Avengers is a compilation album

Compilation album

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 by the American punk group Avengers. It was released on vinyl in 1983 by CD Presents. It is the closest thing to a studio album

Studio album

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 the band has, although it was compiled by drummer Danny Furious from various recordings the band did in their three years of existence.

The album includes some songs previously released, including all of the songs from the We Are the One

We Are the One

We Are the One is the first EP from the Avengers. It was released on Dangerhouse Records in 1977. It is the only recordings released while the band was still together. It is sometimes referred to as the Dangerhouse EP, referencing the label it was released on. It was recorded in October 1977 at...

EP, two songs from the Avengers

Avengers (EP)

Avengers is the second EP from rock band The Avengers. Released by White Noise Records in 1979 after the split up of the band, it was produced by musician Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols. It is also known as the White Noise EP, a reference to the record label...

EP (as well as other songs recorded during the EP's sessions) and both songs from the "Paint it Black" single.

Re-releases

The album has been re-released multiple times over the years. The first re-release came when the album was first released on CD by CD Presents in 1989 with two more tracks. In 2000, Lady Butcher released the album on CD with 10 bonus tracks that were recorded live at the Whisky a Go Go

Whisky a Go Go

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 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, CA in August 1978. Sometime by 2003, singer Penelope Houston was selling CD-R

CD-R

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 copies of the album on her website. In 2010, CD Presents re-released the album through online music stores such as iTunes Store

ITunes Store

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 and Amazon MP3

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 and on CD only through Amazon.com

Amazon.com

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 featuring four alternate takes although this release appears to have been pulled due to a rights issues from Penelope Houston

Penelope Houston

Penelope Houston is an American singer-songwriter best known as the singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band The Avengers. She was raised in Seattle. In the mid-1970s she attended Fairhaven College in Bellingham, Washington...

.

Side One

1. "We Are the One"
2. "Car Crash"
3. "I Believe in Me"
4. "Open Your Eyes"
5. "No Martyr"
6. "Desperation"
7. "Thin White Line"

Side Two

1. "Paint it Black"
2. "The Amerikan in Me"
3. "White Nigger"
4. "Uh Oh"
5. "Second to None"
6. "Corpus Christie"
7. "Fuck You" (live)

CD (1989)

1. "We Are the One"
2. "Car Crash"
3. "I Believe in Me"
4. "Open Your Eyes"
5. "No Martyr"
6. "Desperation"
7. "Thin White Line"
8. "Money, Money"
9. "Paint it Black"
10. "The Amerikan in Me"
11. "White Nigger"
12. "Uh Oh"
13. "Second to None"
14. "Cheap Tragedies"
15. "Corpus Christie"
16. "Fuck You" (live)

CD (2000)

1. "We Are the One" – 2:40
2. "Car Crash" – 4:20
3. "I Believe in Me" – 2:54
4. "Open Your Eyes" – 2:40
5. "No Martyr" – 3:04
6. "Desperation" – 2:33
7. "Thin White Line" – 3:12
8. "Money Money" – 2:25
9. "Paint It Black" – 3:17
10. "The American in Me" – 2:09
11. "White Nigger" – 3:37
12. "Uh-Oh" – 3:07
13. "Second to None" – 2:29
14. "Cheap Tragedies" – 3:05
15. "Corpus Christi" – 3:27
16. "Fuck You (live)" – 2:37
17. "The American in Me (live)" – 1:51
18. "White Nigger (live)" – 2:55
19. "Don't You (live)" – 2:58
20. "Open Your Eyes (live)" – 2:25
21. "C'Mon Everybody (live)" – 1:45
22. "Kingdom (live)" – 3:30
23. "We are the One (live)" – 2:19
24. "Thin White Line (live)" – 2:41
25. "No Martyr (live)" – 2:44
26. "I Believe in Me (live)" – 3:12

CD/digital (2010)

1. "We Are the One" – 2:40
2. "Car Crash" – 4:20
3. "I Believe in Me" – 2:53
4. "Open Your Eyes" – 2:40
5. "No Martyr" – 3:01
6. "Desperation" – 2:29
7. "Thin White Line" – 3:14
8. "Paint it Black" – 3:15
9. "The Amerikan in Me" – 2:05
10. "White N****r" – 3:34
11. "Uh Oh" – 3:04
12. "Second to None" – 2:27
13. "Corpus Christi" – 3:31
14. "F**k You" (live) – 2:42
15. "Cheap Tragedies" – 3:04
16. "No Martyr" (alternate take) – 3:01
17. "Thin White Line" (alternate take) – 2:53
18. "Desperation" (alternate take) – 2:11
19. "Corpus Christi" (alternate take) – 3:21

Personnel

• Penelope Houston
  Penelope Houston
  Penelope Houston is an American singer-songwriter best known as the singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band The Avengers. She was raised in Seattle. In the mid-1970s she attended Fairhaven College in Bellingham, Washington...
  
   – vocals
• Greg Ingraham – guitar
  Guitar
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• Brad Kunt – guitar on "Corpus Christi"
• Danny Furious – drums
• Jimmy Wilsey
  James Wilsey
  James Calvin Wilsey is an American musician. He played bass with San Francisco punk band The Avengers but become better known as lead guitarist with Stockton crooner Chris Isaak and his band Silvertone, and featured in Isaak's solo albums Silvertone, Chris Isaak, Heart Shaped World, and San...
  
  – bass