We Gotta Get Out of This Place (album) explained

We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Type:	Album
Artist:	Angelic Upstarts
Cover:	We Gotta Get Out of This Place.jpg
Released:	April 3, 1980
Genre:	Punk rock, Oi!
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Pete Wilson
Prev Title:	Teenage Warning
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	2,000,000 Voices
Next Year:	1981

We Gotta Get Out of This Place is Angelic Upstarts's second album, released in 1980.^[1] The album was dedicated to Jimmy Laurenson "the best friend and workmate anyone would wish for. We will never forget. Rest in Peace Jim."

Track listing

All songs written by Thomas Mensforth and Ray Cowie, except where noted.

Side A

1. "Never 'Ad Nothin'" - 2.46
2. "Police Oppression" - 3.14
3. "Lonely Man of Spandau" - 2.49
4. "Their Destiny Is Coming" - 2.42
5. "Shotgun Solution" (Mensforth, Keith "Stix" Warrington) - 2.17
6. "King Coal" (Mensforth, Cowie, Warrington, Taylor) - 3.38

Side B

1. "Out of Control" - 2.24
2. "Ronnie is a Rocker" - 2.31
3. "Listen To The Steps" (Mensforth, Cowie, Warrington, Taylor) - 2.36
4. "Can't Kill a Legend" - 3.10
5. "Capital City" (Mensforth, Cowie, Warrington) - 3.06
6. "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) - 4.02

Bonus tracks

1. "Nowhere Left to Hide"
2. "Unsung Heroes II"

Personnel

Angelic Upstarts

• Thomas "Mensi" Mensforth - vocals
• Ray "Mond" Cowie - guitar
• Steve Forsten - bass guitar
• Keith "Stix" Warrington - drums

with:

• Jim "Fingers" Reilly, Pete Wilson - piano
• Angela, Barry, Kevin, Melvin, Phil, Spud the Starjet, Vandepeer, Zippy - backing vocals
• Nick Hockley - design, illustration

Notes and References

1. http://www.discogs.com/Angelic-Upstarts-We-Gotta-Get-Out-Of-This-Place/release/368517 We Gotta Get Out of This Place