fountain of youth. foy 009 / 10 tracks / 1984

D: aggressive rockproduktionen. ag 0037 / 12 tracks / 1984

RI (CD): positive. / ?

US version has blue sleeve with yellow lettering, 500 on blue marbled vinyl. Also there’s a short “outro” after These Boots… which isn’t listed on the sleeve. German version has yellow cover and two bonus live tracks. + lyric sheet. CD reissue adds Fun Just Never Ends LP tracks.

Following a general trend in hardcore, they were moving away from the aggressive, in-your-face hardcore on their second LP. The songs are a bit calmer and have more rock influence, and the songwriting is more sophisticated. This is definitely not a cheesy “we play rock music now” album, though, and except for the somewhat flat production this is another good GI release. [7]

Etwas weg vom puren SE-HC; die Songs sind etwas ruhiger und rockiger; die Musik hat etwas mehr Struktur. Der Sound ist mir etwas zu flach, ansonsten eine gute Platte.

Tracks: blending in / understand / 4-wall hermit / familiar / time to escape / (hey! ronnie (live)) // joyride / hall of fame / notch to my crotch / reflection / these boots are made for walkin / (puppet on a string (live))