Punk's Not Dead
by Exploited

Punk's Not Dead by Exploited
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 21,222nd   Overall chart history
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Award Top albums of 1981 (302nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,725th)
Award Best albums of all time (21,222nd)

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Exploited bestography

Punk's Not Dead is ranked 3rd best out of 8 albums by Exploited on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Exploited is Troops Of Tomorrow which is ranked number 11069 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 76.

Exploited album bestography « Higher ranked (11,745th)
Beat The Bastards
This album (21,222nd)
Punk's Not Dead
Lower ranked (51,791st) »
The Massacre

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Overall rank: 21,222nd | 1980s rank: 2,725th | 1981 rank: 302nd

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From 10/22/2021 01:26 | #275252
'81:1 Punk’s NOT Dead!

Say to me that punk is dead
I wish you even more contempt
Don't like the music, don't like the words
You can all piss off, you're a bunch of turds

The Setting: The Crass famously said it first. Presumptiously all the way back in 1978. (Maybe they were just the first click baiters?! That's my guess! ) Those who didn’t just pay attention to the headlines of the New Musical Expressive, those of us who actually went to shows, knew otherwise. Punk was alive and well post The Class of '77 with killer bands like The Buzzcocks, Sham 69, The Ruts, 999, and yes, even The Crass themselves still making important and creative music (not to even mention the entire Post-Punk scene). Some also say, that Brish punk in particular in the early 80s couldn’t compare with what was going in the good 'ol US of A. Was punk rock in '81 England really as stale a day old chip dropped on the wharf?

The Listen: Bloody hell, my friends. Of course not! It’s in the freakin' album title for Christsake. A big middle finger to all the haters. The music critics who, as we have discussed previously, are usually no better than the papparazzi. More interested in making a splash (or getting "clicks" even back then) than actually talking about the actual music. Like scientists fudging their data just to get published. Thoughts on music by the press is typically just fashion and typically has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with THE music itself.

Like a lot of Hardcore in the 80s (and I'm talking about BOTH the Brits & the Americans here), it can get a bit monotonous at times with some songs running into each other. So this is NOT a 5 star album. BUT, there are some all time great punk ANTHEMS on this gnarly mofo such as “Punk’s Not Dead”, "Mucky Pup” and of course “Sex and Violence”. AND, this 1981 album served as crucial bridge to the legendary Class of ’82 (that we will get to if it ever dawns around here).

The Verdict: If you were at a Cockney punk club back in 1981, you'd better believe that THESE were the bloody songs that YOU were belting out until your voice went hoarse no matter how many bitters you were swilling.

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