All Skrewed Up

All Skrewed Up is the debut studio album by the British rock band Skrewdriver, released in 1977. It was issued with four different sleeve colours - green, orange, yellow, and pale purple. It was later re-released in 1990 as "The Early Years" with five additional tracks, including the singles "Unbeliever" and "Streetfight", originally issued on the German release. The Early Years is the only official release of the All Skrewed Up tracks on CD.

All Skrewed Up
Studio album by
Skrewdriver
Released1977[1]
GenreOi![2]
Length25:54
30:00 (German version)
LabelChiswick
ProducerSkrewdriver, Roger Armstrong
Skrewdriver chronology
All Skrewed Up
(1977)		 Hail the New Dawn
(1984)

Ian Stuart Donaldson was the only member of the record's line-up to play on future Skrewdriver releases.[3]

The album contains none of the neo-Nazi-themed and white power-themed lyrics that Skrewdriver used later.[2]

Track listing

All tracks by Ian Stuart Donaldson, except where noted.

  1. "Where's It Gonna End?" – 2:31
  2. "Government Action" (Donaldson, Phil Walmsley) – 1:34
  3. "Back Street Kids" – 1:38
  4. "Gotta Be Young" (Donaldson, Walmsley) – 1:59
  5. "I Don't Need Your Love" – 2:01
  6. "I Don't Like You" (Donaldson, Walmsley) – 1:55
  7. "An-Ti-So-Cial" (Donaldson, Walmsley) – 1:26
  8. "(Too Much) Confusion" – 2:32
  9. "9 Till 5" – 2:04
  10. "Jailbait" – 1:12
  11. "We Don't Pose" – 1:49
  12. "The Only One" – 2:49
  13. "Won't Get Fooled Again" (written by Pete Townshend) – 2:24

The tracks "Streetfight" and "Unbeliever" (intended to be the A and B sides on a 7" which never made it past the test pressing stage) were included on the German version of the album as tracks 8 and 12, respectively.

Personnel
  • Ian Stuart Donaldson – Vocals
  • Phil Walmsley – Guitar
  • Kevin McKay – Bass
  • John "Grinny" Grinton – Drums
  • Kevin Wilson – Vocals
  • Neil Richmond – Engineer

References
  1. All Skrewed Up at Allmusic
  2. White Rider at AllMusic
  3. "Sputnikmusic.com - Skrewdriver profile". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 9 November 2012.

Sources
  1. Credits of Skrewdriver's album "All Skrewed Up" at Allmusic
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