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Inflammable Material | 
| Artist: Stiff Little Fingers
Label: EMI
Category: Music
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 6489
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 724353588625
EAN: 0724353588625
ASIN: B00005OB0G
Release Date: October 22, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | Suspect Device | | • | State Of Emergency | | • | Here We Are Nowhere | | • | Wasted Life | | • | No More Of That | | • | Barbed Wire Love | | • | White Noise | | • | Breakout | | • | Law And Order | | • | Rough Trade | | • | Johnny Was | | • | Alternative Ulster | | • | Closed Groove | | • | Suspect Device | | • | 78 Rpm | | • | Jake Burns Interview |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Originally released in 1979, this digitally remastered reissue of Stiff Little Fingers' Inflammable Material comes complete with two bonus tracks, including the original single version of "Suspect Device", plus the first part of a Jake Burns interview. Taking their cue from the Clash's politicised attitude, SLF' self-penned (inflammable) material, articulated their frustrations with "the troubles" in Northern Ireland. Unlike many punk debuts, Inflammable Material manages to meld high-octane potency, with a varied musical palette. Thanks partly to the influence of Don Letts, the regular DJ at the Roxy, the punk fraternity had embraced reggae, identifying strongly with its spirit of protest and, like the Clash, SLF included a reggae cover on their debut LP. Their eight-minute-plus raggedy version of Bob Marley's "Johnny Was" transports Johnny to Northern Ireland, "A single shot rings out in a Belfast night and I said oh Johnny was a good man". Equally eclectic, though slightly less serious, is the doo-wop surf pastiche "Barbed Wire Love", a warped tale of love in Belfast's No Man's Land. Of course, as the rest of the tracks readily attest, SLF are principally purveyors of furious fusillades of guitar-snorting punk rock. And let's face it, any album that includes "Alternative Ulster" and "Suspect Device" has to be considered a bona fide classic. --Chris King
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One of the best Punk albums ever July 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I first heard this album in 1982 it was a punk rock masterpiece then and has stood the test of time to this day. Anyone with even a passing interest in punk rock needs to own this album , its as simple as that.
Belfast Calling. June 22, 2008
Let me take you back to the days before this iconic album was released. The whole british music scene was giving a right royal boot in the jugglees circla 76-77. The punk movement in Britain had exploded causing massive social and political shockwave to reverberate thru the fixed class structured british system. The Government of the day were faced with the British youth suddenly having a powerful voice, as well as having a mean to communicate their viewpoint and anger. The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Damned, The Jam et al. seem to be singing about all aspects of British mainland life. However, I remember coming home from school eating my evening meal in front of the TV. Night after night after night, reports would flash into our living rooms about the latest killings, shootings, bombing and maimings be carried out in Northen Ireland.
It was this enviroment that SLF decided to sing about. Although The Undetones came from NI their songs seem to focus on more fizzy punk pop than Fuse lit Punk Rock ( "Barbed Wire Love" V's "Get Over You")
It wasn't until after they played a gig in the seaside town of Troon near to my hometown of Kilmarnock that I first was hooked on SLF. SLF were due to play in Kilmarnock. However, such was the fear of punk in those days that the local council under pressure from highly up the political ladder. Refused the promoters a lincense for the Gig. thus, forcing the promoters to move the gig to nieghbouring county. They used the song " White Noise" from "InFlammable Material" as an poor excuse for their refusal. You can read a Newcastle newspaper article from the liner notes of "All The Best" for further info.
Make no mistake "Inflammable Material" Is an Iconic Punk Album. It sounds as fresh and raw today as it did when I first heard it way back in my school days of 1979. It easierly stands beside " Never mind...," "The Clash," "Machine Gun ...." and "In The City."
You Will Find out, when you hear it why SLF are still held in High Esteem today. This Album is as good an example of what the British Punk Movement was all about !!! It simple conveys the feeling of what it was like to grow up in a area where death could be just waiting around the next corner. It gave a voice to the forgotten youth hidden behind the daily headlines and reports of "The Troubles" on the street where Stuff Luddle Fingus walked and lived.
"Barbed Wire Love"
" I met you in No Man's Land
Across the wire we were holding hands
Hearts a-bubble in the rubble
It was love at bomb site
All you give me is barbed wire love
All caught up in barbed wire love
Tangled up in barbed wire love
Throw my leg over barbed wire love
Barbed wire love snags my jeans
When I fell it was awful nice
Caught when not suspecting vice
The night was rife with wasteland life
You set my arm alight
[Chorus]
Blasted by your booby traps
I felt the blow in both knee-caps
Your eyes did shine
Your lips were fine
And the device in your pants was out of site."
Beware it ain't Duran Duran!
The Dogs Ballocks September 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I first heard Inflammable Material in 1979 it started a nigh on 30 year love affair with the band. It is just the most powerful album you could buy. The album was and still is unique in the way the band express their anger and frustration at the "troubles" in Northern Ireland.
30 years on and they are touring the country playing the album track for track...and I'll be there to enjoy listening to an album that is up there with the Clash's London Calling as one of the all-time classic albums of the punk era.
The original and the best June 29, 2007
This has been one of my favourite albums since it was released in 1979 (when I must confess I was 15). I bought it then, have now updated it to CD and still love it as much as ever. I saw SLF half a dozen times between 1979 and 1982 (don't get me started on a trip down memory lane please!), and their music just oozes rawness from every pore. Jake Burns' voice is so amazingly distinctive. This album is their first and for me remains their best - it is just so powerful and sounds just as good today as it was in 1979. I am so glad to see that so many new fans have come to SLF in the last few years and the comparisons to Green Day are apt. So many bands today are endebted to SLF. Jake and the boys - we salute you!
BEST SLF ALBUM! October 26, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This has got to be one of the greatest debut albums in punk history. Starting with the hard, aggresive suspect device. This along with the anti-army wasted life and alternative ulster are the outstanding tracks on this album along with my personal favourate law and order. The lyrics are rebelious and angry coupled with hard, loud instuments to back them. In true punk fashion no song is much longer than 3 minutes with the 58 second here we are nowhere, except the amazing cover of Bob Marley's Johnny was. I think this is the best SLF album purely becasue they slow down after this one, nobodies heroes is great with tin soldiers and at the edge, but it will never quite beat inflamable material. If your looking for a raw, agressive, political, punk album; this would be an excellent choice. PLAY LOUDLY!
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