V. A. - No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion

Like all the great rock revolutions, punk was fueled by singles. Sure, there were a lot of tremendous albums, but all the artists that cut great LPs also had great 7"s — and in the case of Television and Patti Smith, they had independent singles released prior to their first albums that never appeared on their debuts. Since rock criticism tends to be album-driven, singles tend to get slightly overlooked, and since punk is a rock critic's favorite, some revisionist historians paint the era as fueled by albums, not singles. Rhino's excellent four-disc No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion corrects that error by focusing on the singles, winding up with a one-stop introduction and summary of the era that is as good as Loud, Fast & Out of Control, their similar set on early rock & roll. (AMG)

Disc 1

01 - Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
02 - The Clash - White Riot
03 - Nick Lowe - Heart Of The City
04 - Buzzcocks Featuring Howard Devoto - Boredom
05 - The Saints - (I'm) Stranded
06 - The Damned - Neat Neat Neat
07 - The Jam - In The City
08 - Pere Ubu - Final Solution
09 - The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
10 - Television - Little Johnny Jewel
11 - The Adverts - One Chord Wonders
12 - The Heartbreakers - Born To Lose
13 - Iggy & The Stooges - Search And Destroy
14 - Mink Deville - Let Me Dream If I Want To (Amphetamine Blues) [Live]
15 - X - Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours!
16 - Wire - I 2 X U
17 - Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
18 - The Stranglers - (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
19 - The Runaways - Cherry Bomb
20 - New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
21 - Eddie & The Hot Rods - Teenage Depression
22 - The Dictators - Two Tub Man
23 - Patti Smith - Hey Joe [Version]
24 - Generation X - Your Generation

Disc 2

01 - Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
02 - The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes
03 - Ultravox! - Satday Night In The City Of The Dead
04 - Buzzcocks - What Do I Get
05 - Blondie - X Offender
06 - The Boomtown Rats - Lookin' After No. 1
07 - Penetration - Don't Dictate
08 - The Fall - Bingo Master
09 - Patti Smith - Free Money
10 - The Jam - The Modern World
11 - The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks
12 - The Damned - New Rose
13 - Subway Sect - Ambition
14 - Television - See No Evil
15 - Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
16 - Wire - Mannequin
17 - The Vibrators - Baby Baby
18 - Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Love Comes In Spurts
19 - The Boys - First Time
20 - Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer
21 - Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
22 - Elvis Costello - Mystery Dance
23 - New York Dolls - Trash
24 - X - Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Day-Glo
25 - Eddie & The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do

Disc 3

01 - Generation X - Ready Steady Go
02 - The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
03 - Ian Dury - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
04 - Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love  (With Someone You Shouldn't've )
05 - Suicide - Rocket U.S.A.
06 - Devo - Mongoloid
07 - 999 - Homicide
08 - The Dils - Mr. Big
09 - Joy Division - Warsaw
10 - The Mekons - Where Were You
11 - The Germs - Lexicon Devil
12 - The Rezillos - (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures
13 - The Pretenders - The Wait
14 - The Weirdos - We Got The Neutron Bomb
15 - The Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso
16 - Alternative Tv - Action Time Vision
17 - Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
18 - The Avengers - We Are The One
19 - Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout
20 - Black Flag - Wasted
21 - Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
22 - Fear - I Love Livin In The City
23 - The Boomtown Rats - She's So Modern
24 - Rich Kids - Ghosts Of Princes In Towers
25 - X - We're Desperate
26 - The Dickies - You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)
27 - The Motors - Dancing The Night Away

Disc 4

01 - Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
02 - Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone
03 - The Rezillos - Top Of The Pops
04 - X - Adult Books
05 - The Members - The Sound Of The Suburbs
06 - Dead Kennedys - California Über Alles
07 - The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
08 - The Soft Boys - (I Want To Be An) Anglepoise Lamp
09 - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Radio, Radio
10 - The Slits - Typical Girls
11 - The Cramps - Human Fly
12 - Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
13 - The Ruts - Babylon's Burning
14 - Sham 69 - If The Kids Are United
15 - Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
16 - The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
17 - The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good And Evil
18 - Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him
19 - The Undertones - Get Over You
20 - Gang Of Four - Love Like Anthrax
21 - The Stranglers - Peaches
22 - Skids - Into The Valley
23 - Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Round A Memory
24 - Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

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