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Alternative Hits

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Alternative Hits
Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 1980
GenrePunk rock
LabelStep-Forward, I.R.S.
Chelsea chronology
Chelsea
(1979)
Alternative Hits
(1980)
Evacuate
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Alternative Hits is an album by British punk rock band Chelsea. Since all the album's tracks had been previously released as singles except "Come On". Alternative Hits is regarded as a compilation album.[2] Songs include a version of the Seeds' "No Escape", and "Urban Kids", which was co-written by Chelsea frontman Gene October and Alternative TV.[3]

Alternative TV's "Urban Kids".[1]

Originally released in 1980 by Step-Forward Records, and retitled as No Escape in the U.S. by I.R.S. Records, it was reissued in 2008 by Captain Oi!.

Track listing

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  1. "No Escape" (Buck Reeder, Jimmy Lawrence, Sky Saxon) - 2:22
  2. "Urban Kids" (Alex Fergusson, Dave Martin, Gene October, Mark Perry) - 2:56
  3. "No Flowers" (Dave Martin, Gene October) - 2:49
  4. "Right to Work" (Gene October) - 3:04
  5. "Look at the Outside" (Chris Bashford, James Stevenson) - 3:26
  6. "What Would You Do" (Dave Martin) - 1:56
  7. "No One's Coming Outside" (Dave Martin) - 3:18
  8. "The Loner" (Gene October) - 2:58
  9. "Don't Get Me Wrong" (James Stevenson) - 2:37
  10. "Decide" (Gene October) - 3:03
  11. "Come On" (Chris Bashford, Dave Martin) - 2:16

Bonus tracks on 2008 reissue CD:

  1. "High Rise Living" (Martin Stacey) - 3:55
  2. "No Admission" (Gene October) - 3:01

Personnel

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Chelsea
  • Gene October - vocals
  • Dave Martin (tracks: 2 to 4, 6 to 8, 10 to 12), James Stevenson - guitar
  • Brian James - lead guitar on "No Escape"
  • Geoff Myles (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 12), Henry Daze (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 14) - bass
  • Carey Fortune (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 14), Chris Bashford (tracks: 1, 4, 6 to 8, 10 to 12), Steve J. Jones (tracks: 2, 3) - drums

References

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  1. ^ a b Alternative Hits at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Chelsea - Alternative Hits". Discogs.com. 20 May 1981. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)