Another Kind of Blues

Another Kind of Blues is the first studio album released by English punk band, the U.K. Subs. It was released in the UK on 14 September 1979 on GEM Records, a subsidiary of RCA.[2] It is considered as a classic from the punk era.

Another Kind of Blues
Studio album by U.K. Subs
Released	September 14, 1979
Recorded	May 29, - June 1979
Studio	Kingsway Recorders Ltd., London
Genre	Punk rock
Length	35:55
Label	RCA
Producer	John McCoy, U.K. Subs
U.K. Subs chronology
Another Kind of Blues (1979) Brand New Age (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The style of music borrows heavily from blues and rock'n'roll but infused much of the energy and social commentary that was shaping the wider punk rock scene.

Critics were divided on the album's merits. Writing for the New Musical Express, Charles Shaar Murray described the album as being "As appetising as the tea-bag left to dry on the saucer" [3] , while in Sounds, Garry Bushell awarded the album five stars and called it "a near perfect slice of good time high energy punk." [4]

The first 20,000 copies were printed on blue vinyl and the album reached number 21 in the UK album charts.

The U.K. Subs have released 26 official albums, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. Their most recent, Ziezo, was released in 2016.

Miles Davis's Kind of Blue was released 20 years before this album (1959).

Track listing

• All songs written by Nicky Garratt and Charlie Harper, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"C.I.D."	Harper, Richard Anderson	2:10
2.	"I Couldn't Be You"	John B. Presley; arranged by Harper	2:06
3.	"I Live in a Car"	Harper, Garratt, Paul Slack, Rory Lions	1:36
4.	"Tomorrows Girls"	Harper	2:24
5.	"Killer"	Harper, Garratt, Slack	1:28
6.	"World War"		1:06
7.	"Rockers"		3:15
8.	"I.O.D."		1:22
9.	"T.V. Blues"	Harper, Garratt, Slack	2:08
10.	"Blues"		1:50
11.	"Lady Esquire"		1:50
12.	"All I Wanna Know"	Harper, Garratt, Slack	1:48
13.	"Crash Course"	Harper, John McCoy, Garratt	1:40
14.	"Young Criminals"		2:18
15.	"B.I.C."		1:35
16.	"Disease"		1:25
17.	"Stranglehold"	Harper	2:26

Personnel

UK Subs

• Charlie Harper – lead vocals, harmonica
• Nicky Garratt – guitar, backing vocals
• Paul Slack – bass
• Pete Davies – drums

Additional personnel

• Bob Broglia – engineer
• Paul "Chas" Watkins and Bob Broglia – mixing engineers
• Hothouse – sleeve
• Paul Canty, Yuka Fujii and Tony MacLean – photography

References

1. "Another Kind of Blues - UK Subs". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
2. "U.K. Subs - Another Kinds of Blues". Discogs. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
3. Shaar Murray, Charles (22 September 1979), ...Dredged up, New Musical Express
4. Bushell, Gary (8 September 1979), Long live the punk, Sounds