Inflammable Material

Inflammable Material is the 1979 debut album by the Northern Irish

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 punk band Stiff Little Fingers

Stiff Little Fingers

Stiff Little Fingers are a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They formed in 1977, at the height of the Troubles. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star , doing rock covers, until they discovered punk. They split up after six years and four albums, although they...

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Jake Burns and Gordon Ogilvie; except where indicated

1. "Suspect Device" – 2:36
2. "State of Emergency" (Burns) – 2:29
3. "Here We Are Nowhere" (Henry Cluney) – 1:00
4. "Wasted Life" (Burns) – 3:10
5. "No More of That" (Cluney) – 2:04
6. "Barbed Wire Love" – 3:33
7. "White Noise" – 1:57
8. "Breakout" (Burns) – 3:04
9. "Law and Order" – 3:14
10. "Rough Trade" – 2:41
11. "Johnny Was" (Rita Marley
    Rita Marley
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    ) – 8:12
12. "Alternative Ulster" – 2:45
13. "Closed Groove" – 4:25

The 2001 EMI

EMI

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 CD reissue added the following tracks:
The reissue also includes the first part of an interview of Jake Burns by Alan Parker (the second part is included in the reissue of Nobody's Heroes).

Chart Position

Chart (1979)	Peak position
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	14

This was the first album on an independent record label to enter the UK Top Twenty.

Personnel

• Jake Burns
  Jake Burns
  Jake Burns is a singer and guitarist, and is best known as the frontman of Stiff Little Fingers.-Career:...
  
   – vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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• Henry Cluney
  Henry Cluney
  Henry Cluney was a guitarist in Highway Star, the school band that became Stiff Little Fingers in 1977...
  
   – guitar, vocals
• Ali McMordie
  Ali McMordie
  Alistair Jardine "Ali" McMordie is a bass guitarist, who made his name with, and was a founding member of, Stiff Little Fingers...
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals
• Brian Faloon - drums
  Drum kit
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• Geoff Travis
  Geoff Travis
  Geoff Travis is the founder of both Rough Trade Records and the Rough Trade chain of record shops. A former drama teacher and owner of a punk record shop, Travis founded the Rough Trade label in 1978.-Biography:...
  
   – producer
• Mayo Thompson
  Mayo Thompson
  Mayo Thompson is an American musician and visual artist best known as the leader of the avant-garde rock band Red Crayola .-1960s:...
  
   – producer
• Mike Kemp – Engineer
• Doug Bennett – producer