Celebrate the Bullet is the second album by British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 ska

Ska

Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

 band The Selecter

The Selecter

The Selecter are a 2 Tone ska revival band from Coventry, England, formed in mid 1979.Like many other bands in the ska revival movement, The Selecter featured a racially diverse line-up. Their lyrics featured themes connected to politics and marijuana, set to strong melodies and a danceable beat...

. It was released in 1981 on Chrysalis Records after the band had left the Two Tone label. It features the hit single The Whisper plus the rare 45 "Celebrate The Bullet" and a version of The Ethiopians

The Ethiopians

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 "Train To Skaville". Ian Dury and the Blockheads bassist Norman Watt-Roy

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 played bass on the title track. Band members Charley Anderson and Desmond Brown left the band after the release of 'The Whisper' to form the band The People. They were replaced by keyboard player, James Mackie, and bass player, Adam Williams.


The Celebrate the Bullet (1981) liner notes are by George Marshall and include pictures of many rare overseas singles' sleeves. The album was reissued on CD in 2001 by Captain Mod Records.

Side one

1. "(Who Likes) Facing Situations" - 3.32
2. "Deep Water" (Pauline Black
   Pauline Black
   Pauline Black in Romford is a British singer, actress and author most notable as the lead singer of The Selecter. Black was born to an Anglo-Jewish mother and Nigerian father. She was adopted by a white middle-aged couple and given the name Pauline Vickers...
   
   ) - 4.09
3. "Red Reflections" (Pauline Black) - 3.38
4. "Tell Me What's Wrong" (Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson) - 3.30
5. "Bombscare" (Megan Amanor) - 3.05
6. "Washed Up and Left For Dead Feeling" - 3.57

Side two

1. "Celebrate the Bullet" - 4.34
2. "Selling Out Your Future" (Megan Amanor) - 3.59
3. "Cool Blue Lady" - 3.30
4. "Their Dream Goes On" - 3.42
5. "Bristol and Miami" (Pauline Black) - 4.58

Bonus tracks on CD release

1. "Whisper" - 3.01
2. "Train to Skaville" (Dillon)
3. "Last Tango in Dub" (Selecter)
4. "Train to Skaville" (12" Version) (Dillon)