park avenue records. 82802 / 3 tracks / 1981

RI: D: backbone records. / 1986

RI: D: weird system records. ws 025 / 1987 (?)

RI (LP,CD): D: gift of life. gift 025 / 1991

RI (CD-R): zeno records. / 2000

RI (LP): ? / 2007 (bootleg)

First press has sleeve printed on heavy, slightly textured cardboard (brown on the inside). Backbone version has a different sleeve. Limited Weird System pressing (original sleeve design) on green vinyl. Gift of Life reissue has another sleeve. Greg Sage reissued this LP on CD-R in 2000. Bootleg LP has original cover art.

A lot calmer and cooler than the debut LP, melancholic, almost depressive. With up to ten minutes, the songs are very long, especially by punk standards, but this record doesn’t get boring for one second. Lots of tension and atmosphere, great and innovative guitar riffs. A true classic. [10]  

Im Vergleich zu Is This Real wirkt diese LP sehr viel ruhiger, unterkühlter, fast schon depressiv. Die Songs sind für Punk-Verhältnisse sehr lang (z.T. über 10 Minuten) und stark durchstrukturiert; auch die ungewöhnlichen, fantastischen Gitarrenriffs machen diese LP zu einem Meilenstein des ’Art-Punks’. Eine große Platte für ruhige, einsame Abende.

Tracks: taking too long / can this be / pushing the extreme / when its over // no fair / youth of america