I suppose in some way this was the start of New Wave music. A huge step away from punk music but still containing all the anger and bile but with a glossy coating. This as been a cornerstone of my record collection since it's release. Straight in, it pounds into No Action, short sharp and to the point. And then it's just great song after great song. And of course many Elvis fans ended up with the US version too which was a different tracklisting. As was the Australian version. And this came out six months after the first album. The NME had a full page review of the album with the famous picture of Elvis with a machine gun in his mouth.
I went and saw him play at the Palais in St. Kilda. The concert was short fast and ferocious. He blasted through this album. He was angry. He even made Alison a song of hate.
Famously he didn't allow anyone with a beard backstage. So Gudinski couldn't get in! That's what I heard.
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