Why (Discharge EP)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Why

| type = EP

| artist = Discharge

| cover = Why? (Discharge album).jpg

| alt =

| released = April 1981

| recorded = 1981

| studio = The Grove, London

| genre = Hardcore punk{{cite web |url=https://www.punknews.org/amp/review/3748/discharge-why |title=Review: Discharge – Why |website=Punknews.org |access-date=30 March 2025}}

| length = 14:43

| label = Clay Records

| producer = Mike Stone

| prev_title = Decontrol

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = Never Again

| next_year = 1981

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|author=Johnny Loftus |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/why-mw0000043304 |title=Why - Discharge | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=28 May 2015}}

| rev2=Punknews

| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite web | url=https://www.punknews.org/review/3748/discharge-why | title=Discharge - Why }}

| rev3 = Sounds

| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Sutcliffe |first=Phil |date=2 May 1981 |title=Pure hell |magazine=Sounds |page=29}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Why is the fourth EP by English hardcore punk band Discharge, released in 1981 on Clay Records. It reached number 1 on the UK Indie Charts in 1981. It was reissued in 2003 with 12 bonus tracks, in addition to the 10 tracks from the 1981 EP. The reissue EP is 31:52 in length.