sire. 25433 / 12 tracks / 1986

RI (CD): sire/london/rhino. / 1994

CAN: sire. 92-54331 / 1986

UK: beggar’s banquet. bega 70 / 1986

NL: torso. 33020 / 1986

D: sire / teldec. 6.26346 ap / 1986

IT: rca. pl 71088 / 1986

SWE: sire. / 1986

RUS (CD): agat. / 1990 (??)

JAP (CD): ?. wpcr-1814 / 1998

RI (CD): JAP: wea. / 2006

Produced by ex-Plasmatics bassist Jean Beauvoir. UK test press with blank white labels in plain black hole sleeve. Italian promo only (??) press in picture sleeve, plain white labels. Russian CD has Animal Boy and RamonesMania LPs on one disc. 2006 Japan CD reissue in a mini LP-style paper sleeve. Unlike on the previous albums, none of the CD versions have bonus tracks.

A lot better again; all twelve songs are tough & catchy. (KS) [8] A somewhat uneven LP; there are fast and catchy punk songs like in the old days, then some rougher and faster hardcore songs (with hardcore vocals, too!) and some slickly produced pop/rock songs. Still, most of it is good and enjoyable. (bj) [7]

Es geht wieder aufwärts mit ihnen. Hier liefern sie wieder härtere Sachen neben Stampfhits, alle zwölf sind einprägsam. Produziert hat hier übrigens der ehemalige Plasmatics-Bassist. (KS)

Tracks: somebody put something in my drink / animal boy / love kills / apeman hop / she belongs to me / crummy stuff / my brain is hanging upside down (bonzo goes to bitburg) / mental hell / eat that rat / freak of nature / hair of the dog / something to believe in