Let's Start a War
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Let's Start a War, or Let's Start a War... (Said Maggie One Day), is the third album by the punk rock
band The Exploited
, released in 1983
through Pax Records [PAX 18]. The title refers to Margaret Thatcher
's decision to go to war over the Falkland Islands
in 1982, suggesting that she did so almost on a whim. The controversial war was fodder for many protest song
s in the punk movement.
Side one
Side two
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band The Exploited
The Exploited
The Exploited are a Scottish punk band from the second wave of UK punk, formed in 1979. Originally a street punk band, they transformed into a faster hardcore punk band with a heavy political influence. From about 1987 on they changed into a crossover thrash band...
, released in 1983
1983 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983.-January-April:*January – ZTT Records is founded.*January 8 – The UK singles chart is tabulated from this week forward by The Gallup Organization...
through Pax Records [PAX 18]. The title refers to Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
's decision to go to war over the Falkland Islands
Falklands War
The Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
in 1982, suggesting that she did so almost on a whim. The controversial war was fodder for many protest song
Protest song
A protest song is a song which is associated with a movement for social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs . It may be folk, classical, or commercial in genre...
s in the punk movement.
Track listing
- All tracks written by Wattie Buchan and John DuncanJohn DuncanJohn Duncan may refer to:* John Duncan , American artist and musician* John Duncan , Scottish weaver and botanist* John Duncan , MP from British Columbia...
, unless otherwise stated
Side one
- "Let's Start a War (Said Maggie One Day)" – 3:13
- "Insanity" – 4:19
- "Safe Below" – 2:17
- "Eyes of the Vulture" – 4:01
- "Should We, Can't We" – 1:41
- "Rival Leaders" – 5:43
Side two
- "God Saved the Queen" (Buchan) – 5:43
- "Psycho" – 2:01
- "Kidology" – 2:09
- "False Hopes" (Buchan) – 1:39
- "Another Day to Go Nowhere" (Buchan) – 2:31
- "Wankers" (Buchan) – 2:37