The EPs of RP

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The E.P.s of R.P.
Compilation album by
Released1987
Recorded1981-1982
GenrePunk rock, anarcho-punk
LabelCorpus Christi Records
Rudimentary Peni chronology
Death Church
(1983)
The E.P.s of R.P.
(1987)
Cacophony
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Punknews.org[2]

The E.P.s of R.P. is a compilation of the anarcho-punk band Rudimentary Peni, released on LP in 1987 on Corpus Christi Records.[3][4] It contains both of the band's first two 7-inch EPs, Rudimentary Peni and Farce. In 1994, it was reissued on CD on the band's own Outer Himalayan Records.

Tracks 1-12 were taken from the Rudimentary Peni 7-inch EP, recorded at Street Level in 1981 and released in August that year. Tracks 13-22 were from the Farce 7-inch EP, recorded at Southern Studios, London, in 1982, engineered by John Loder, produced by Penny Rimbaud and Rudimentary Peni, and released on Crass Records in July of that year.

Critical reception[edit]

AllMusic wrote that "these releases were throttling and brash, shamelessly self-explanatory, and fond of intense speed shifts as they tottered over a pre-grindcore method of handling near chaos."[1] Trouser Press thought that the record contains "some mini-masterworks of alienated vitriol."[4]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Media Person"
  2. "Him Hymn"
  3. "Blind Dogs"
  4. "B-Ward"
  5. "Crazy Chain"
  6. "The Gardener"
  7. "Teenage Time Killer"
  8. "Hearse"
  9. "Dead Living"
  10. "Black President"
  11. "Tower of Strength"
  12. "Play"
  13. "Sacrifice"
  14. "Cosmetic Plague"
  15. "Subdued Violence"
  16. "Only Human"
  17. "The Bile Ball"
  18. "Farce"
  19. "Bloody Jellies"
  20. "Mice Race"
  21. "Defined By Age"
  22. "Zero Again"
  23. "Bubble"

Personnel[edit]

  • Jon Greville - drums
  • Grant Matthews - bass
  • Nick Blinko - vocals, guitar and art

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "The EPs of RP - Rudimentary Peni | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ^ "Rudimentary Peni - The EPs of RP". www.punknews.org. 6 November 2005.
  3. ^ Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 189.
  4. ^ a b "Rudimentary Peni". Trouser Press. Retrieved 26 July 2020.