City Baby Attacked by Rats explained

City Baby Attacked by Rats
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Charged GBH
Cover:	Citybabyattackedbyrats.jpg
Released:	15 April 1982
Studio:	FSR Studios, Birmingham
Genre:	Street Punk Hardcore Punk
Length:	34:06
Label:	Clay Records (Clay LP 4) (UK), Captain Oi! (Ahoy CD 185)
Producer:	Mike "Clay" Stone
Prev Title:	Leather, Bristles, No Survivors and Sick Boys...
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	City Babys Revenge
Next Year:	1984

City Baby Attacked by Rats is the debut album by the band Charged GBH. It was released in 1982 on Clay Records^[1] and was rereleased in 2002 by leading punk reissue label Captain Oi!^[2] with bonus tracks (A & B sides of singles "No Survivors" and "Sick Boy"). It is considered a landmark in the development of hardcore punk, especially the UK 82 scene. Recorded at Frank Skarth Recordings (FSR) in Birmingham, produced by Mike "Clay" Stone. It contains a rerecording of earlier single "Sick Boy".

Track listing

1. "Time Bomb" - 2:26
2. "Sick Boy" - 2:32
3. "Wardogs" - 1:29
4. "Slut" - 2:32
5. "Maniac" - 2:12
6. "Gunned Down" - 2:34
7. "I Am the Hunted" - 2:52
8. "City Baby Attacked by Rats" - 2:34
9. "Prayer of a Realist" - 2:29
10. "Passenger on the Menu" - 2:48
11. "Heavy Discipline" - 2:11
12. "Boston Babies" - 2:07
13. "Bellend Bop" - 5:08

Captain Oi re-release bonus tracks

14. "No Survivors" - 2:35
15. "Self Destruct" - 2:01
16. "Big Women" - 2:17
17. "Am I Dead Yet?" - 2:31
18. "Slit Your Own Throat" - 2:07
19. "Sick Boy [Single Version]" - 2:34

In popular culture

• Metallica vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield revealed that the title of their song Spit Out the Bone was lifted from the lyrics of "Passenger on the Menu".^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Charged G.B.H* - City Baby Attacked by Rats. Discogs. 6 March 2016.
2. Web site: Charged GBH* - City Baby Attacked by Rats. discogs. 7 March 2016.
3. Web site: James Hetfield Reveals the Street Punk Band He Took the Phrase 'Spit Out the Bone' from.