Name: Penis Envy (As it was in the Beginning)
Brand: Crass

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

3219841R

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "3219841R"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Comes in Fold Out Poster Sleeve.

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "Comes in Fold Out Poster Sleeve."}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-08-30

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5016958995362

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "5016958995362"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Crass

Genre GB

Punk / Hardcore

Label GB

The album has been remastered by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios, as close as possible to the sound of the original release. Penis Envy, released in 1981, was the third LP by Crass. Eve Libertine takes the lead vocals throughout the album (the one exception being de Vivre's turn on the unnerving portrayal of hospitals and waiting for death, Health Surface). A powerful and challenging record, Penis Envy uses the brutal, cruel description of sexism and rape on the opening track, Bata Motel, as a launching point for a comprehensive rip through societal control and repression throughout. Smart enough to target everything from the mechanics and business of selling romance (Smother Love) to gender stereotyping (Systematic Death) and back again, lyrically the sharpest cut is toward those who choose to accept such a system rather than reacting back against it. Both the vinyl and CD feature fold-out poster sleeves and are exact replicas of the original pressing.

Penis Envy (As it was in the Beginning)

Music GB