Germfree Adolescents

Oh man, wasn't expecting proto-riot grrrl circa 1978. A lot of this sounds straight out of the Bikini Kill/Sleater-Kinney playbook to the point where a couple of the songs could slot into an SK album, and you wouldn't notice except for the saxophone and lack of vibrato.

Really good stuff though. I do prefer Sleater-Kinney for their more modern sound, but yeah.

Great energy! Laughed when sang "My pet rrrrrrat"

What a fantastic find! Brimming with anti-consumerist energy, these songs are melodic and fun. Clearly an influence on sounds that would emerge in the 90s.

One more very brief review due to holidays: the X-Ray Specs are another early New Wave / Post Punk group. Their debut album ""Germfree Adolescents" is not as annoying as the B-52's but still far from good.
Do we really need more of this? I don't think so.

Pretty alright.

Proto riot grrl, but with horns!

An absolute party from start to finish. Super ahead of its time with several bangers within different sounds and moods. My favorites were the sublimely catchy "Warrior in Woolworths," "Identity" with its earworm riff, and the proto-thrash metal "I Am a Poseur." Sax punk is a cool sound that should have been bigger than it was.

Women in punk kind of beat men in punk easily

Pretty pleasant. Obviously the biggest general problem with an album such as this one is that it 1. Doesn’t really resonate too much, and 2. Is redundant as hell. I really like the inclusion of the saxophone, and I really enjoy the vocals. The disposition of anti-consumerism and establishment is nice, and there are some great songs here, too. I enjoyed this.
8.0/10

Alright, a female-led 70s British punk band. Never heard of these guys(and two gals), but then I'm not very well versed in 70s punk. This is sadly not as much of an uncorked punk fury-fest as I was expecting, but maybe I just wanted some hardcore punk. It still has a lot of punk elements, such as political lyrics condemning consumerism and the artificial world(they are somehow more relevant today than they likely were in 1978) and simplistic guitar. However, there are some key sonic differences(namely the saxophone and surprising variance of tempos). The vocals are ass, but they sound punk and that's probably more important than their technical quality. There are some legitimate bangers here, but also plenty of fairly mediocre songs, making for a somewhat uneven album. In the end, I wanted to like this more than I actually did.

This album is ranked #19 of 33 albums for 1978 by global rating. Other 1978 albums rated by me:
Darkness on the Edge of Town(6/33)-5
Stardust(8/33)-4
Live and Dangerous(11/33)-4
This Year's Model(13/33)-3
All Mod Cons(14/33)-4
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen(32/33)-3

That was pretty not bad. The recording was mushy, but there was enough punk attitude to get past my completely unfounded gatekeeping about who gets to call themselves “punk.” Additional points for the female-fronted band, the jaunty saxophone solo over the darkest themes on “I Live Off You,” and the very obvious hat tip to the Pistols. Someone is definitely exploiting someone here, I just can’t tell who’s exploiting who.

A killer line from GPT while trying to make my grammar here more readable: "Poly Styrene especially feels oddly predictive now. Half the album sounds like she foresaw influencer culture, microplastics, branding as identity, and the psychological effects of fluorescent supermarkets."

Now piss off

Good punk album lifted up by the saxophone section

It's a fun punk album. Nothing that would change the face of the world but still pleasant to listen to.

Favorite Songs: I Can't Do Anything

Another classic punk record! This record stands out for me because of the saxophone, and of course Poly Styrene's vocals and lyrics are great. Wonderful album.

10 stars

Didnt get onboard with this one. Maybe i wasn’t in the mood, not sure. Low 3

They definitely had a unique style and sound, but I don't know if I loved it so much. I would say that they were ahead of their time, but no, I think at 1978 they were perfectly on time.

This was ok. Not really a fan of the vocals, but I liked the punk vibe. 3/5

yet another album that make me question the popularity and endurance of sex pistols

The punk tag had me wary at first, but the sax bug's contribution does bring a very interesting edge to the album 🎷🐛 Quite a fun energy throughout, and I do like how colorful and sincere the whole thing feels. It’s hard to imagine a modern band with a singer named Poly Styrene tackling consumerism and environmental issues this earnestly.

Standouts: Obsessed with You • I Can't Do Anything

sviđa mi se ideja i jako mi se sviđaju saksofoni. ovo bi mi se u teoriji trebalo svidjeti, al jebote, vokal je ili jedva prolazan ili naprosto nepodnošljiv i zbog toga znatno narušava bilo kakav potencijalni užitak u slušanju. s obzirom na to trojka je možda i previsoka ocjena, al neka, ima žara, ima originalnosti i ima lude saksofone