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Crass - Christ - The Album (reissue)

Review by Chris Trout

Christ: the Album is as close as Crass came to trying to appease the mainstream.»

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'christ the album', is here. the fourth release in the crassical collection, a series of re-mastered, expanded and repackaged crass albums. released so far in the crassical collection; 'the feeding of the five thousand', 'stations of the crass' and 'penis envy'. recorded at southern studios between july 1981 and february 1982, 'christ the album' was the fourth studio album from crass. this re-issue has been re-mastered from the original tapes and includes additional out-takes and a second disc featuring the live recording of their june 1981 gig at the 100 club in london along with other studio tracks, demos, radio broadcasts and cassette recordings. packaged in a slip-case, with a perfect-bound booklet containing extensive liner notes from band members steve ignorant and penny rimbaud, lyrics and artwork painstakingly chosen and put together by gee vaucher, plus a cd-sized recreation of the original poster, this release is beautifully presented.
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