thick, It's Just a Trick" - 4:24
6. "Prime Sinister" [Unlisted Track] - 1:20

Side 4 (Live tracks recorded at the Pied Bull, Islington, August 7, 1979)

1. "System"
2. "Big Man, Big M.A.N."
3. "Banned from the Roxy"
4. "Hurry Up Garry"
5. "Time Out"
6. "They've Got A Bomb"
7. "Fight War, Not Wars"
8. "Women"
9. "Shaved Women"
10. "You Pay"
11. "Heard Too Much About"
12. "Angels"
13. "What a Shame"
14. "So What"
15. "G's Song"
16. "Do They Owe Us a Living?"
17. "Punk Is Dead"

Original 1990 CD

1. "Mother-Earth"
2. "White Punks on Hope"
3. "You've Got Big Hands"
4. "Darling"
5. "System"
6. "Big Man, Big M.A.N."
7. "Hurry up Garry"
8. "Fun Going On"
9. "Crutch of Society"
10. "Heard Too Much About"
11. "Chairman of the Bored"
12. "Tired"
13. "Walls"
14. "Upright Citizen"
15. "The Gasman Cometh"
16. "Demo(N)Crats"
17. "Contaminational Power"
18. "Time Out"
19. "I Ain't Thick, It's Just a Trick"
20. "Prime Sinister" [Unlisted Track]
21. "System/Big Man, Big M.A.N./Banned from the Roxy/Hurry Up Garry/Time Out/They've Got A Bomb/Fight War, Not Wars"
22. "Women/Shaved Women/You Pay/Heard Too Much About"
23. "Angels/What a Shame/So What/G's Song"
24. "Do They Owe Us a Living?"
25. "Punk Is Dead"

"Crassical Collection" track listing

1. "Mother Earth"
2. "White Punks On Hope"
3. "You've Got Big Hands"
4. "Darling"
5. "System"
6. "Big Man, Big M.A.N."
7. "Hurry Up Gary"
8. "Fun Going On"
9. "Crutch Of Society"
10. "Heard Too Much About"
11. "Chairman Of The Bored"
12. "Tired"
13. "Walls"
14. "Upright Citizen"
15. "The Gasman Cometh"
16. "Demo(n)crats"
17. "Contaminational Power"
18. "Time Out"
19. "I Ain't Thick, It's Just A Trick"
20. "Radio Radicals - thread track"
21. "Shaved Women" *
22. "They've Got A Bomb" *
23. "Tired" *
24. "G's Song" *
25. "Mother Earth" *
26. "Gozonabit - run out track"

*From the band's John Peel Session - BBC Maida Vale 4, March 28, 1979.

Personnel

• Steve Ignorant - lead vocals
• Eve Libertine - lead vocals on tracks 4, 13, 16
• Joy De Vivre - voices
• Phil Free - lead guitar, backing vocals
• N.A. Palmer - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Pete Wright - bass guitar, lead vocals on tracks 8, 12, 14
• Penny Rimbaud - drums, radio
• Gee Vaucher - artwork
• Mick Duffield - films

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "The Crass Arkive". The Crass Arkive. Retrieved April 30, 2013.