Inflammable Material
| Inflammable Material | ||||
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| Studio album by Stiff Little Fingers | ||||
| Released | February 2, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | November 1, 1978 - November 13, 1978 at Spaceward Studios, Cambridge. (Apart from "Alternative Ulster" recorded Island Studios, London May 1978.) | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 41:08 | |||
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Rough Trade (original UK & US release) Celluloid (original French release) Chrysalis (1980 Dutch, Greek & Australian releases) EMI (1989 UK reissue) Restless Retro (1989 US reissue) 4 Men With Beards (2010 US reissue) Parlophone (2016 UK & Japanese reissues) |
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| Producer | Geoff Travis, Mayo Thompson and Doug Bennett | |||
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| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Inflammable Material is the 1979 debut album by the Northern Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers. Most of the album's tracks are about the "Troubles" and the grim reality of life in Northern Ireland with the songs containing themes of teenage boredom, sectarian violence, RUC (police) oppression, etc., urging people to "grab it and change it, it's yours" in what became their signature song "Alternative Ulster". The song "Rough Trade" is about the band's view of the music business as being dishonest, but they have since claimed it is not about their record label which happens to have the same name.
All tracks composed by Jake Burns and Gordon Ogilvie; except where indicated
The 2001 EMI CD reissue added the following tracks:
The reissue also includes the first part of an interview of Jake Burns by Alan Parker (the second part is included in the reissue of Nobody's Heroes).
This was the first album on an independent record label to enter the UK Top Twenty.
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