Hardcore '81
{{Infobox album
| name = Hardcore '81
| type = Album
| artist = D.O.A.
| cover = D.O.A. - Hardcore '81.jpg
| alt =
| released = 22 April 1981
| recorded = 1981
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Punk rock, hardcore punk
| length = 18:56
| label = Sudden Death
| producer = D.O.A.
| prev_title = Something Better Change
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = War on 45
| next_year = 1982
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r213593|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
}}
Hardcore '81 is an album by the Canadian hardcore punk band D.O.A.{{Cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/d-o-a/|title=D.O.A.}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/best-1981-punk-albums/|title=These 15 punk records from 1981 have some of the year's best music|first=Tim|last=Stegall|website=Alternative Press |date=April 14, 2020}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fie47qSuTsoC&q=d.o.a.+rough+guide&pg=PA1852|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Rough|last=Guides (Firm)|date=July 3, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781858284576|via=Google Books}} It is considered by some to be the first time that a certain style of punk rock was labeled hardcore.{{cite video |people= Paul Rachman (director), Steven Blush (writer), Dez Cadena (starring), Dave Smalley (starring)|date= 2007-02-20 |title=American Hardcore |url=http://www.sonyclassics.com/americanhardcore/ |format=flv |medium=Documentary |publisher=Sony Pictures |location=United States |accessdate=2008-12-18 |time= |quote=Joey "Shithead" Keithley of D.O.A.: "We had one big show up there
In 2019, the album was named as the public vote winner of the Polaris Heritage Prize.Karen Bliss, [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8542506/polaris-heritage-prize-doa-oscar-peterson-2019-winners "D.O.A. and Oscar Peterson Win Polaris Heritage Prize for Classic Albums"]. Billboard, November 5, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/music/vancouver-punk-rockers-doa-earn-polaris-heritage-award|title=Vancouver punk rockers DOA earn Polaris Prize heritage award|website=Vancouver Sun}}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = Joey Shithead, except where noted
| title1 = D.O.A.
| length1 = 1:38
| title2 = Unknown
| writer2 = Keithley, Chuck Biscuits
| length2 = 2:30
| title3 = Slumlord
| length3 = 1:55
| title4 = Musical Interlude
| length4 = 0:22
| title5 = I Don't Give a Shit
| length5 = 1:21
| title6 = M.C.T.F.D.
| length6 = 1:38
| title7 = Communication Breakdown
| note7 = Led Zeppelin cover
| length7 = 1:57
| title8 = 001 Loser's Club
| writer8 = Brian Goble, Keithley, Dimwit, Werner
| length8 = 1:54
| title9 = Fucked Up Baby
| length9 = 1:27
| title10 = The Kenny Blister Song
| length10 = 0:16
| title11 = Smash the State
| length11 = 1:32
| title12 = My Old Man's A Bum/Bloodsucker Baby
| writer12 = Keithley, Dimwit
| length12 = 1:41
| title13 = Waiting for You
| length13 = 0:45
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = CD re-issue bonus tracks
| title14 = General Strike
| writer14 = Keithley, Dave Gregg
| length14 = 3:36
| title15 = Race Riot
| length15 = 1:06
| title16 = A Season in Hell
| writer16 = Goble
| length16 = 2:34
| title17 = Burn It Down
| length17 = 2:34
}}
- Some CD re-issues of Hardcore '81 include four bonus tracks from the EP Don't Turn Yer Back (On Desperate Times)
Personnel
- Joey "Shithead" Keithley - lead guitar, lead vocals
- Dave Gregg - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Randy Rampage - bass, backing vocals
- Chuck Biscuits - drums
Tracy Marks - acoustic piano on "Unknown" also engineered the album
References
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Category:Sudden Death Records albums
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