Chelsea - Alternative Hits

Title: Alternative Hits Artist: Chelsea Release Date: 1980 Re-Released On: 6/18/2008 Label: Captain Oi! Records, Alter Ego, Air Mail Music, Weser Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 4571136374953, 5032556109222, 5016555900226, 766846511321 Genre: Rock Styles: Punk, Punk/New Wave, British Punk Moods: Aggressive, Angry, Brash, Cathartic, Confrontational, Cynical/Sarcastic, Fiery, Harsh, Hostile, Irreverent, Rebellious, Reckless, Snide, Visceral, Volatile, Angst-Ridden, Rambunctious, Raucous Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. No Escape
2. Urban Kids
3. No Flowers
4. All the Downs
5. Right to Work
6. Look at the Outside
7. What Would You Do
8. No One's Coming Outside
9. The Loner
10. Don't Get Me Wrong
11. Decide
12. Come On
13. High Rise Living [*]
14. No Admission [*]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Air Mail Music 86 2000 CD Captain Oi! Records 92 1996 CD Weser 2466 1993 CD Alter Ego 002

No other editions were found for this album.

Chelsea's second album was a compilation of past glories, issued at a time when the band itself was apparently falling apart -- in fact, the wholesale departure of his backing band was simply an excuse for Gene October to reinvent the band for the third time in three years, with Alternative Hits now doing double duty as the tombstone over the last lot's grave. Picking up the A- and B-sides of every Chelsea single to date, 14 tracks (upped from 12 on the original vinyl release) trace Chelsea through the brilliant fistful of wrath that was their earliest calling card -- the howling desperation of "Right to Work," the bitter condemnation of "High Rise Living," the squalling street smarts of "Urban Kids," pulling in a couple of tracks from the band's eponymous debut album, then wrapping up with the trilogy of singles issued during 1980 ("No-one's Coming Outside," "Look At the Outside," and the brittle "No Escape.") It's an unbeatable introduction to the band, a one-stop record store if you can't find the original singles, and a reminder that, though Gene October may not have been the greatest lyricist of his age, he was certainly among the most perceptively honest. And that is just as grand an accomplishment. ~ Dave Thompson, All Music Guide

Name Credits Brian James Guitar Carey Fortune Drums Chelsea Liner Notes Chris Bashford Drums Dave Martin Guitar Gene October Vocals Geoff Myles Bass James Stevenson Guitar