Group Sex
by Circle Jerks

Group Sex by Circle Jerks
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 6,489th   
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 104 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (113th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (950th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,489th)

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Group Sex is ranked as the best album by Circle Jerks.

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Group Sex rankings

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Overall rank: 6,489th | 1980s rank: 950th | 1980 rank: 113th

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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 104 votes)
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From 03/11/2023 17:57 | #294917
14 songs in just over 15 minutes. A perfect descriptor of what the 1980s would have to offer in American punk music. The hardcore style was sharpening its edges and trimming off what wasn't needed...boiling down to songs that are barely one minute in length each. As Lester Bangs said in his quasi-review of this album in 1982, "Hardcore is the womb."
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From 04/12/2022 07:39 | #284057
They didnt have the agression of Minor Threat, the talent of Bad Brains, the cool guitars of Black Flag or the importance of The Germs, but it exemplifies everything fun about the genre.
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From 11/04/2021 18:31 | #275863
more punk rubbish
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From 02/20/2021 09:26 | #266537
The 12YO version of me that listened to this over and over on cassette would have sworn this compact little gem was longer than 15 minutes.
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A 14 year old version of me would probably give this a chance and like it.
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From 12/26/2012 01:59 | #58924
This is the greatest 15 minute "LP" I own! It's literally every great element of rock and roll and punk and hardcore just jammed into the amount of time it takes me to get to work! It's amazing! And if you wanna know my vote for greatest sub 1 minute song ever - it's "Red Tape" all the way! OMG! It's got drum fills and a couple quick guitar solos all stuffed in there! You gotta hear it to believe how perfect it is.
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2. Closer by Joy Division
3. Back In Black by AC/DC
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