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“Two million voices shout at the street. Can you hear the cry, there's no retreat. Look at their mouths, they're open wide. Shout for an answer trying to survive.” 2,000,000 Voices is sheer punk rock album but it is diverse as hell and all the songs are musically brilliant. “White nigger, black nigger – bleed the same… When you're a number, you're never a name, they took away his faith, a candle without a flame. The law of animals – destroy what you don't understand.” “I Understand” is such a sweep reggae tune. Every song carries a truckload of emotions and saxophone passages are outright captivating.

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It's a difficult decision to chose this album over their incredible debut album 'Teenage Warning' from '79 which feat. classic tracks ('punk anthems') like 1st single 'The Murder of Liddle Towers', 'I'm an Upstart', 'Leave me alone' and the title track, but '2, 000,000 Voices' is overall the far superior album. OK, it lost a bit of the rough and raw feel that made the early punk albums so real and powerful, it's slightly polished and it dabbles with different musical styles, not just straightforward punk. The opening title track is pure punk; 'You're nicked' (a lovely short homage to Alex Harvey as intro and the added sax improves the sound immensely), 'Guns for the Afghan Rebels', 'Kids on the Street' and the absolutely brilliant 'Last Night Another Soldier' are timeless classics, all of 'em standard songs in any of their gigs (an excellent live band too, by the way). 'England', not my cup of tea, but it has some certain charm, two tracks with a reggae influence are pretty good, only 'Mensi's Marauder' is just plain awful, spoiling what could have been an almost perfect album. Last not least, the improvement of the lyrics is colossal, showing clearly that Mensi (Anti-Fascist and Socialist with Heart and Soul) is certainly not a brainless thug. Another essential album for a punk collection (along with their debut; I just chose to use only one album per artist) from a band that should be by right equally regarded as The Clash and the Sex Pistols as most important punk bands, in fact, more so as they never sold out or strayed from their punk roots.

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1. Two Million Voices
2. Ghost Town
3. You're Nicked
4. England
5. Heath's Lament
6. Gun´s For The Afghan Rebels
7. I Understand
8. Mensi's Marauders
9. Mr. Politician
10. Kids On The Street
11. Jimmy
12. We're Gonna Take The World
13. Last Night Another Soldier
14. I Wish

Bonus Tracks:
15. The Man Who Came In From The Beano
16. Sticks Diary
17. The Sun Never Shines
18. Never Comeback
19. I Understand (Single Version)


Bass, Washboard – Glyn Warren
Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Decca Wade
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals, Percussion – Mond
Saxophone [Also Playing] – Simon Wilson
Violin [Also Playing] – John Van Derrick
Vocals, Trumpet, Cello – Mensi

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