Optimism/Reject: Punk and Post‐Punk Meets D‐I‐Y Aesthetic 1977–1981

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#	Title	Artist	Length
1	Michael’s Monetary System recording of: Michael's Monetary System composer: Andy Blade	Eater	1:45
2	You’ll Lose	The Drones	3:38
3	Love Lies Limp	Alternative TV	3:07
4	Freeway	The Outsiders	4:10
5	Suspended Sentence recording of: Suspended Sentence composer: John Cooper Clarke	John Cooper Clarke	2:51
6	O Levels	‘O’ Level	2:07
7	Black Velvet	Swell Maps	1:58
8	Optimism/Reject	Patrik Fitzgerald	1:12
9	Hard Times	Attrix	4:09
10	Nobody’s Scared recording of: Nobody's Scared lyricist and composer: Vic Godard	Subway Sect	2:06
11	Washed Up	The Freshies	3:07
12	Charles recording of: Charles lyricist and composer: Stuart Adamson publisher: Copyright Control	Skids	2:35
13	Police Oppression	Angelic Upstarts	3:31
14	Neutron Bomb bass guitar: MS drums (drum set): John David Haney guitar: Steve Spear vocals: Edwin Pouncey recording of: Neutron Bomb composer: The Art Attacks	The Art Attacks	2:59
15	Mixed Up World	Victim	3:12
16	Aerosol Burns recording of: Aerosol Burns lyricist and composer: Lora Logic	Essential Logic	2:01
17	It	The Tights	2:42
18	The Demon producer: Punilux drums (drum set): Liquid Les electric bass guitar [bass]: Jimmy Giro electric guitar [guitar]: Red Helmet guitar and lead vocals [voice]: Nevilluxury keyboard: Brian Bond vocals: Brian Bond recording of: The Demon (Punishment of Luxury) composer: Brian Bond and Nevilluxury	Punishment of Luxury	4:06
19	Master	The Fall	2:22
20	Situations Vacant	The Cravats	3:36
21	Is and Ought the Western World recording of: Is and Ought the Western World	Scritti Politti	3:46
22	Wolf	pragVec	1:49
23	Cool	Jerks	3:12
24	He’s Frank recording of: He’s Frank composer: Bid	The Monochrome Set	2:37
25	International	Thomas Leer	4:03
26	Fruitless	Devil's Dykes	2:14
27	01‐01‐212	Vice Creems	2:39
28	Times Encounter	Nigel Simpkins	1:56

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#	Title	Artist	Length
1	H‐Eyes recording of: H‐Eyes writer: Paul Fox and Malcolm Owen publisher: London Music Ltd., Rutoons, Spartan and Towerbridge Music	The Ruts	2:48
2	Lord Lucan Is Missing	The Dodgems	3:30
3	The Competition	The Passage	1:40
4	Girl Gets Nervous	Nicky & the Dots	2:22
5	I Don’t Want to Work for British Airways	Scissor Fits	2:49
6	Cold City	Spizzoil	2:02
7	(I Saw) Batman (In the Launderette)	The Shapes	2:39
8	Stereo Love	Proles	2:05
9	Commuter Man	The Molesters	5:40
10	Heathen	The Pack	2:39
11	In Love engineer: Adam Kidron recorded at: Berry Street Studio in Islington, London, England, United Kingdom recording of: In Love lyricist and composer: The Raincoats	The Raincoats	3:07
12	Sing Song	The Tea Set	1:36
13	Mother Moon	Artery	2:17
14	The Ultimate System	Murder the Disturbed	4:00
15	Playing Golf (With My Flesh Crawling)	Family Fodder	4:32
16	Every Day I Die	The Frantic Elevators	1:26
17	Nagasaki’s Children	They Must Be Russians	4:16
18	Metal Sheet	Second Layer	1:22
19	Cold Rebellion	Metrophase	3:29
20	I Don’t Believe	Disturbed	4:25
21	Subculture Fashion Slaves	The Door and the Window	3:50
22	God’s Got Religion	The Steppes	2:51
23	Christine Keeler	Glaxo Babies	3:38
24	Boys Keep Swinging	The Associates	3:39
25	Beautiful Pictures	Fatal Microbes	1:50
26	Top of the Pops	The Disco Zombies	2:19
27	Exhibition	Pneumania	2:51

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#	Title	Artist	Length
1	Domestic Departure	Au Pairs	2:22
2	Reconstruction	English Subtitles	5:03
3	Them or Me	Medium Medium	3:55
4	Choreography	Modern Eon	2:40
5	Chance Meeting [Absolute Version] engineer: Gordon Clark recorded at: Mike’s Studio in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1979) recording of: Chance Meeting (in 1979) writer: Paul Haig and Malcolm Ross	Josef K	2:55
6	On the Air	The Lines	3:34
7	Masochistic Opposite	Mo-Dettes	3:33
8	Minstrel Radio Yoghurt	The Deep Freeze Mice	2:40
9	You Get Everywhere	The Chefs	2:42
10	Bloody	The Golinski Brothers	2:33
11	Hey Operator	The Lillettes	2:11
12	Art Nouveau	The Bodies	3:39
13	Shangri‐La	Nightmares in Wax	3:32
14	Oscar Automobile	Weird Strings	3:07
15	Self Employed	Again Again	4:27
16	Fashionable Junkies	The Membranes	1:43
17	Authophagous	Manic Jabs	2:02
18	Modichy in Aneration	Blancmange	2:05
19	No Message	The Mystere Fives	3:16
20	The Feeling’s Mutual	Eyeless in Gaza	2:41
21	Lean on Me	The Distributors	3:39
22	Chimneys	Tagmemics	4:34
23	Short Time	Rhythm Clicks	3:10
24	Get	Blurt	3:44

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liner notes:	Andy Peart Mark Paytress (in 2019-04)
producer:	Richard Anderson John Reed
compiler:	John Reed
design:	Keith Davey

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/13926266 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B07SGF9CFV [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0005072350 [info]

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Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0003287802 [info]

Optimism/Reject: Punk and Post‐Punk Meets D‐I‐Y Aesthetic 1977–1981

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