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What's The Matter Boy? [Original recording remastered]

~ &, Vic Godard
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  • Audio CD (14 Aug 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Decca - Pop
  • ASIN: B00004UB8W
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15,250 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Stop That Girl
2. Birth & Death
3. Stand Back
4. Watching The Devil
5. Enclave
6. Out Of Touch / View
7. Vertical Integration
8. Split Up The Money
9. Stool Pigeon
10. Double Negative
11. Exit, No Return
12. Empty Shell
13. Make Me Sad
14. Watching The Devil
15. Stool Pigeon
16. Double Negative
17. Head Held High

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Its all part of the plan....., 7 May 2001
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Never mind lost pop punk nugget! This is simply one of the best records ever made. Released in 1980. Here was Vic Godard taking on his songs that he had dragged through the toilets of punk rock and polished with a twisted pop sensibility. Here is an individual who saw the failure of so many of his punk peers and made this truly brave record as an answer and an antidote. Vic's voice was as unique and strong as Kevin Rowland's. His songwriting as effortless and skilful as Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley. It could be the shamalama "Stand Back", it could be the perfect pop of "Split Up the Money" or it could be the gorgeously melancholy "Make Me Sad". I dunno what it is. I bought this when it came out.... people have then raked through second hand shops for hours searching for a scratchy vinyl copy. Mostly in vain. Search no more, my friends. Its out on CD. Remastered. Great sleeve notes by the Likes of Edwyn Colins and Davie Henderson who know or thing or two themselves about producing great guitar pop music. Added bonus of the late great accordion-driven Rough Trade 45 "Stop That Girl" and a Peel session where we see some of these songs put through the guitar mangler. Buy it for yourself. Buy it for your little sister. Buy it for your Mum and listen as she whistles "Empty Shell" doing the dishes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, but overlooked, 5 Mar 2002
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This is one of those canonical albums that so many bands cite as an inspiration, yet no-one ever seems to listen to.

So why ever not ? This is one of the best half-dozen albums that year (and maybe the best from outside Liverpool)

I can't claim to understand it. How did '50s beat and skiffle make it through the cynicism of punk's most sneering age ? I'm glad it did though. This is what punk should have been about. No pomp, no glam, no big record labels, just a great songwriter doing it as simply as possible on a budget of sixpence ha'penny.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Subways and Sex, 29 May 2008
By Mr. D. J. ODRISCOLL "Denis Joe" (Liverpool, Britain) - See all my reviews
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There is very little to say about this album beyond the fact that it is one of the greatest of all time.

I saw the Sect more times than any other group. They were supporting the likes of the Banshees, the Clash, the Buzzcocks, etc. but it as the Subway Sect who stuck in my mind.


Goddard sang of heartbreak of his girlfriend falling for a lesbian ('Watch That Girl'), Mistrust ('Stool Pidgeon) as if these things were facts of life for everyone.

This is an album to love and cherish (Things that punk wasn't supposed to promote).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sheer Brilliance
Vic Godard was and still is the most consummate songwriter of his era. This album is a brilliant summation of his work up to that point. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2007 by Andrew Peter Clark

5.0 out of 5 stars How Long For Folklore?
I still own the original Oddball recording. I went to see The Buzzcocks in '78, on the 'Love Bites' tour, at the Liverpool Empire, and the Sect were supporting. Read more
Published on 3 Jun 2007 by pikeyboy

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