Agnostic Front - Raw Unleashed Audio CD
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Band: Agnostic Front
Title: Raw Unleashed
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Release Date: 1995-07-17
Media: Audio CD
Tracks: 1: Smell The Bacon/What' s With You 2: In Control 3: Last Warning 4: Fuck All Authority 5: Fight 6: Final War 7: Discriminate Me 8: United Blood 9: No Rights (No One Rules) 10: Friend Or Foe 11: We Should Care 12: Crucial Changes 13: Traitor 14: United Blood 15: Discriminate Me 16: We Should Care 17: Smell The Bacon/What's With You 18: In Control 19: Last Warning 20: Fuck All Authority 21: Fight 22: Get Out/Final War 23: Discriminate Me 24: United Blood 25: Society Suckers 26: No Rights (No One Rules) 27: Friend Or Foe 28: We Should Care 29: Blind Justice 30: Crucial Changes 31: Traitor 32: Skins Go Marching In/We Can Do Anything (Cockney Rejects Cover) 33: It's My Life (Animals Cover) 34: Blind Justice 35: Your Mistake 36: Friend Or Foe 37: No One Rules 38: Fight 39: Last Warning 40: United And Strong 41: Hiding Inside 42: Discriminate Me 43: With Time 44: Traitor 45: Victim In Pain 46: Power 47: United Blood 48: Time Will Come 49: Society Suckers 50: The Blame 51: No One Rules 52: Final War 53: Last Warning 54: Traitor 55: Friend Or Foe 56: United Blood 57: Fight 58: Discriminate Me 59: In Control 60: Crucial Changes 61: United Blood 62: Time Will Come
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Pure aggression NYHC style To me the sound quality is the way hardcore should be. IF you Love Agnostic Front in the early years, this is a must have. It loud, raw, and agressive. To me, that is Hardcore. If you like clean sounding, remastered garbage, than this is not for you, but if you like the real Hardcore, get this one.
After the first series, its like being at a show
62 songs on a standard CD. . Thats AF for ya. Quick and raw. They were pioneers in hardcore and this shows them as they were. The recording isn't as rough as that other reviewer says. Maybe he's used to sitting on a leather couch using bose sound canceling headphones instad of most punk's messed up cd player.
The band released this as is because this is how they were. . . RAW and in your face. They represented what hardcore was about- rejecting the mainstream culture and having fun with the DIY lifestyle. They played fast and got everyone into it at their shows. If you saw them back in the day, you'll know what I'm talking about.
Raw Unleashed
Don't listen to him. the last guy didn't know what he was talking about. If you like raw, primative, old-school NY hardcore punk from way back in the day, then this is for you. When I say NY hardcore, I'm not talking about 90's era, metal-hardcore crossover music. . . I'm talking about early 80's, unpolished, NY street punk hardcore. If you favor Agnostic Front's One Voice album (from their more metal oriented era), then maybe this CD might not be for you. But if you liked their United Blood ep (at the end of the Last Warning live CD), or the Victim In Pain ep, then chances are, you might dig this one.
I can't believe it!!
This could of been a good CD. Track 1-16: Extended United Blood recording
Track 17-33: Pre United Blood Recording
Track 34-50: 1984 rehearsal Don Fury's Studio
Track 52-60: United blood 7" Two Track Mixdown
Track 61-62: Message from the Underground
I can't believe how awful this CD is. However, the recording quality is much worse than anything I have ever heard before. I know some people like bad recording quality. However, I think that even those people would not like this. It's that bad! Not only everything is muffled but, it is recorded really quietly. However, when you turn it up like all the way to hear it, it gets even more muffled. A LOT more. I have heard a little bit off of "Cause for Alarm" and that had bad recording. But, I still liked it and it was nothing compared to this. The recording on "Cause for Alarm" only drops it one potential star, this drops it 3!!! This I definitely the worst purchase I have made in years. The only good thing that came out of this CD is the little booklet that comes with it. It has AF interviews and other AF [stuff]. Peace.
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