Inner City Unit – The Maximum Effect

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Genre:

Rock

Style:

Post-Punk

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Tracklist

Bones Of Elvis
Man Of Steel
Beer Baccy Bingo & Benidorm
Virgin Love
Two Worlds
In The Mood (Nude)
Epitaph To The Hippies
Sid's Song
Night Life
Remember (Walking In The Sand) Margate Beach
Skinheads In Leningrad
Metal

Versions

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    Image, – In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory
    		Version DetailsData Quality
    Cover of The Maximum Effect, 1981-04-00, VinylThe Maximum Effect
    LP, Album
    		Avatar Record & Screenworks Ltd – AALP 5004UK1981UK — 1981
    Recently Edited
    Cover of The Maximum Effect, 1981, VinylThe Maximum Effect
    LP, Album
    		Avatar Record & Screenworks Ltd – RISLP 14086Portugal1981Portugal — 1981
    Recently Edited
    Cover of The Maximum Effect, 1981, CassetteThe Maximum Effect
    Cassette
    		Avatar Record & Screenworks Ltd – ZCAAA 5004UK1981UK — 1981
    New Submission
    Cover of The Maximum Effect, 1981, VinylThe Maximum Effect
    LP, Album
    		Avatar Record & Screenworks Ltd – 260.07.026, Bellaphon – 260.07.026Germany1981Germany — 1981
    New Submission
    Cover of The Maximum Effect, 1981, VinylThe Maximum Effect
    LP, Album
    		Avatar Record & Screenworks Ltd – MLF-461Australia1981Australia — 1981
    New Submission
    Cover of The Maximum Effect, 1981, CassetteThe Maximum Effect
    Cassette, Album
    		Avatar Record & Screenworks Ltd – CRS 599Portugal1981Portugal — 1981
    New Submission
    Cover of The Maximum Effect, 1981, CassetteThe Maximum Effect
    Cassette, Album, Stereo
    		Movieplay – 53 3160/2Spain1981Spain — 1981
    New Submission
    Cover of The Maximum Effect, 1981, CassetteThe Maximum Effect
    Cassette, Single Sided, Stereo, High Quality Blank Tape on Side 2
    		RCA – MCF7461New Zealand1981New Zealand — 1981
    New Submission
    Cover of The Maximum Effect, 1982, VinylThe Maximum Effect
    LP, Album
    		Movieplay – 17.3160/4, Avatar Record & Screenworks Ltd – 17.3160/4Spain1982Spain — 1982
    New Submission
    Cover of The Maximum Effect, 1998, CDrThe Maximum Effect
    CDr, Album
    		Not On Label – noneUK1998UK — 1998
    New Submission
    Cover of The Maximum Effect, 2001, CDThe Maximum Effect
    CD, Reissue
    		Real Festival Music – REALCD 004UK2001UK — 2001
    Recently Edited
    Cover of The Maximum Effect, 2015, CDThe Maximum Effect
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
    		Gonzo Multimedia – RRA102CDUK2015UK — 2015

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    Reviews

    • JohnnyD10538's avatar
      JohnnyD10538
      Edited 2 years ago

      Great to see this classic Acid Punk album back in circulation. However, if like myself you have the Vinyl - stick with that!

      This release (although appreciated and most welcome for those of us who were there to see the incredible chaos and glorious madness of numerous ICU gigs back in the eighties) has had the tracks edited, tampered with and the sound has no crisp warmth and channel spacing.

      I completely agree with John Hughes comment in the Liner notes that if he didn't do then it would have become an analogue memory and thank you John and Fred!

      This was a criminally underrated band from their beginning to their end and this album was the high point of their studio work. I'm not going to review the music as it speaks for itself. Had this release been unedited and not tampered with it would be excellent, without question.

      Missed opportunity.
      • Monsterhead's avatar
        Monsterhead
        Edited 4 years ago
        Seems like my labels are on the wrong sides! For £500 and a mint correctly labeled copy, this super rarity can be yours!
        • hawknik's avatar
          hawknik
          Edited 8 years ago
          I've loved this album ever since it came out in 1981, in fact my love of it has grown over the years. BUT this 'remaster' on Gonzo Multimedia really doesn't sound right at all! Something has definitely gone wrong at some point and it sounds muddy and muffled, losing all the sparkling clarity of the original vinyl. I don't usually worry too much about sound quality so I was surprised how much this bugged me. Someone give the world a re-release that does justice to the original! Come on Cherry Red, or didn't 'Punkadelic' shift enough units? For now stick to the original vinyl. I haven't heard Judge Trev's CDr release of it a few years ago, but he didn't bother with the cover etc. so just upload your vinyl!
          • Belch1889's avatar
            Belch1889
            Comfortably the best release by ICU, in my opinion anyway. Bones of Elvis and Sid's Song especially titillate my earbuds.
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