Stations of the Crass is the second album by Crass

Crass

Crass are an English punk rock band that was formed in 1977, which promoted anarchism as a political ideology, way of living, and as a resistance movement. Crass popularised the seminal anarcho-punk movement of the punk subculture, and advocated direct action, animal rights, and environmentalism...

, released in 1979. The record, originally released as a double 12", includes live tracks from a gig recorded at the Pied Bull pub in Islington

Islington

Islington is a neighbourhood in Greater London, England and forms the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is a district of Inner London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street...

, London

London

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 on August 7, 1979. The first three sides contain the studio tracks and play at 45 rpm, while the final side comprises said live material and plays at 33 rpm. The album's title is not only a pun on the Catholic

Catholic

The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

 rite of the Stations of the Cross

Stations of the Cross

Stations of the Cross refers to the depiction of the final hours of Jesus, and the devotion commemorating the Passion. The tradition as chapel devotion began with St...

 (such jibes against the religious establishment were almost a Crass hallmark), but is also a reference to the graffiti

Graffiti

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 campaign that the band had been conducting around London's underground railway

London Underground

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 system, the cover artwork depicting a wall at Bond Street tube station

Bond Street tube station

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 that had allegedly been 'decorated' by them.

A remastered edition of 'Stations', complete with new artwork by Gee Vaucher

Gee Vaucher

Gee Vaucher is a visual artist who was born in 1945 in Dagenham, East London.Her work with Anarcho-punk band Crass was seminal to the 'protest art' of the 1980s. Vaucher has always seen her work as a tool for social change. In her collection of early works Crass Art and Other Pre Post-Modernist...

, designed specifically for the small size of a CD case, was due to be released in March 2009, but was delayed due to contentions with former members. The remastered 'Crassical Collection' version was eventually released in October 2010, featuring a 64-page booklet of liner notes by Steve Ignorant

Steve Ignorant

Steve Ignorant is a singer and artist. He co-founded the anarcho-punk band Crass with Penny Rimbaud in 1977. After Crass stopped performing in 1984, he has worked with other groups including Conflict, Schwartzeneggar, The Stratford Mercenaries, Current 93 , US punk band Thought Crime, as well as...

 and Penny Rimbaud

Penny Rimbaud

Jeremy John Ratter , better known under his pseudonym of Penny Rimbaud, is a drummer, writer, poet, former member of performance art groups EXIT and Ceres Confusion, and co-founder of the anarchist punk band Crass with Steve Ignorant in 1977.-Biography:Rimbaud Jeremy John Ratter (born 8 June 1943,...

, as well as bonus tracks in the form of the band's 1979 John Peel Session. The live tracks recorded at the Pied Bull are not included on the remastered edition, but they can be downloaded from the Crass Arkive. The untitled Track 20 from the original 1990 CD cannot be downloaded.

LP

Side 1

1. "Mother-Earth"
2. "White Punks on Hope"
3. "You've Got Big Hands"
4. "Darling"
5. "System"
6. "Big Man, Big M.A.N."
7. "Hurry up Garry"

Side 2

1. "Fun Going On"
2. "Crutch of Society"
3. "Heard Too Much About"
4. "Chairman of the Bored"
5. "Tired"
6. "Walls"
7. "Upright Citizen"

Side 3

1. "The Gasman Cometh"
2. "Demo(N)Crats"
3. "Contaminational Power"
4. "Time Out"
5. "I Ain't Thick, It's Just a Trick"
6. "Prime Sinister" [Unlisted Track]

Side 4
(Live tracks recorded at the Pied Bull, Islington, 7 August 1979)

1. "System"
2. "Big Man, Big M.A.N."
3. "Banned from the Roxy"
4. "Hurry Up Garry"
5. "Time Out"
6. "They've Got A Bomb"
7. "Fight War, Not Wars"
8. "Women"
9. "Shaved Women"
10. "You Pay"
11. "Heard Too Much About"
12. "Angels"
13. "What a Shame"
14. "So What"
15. "G's Song"
16. "Do They Owe Us a Living?"
17. "Punk Is Dead"

Original 1990 CD

1. "Mother-Earth"
2. "White Punks on Hope"
3. "You've Got Big Hands"
4. "Darling"
5. "System"
6. "Big Man, Big M.A.N."
7. "Hurry up Garry"
8. "Fun Going On"
9. "Crutch of Society"
10. "Heard Too Much About"
11. "Chairman of the Bored"
12. "Tired"
13. "Walls"
14. "Upright Citizen"
15. "The Gasman Cometh"
16. "Demo(N)Crats"
17. "Contaminational Power"
18. "Time Out"
19. "I Ain't Thick, It's Just a Trick"
20. "Prime Sinister" [Unlisted Track]
21. "System/Big Man, Big M.A.N./Banned from the Roxy/Hurry Up Garry/Time Out/They've Got A Bomb/Fight War, Not Wars"
22. "Women/Shaved Women/You Pay/Heard Too Much About"
23. "Angels/What a Shame/So What/G's Song"
24. "Do They Owe Us a Living?"
25. "Punk Is Dead"

"Crassical Collection" Track Listing

1. "Mother Earth"
2. "White Punks On Hope"
3. "You've Got Big Hands"
4. "Darling"
5. "System"
6. "Big Man, Big M.A.N."
7. "Hurry Up Gary"
8. "Fun Going On"
9. "Crutch Of Society"
10. "Heard Too Much About"
11. "Chairman Of The Bored"
12. "Tired"
13. "Walls"
14. "Upright Citizen"
15. "The Gasman Cometh"
16. "Demo(n)crats"
17. "Contaminational Power"
18. "Time Out"
19. "I Ain't Thick, It's Just A Trick"
20. "Radio Radicals - thread track"
21. "Shaved Women" *
22. "They've Got A Bomb" *
23. "Tired" *
24. "G's Song" *
25. "Mother Earth" *
26. "Gozonabit - run out track"

• From the band's John Peel Session - BBC Maida Vale 4, 28 March 1979.

Personnel

• Steve Ignorant
  Steve Ignorant
  Steve Ignorant is a singer and artist. He co-founded the anarcho-punk band Crass with Penny Rimbaud in 1977. After Crass stopped performing in 1984, he has worked with other groups including Conflict, Schwartzeneggar, The Stratford Mercenaries, Current 93 , US punk band Thought Crime, as well as...
  
   - Lead Vocals.
• Eve Libertine
  Eve Libertine
  Eve Libertine is a British singer.She was one of the two female vocalists who worked with the influential British anarcho-punk band Crass...
  
   - Lead Vocals on tracks 4, 13, 16.
• Joy De Vivre
  Joy De Vivre
  Joy De Vivre was the second female singer of the anarcho-punk band Crass. She was also one of two lead singers on the Crass album Penis Envy in 1981. She studied at Colchester Arts School, where she met Andy Palmer....
  
   - Voices.
• Phil Free - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals.
• N.A. Palmer - Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals.
• Pete Wright - Bass, Lead Vocals on tracks 8, 12, 14.
• Penny Rimbaud
  Penny Rimbaud
  Jeremy John Ratter , better known under his pseudonym of Penny Rimbaud, is a drummer, writer, poet, former member of performance art groups EXIT and Ceres Confusion, and co-founder of the anarchist punk band Crass with Steve Ignorant in 1977.-Biography:Rimbaud Jeremy John Ratter (born 8 June 1943,...
  
   - Drums, Radio.
• Gee Vaucher
  Gee Vaucher
  Gee Vaucher is a visual artist who was born in 1945 in Dagenham, East London.Her work with Anarcho-punk band Crass was seminal to the 'protest art' of the 1980s. Vaucher has always seen her work as a tool for social change. In her collection of early works Crass Art and Other Pre Post-Modernist...
  
  - Art work.
• Mick Duffield - Films.