The 1981 Listening Post - U.K. Subs Diminished Responsibility

 U.K. Subs - Diminished Responsibility

#57

February 13 1981

U.K. Subs

Diminished Responsibility

Genre: Punk

2.25 out of 5

Highlights:

Time and Matter

There’s a lot of by-the-numbers heavy and crunchy punk on this thing and that doesn’t make it better nor worse than their previous outing but the secret sauce for the band here is Alvin Gibbs. When he gets his paws on the writing the songs all become more interesting and more…surf punky. Not good just better. 

https://music.apple.com/us/album/diminished-responsibility/950436449

The 1980 Listening Post - U.K. Subs - Brand New Age

U.K. Subs - Brand New Age

#139

April 11 1980

U.K. Subs

Brand New Age

Genre: Punk

2 out of 5

Highlights:

Emotional Blackmail

Siri, play something that perfectly represents a period of time perfectly but is also so outdated and antiquated no one would ever listen to it again.

“Now playing, U.K. Subs’ Brand New Age”

https://music.apple.com/us/album/brand-new-age/950426428

The 1985 Listening Post - U.K. Subs - Huntington

U.K. Subs - Huntington

#245/896

1985 Housekeeping

U.K. Subs

Huntington

Genre: Punk

2.5 out of 5

Highlights:

Miss Teenage USA

There are a lot of holes in this project prior to 1985. I was really only relying on Wikipedia for the list. Now that others have gotten involved (specifically Sheffield and his tireless effort to get to EVERYTHING) our list is closer to complete. What that means is that any thought I had that there was a glut of music in the 00s made possible by the ease of access to anyone with a computer was incorrect. With over 500 records released in the Rock genre in 1985 alone I’m left to wonder just how anyone ever thought they could ever make a living as a rock star. It seems to me that successful albums have to pay for all the garbage that doesn’t make it and what doesn’t make it is a tonnage. 

So, in that regard, I missed the earlier U.K. Subs albums and am left with this as my first exposure. It sounds like The Dicks lost their sense of humor but kept all the muddy sound. This punk style sounds more and more dated with every release. 

Nothing sticks around very long, so that’s good but it’s not very rewarding. 

https://music.apple.com/us/album/huntington-beach/1281516496