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Charge
United Kingdom - London, England

PERFECTION LP 01. Dancing on Graves 02. Luxury 03. Illusion of Fairness 04. Advanced State 05. Dead for Years 06. First for a Title 07. Perfection 08. Revenge of the Midsummer's Dream 09. Sir Hugo 10. Gasman 11. The King and Queen of Desolation 12. Hhhuh Label: Kamera Records Cat #: KAM 013 Format: LP Released: 1982

Reviews: This is perfection? No way, it's a thoroughly unsatisfying debut album from Charge. And sneaky, too. First, they put out a brace of punk 45s and then lure everyone into buying a long-player's worth of very different material. Herein lies rhythmic music with annoyingly precious vocals that should be placed somewhere between post-punk and experimental punk, the closest comparisons being UK Decay, Theatre of Hate, and (gasp!) Adam & the Ants. These guys have played punk rock like "Gasman" here since '78, so they're entitled to change styles if they want to. On the other hand, we don't have to keep listening to them. -Jeff Bale (from Maximum Rocknroll #3, November/December 1982)