Crass – Christ - The Album / Well Forked - But Not Dead

Crass – Christ – The Album / Well Forked – But Not Dead

A confrontational and uncompromising document of anarcho-punk ideology, Christ – The Album / Well Forked – But Not Dead brings together one of the most politically charged bodies of work from Crass.

Emerging from the late-1970s UK punk movement, Crass rejected commercialism, mainstream music industry structures, and conventional songcraft, instead using raw, abrasive sound collages, spoken-word sections, and fiercely political lyrics. Their work blends punk urgency with conceptual art, protest literature, and radical social commentary.

Christ – The Album presents tightly packed, aggressive compositions that critique war, consumerism, religion, and state control, while Well Forked – But Not Dead expands into live recordings and chaotic performance pieces, capturing the band’s confrontational stage presence and anarchic ethos.

Tracks like Punk Is Dead, Big A Little A, and Do They Owe Us A Living remain defining statements of anarcho-punk philosophy, while others explore experimental structures, noise elements, and fragmented musical ideas.

This is not simply a music release, but a political and artistic manifesto—essential listening for those interested in punk history, DIY culture, and radical British underground music.

Tracklist:

1. Have A Nice Day
2. Mother Love
3. Nineteen Eighty Bore
4. I Know There Is Love
5. Beg Your Pardon
6. Birth Control 'N' Rock 'N' Roll
7. Reality Whitewash
8. It's The Greatest Working Class Rip-Off
9. Deadhead
10. You Can Be Who?
11. Buy Now Pay As You Go
12. Rival Tribal Revel Rebel, Pt. 2
13. Bumhooler
14. Sentiment (White Feathers)
15. Major General Despair
16. Banned From The Roxy + The Sound Of One Hand
17. Punk Is Dead
18. Nagasaki Nightmare
19. Darling + Bata Motel Blues
20. Berkertex Bribe + Fold It In Half
21. Big Hands + Heart-throb Of The Mortuary
22. Bumhooler
23. Big A Little A
24. First Woman
25. Arlington 73
26. Bomb Plus Bomb Tape
27. Contaminational Power
28. I Ain't Thick
29. G's Song
30. Securicor
31. I Can't Stand It
32. Shaved Women + A Part Of Life
33. Do They Owe Us A Living
34. So What + Salt 'n' Pepper