Stand Strong Stand Proud is the second studio album by Vice Squad

Vice Squad

Vice Squad is a punk band formed in 1978 in Bristol, England. The band formed from two other local punk bands, The Contingent and TV Brakes. Songwriter and vocalist Beki Bondage was a founding member and is currently with the band, although there was a period of time when the band had a different...

. It is the final album to feature the band's original lineup. It was originally released in 1982 by Zonophone

Zonophone

Zonophone, early on also rendered as Zon-O-Phone was a record label founded in 1899 in Camden, New Jersey by Frank Seaman. The Zonophone name was not that of the company, but was applied to the records and machines sold by Seaman from 1899-1900 to 1903...

, a division of EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

. Although it wasn't released by Riot City Records

Riot City Records

Riot City was a British record label based in Bristol, active between 1980 and 1988, and run by Heartbeat Records boss Simon Edwards along with Dave Bateman and Shane Baldwin from the band Vice Squad...

 the band decided to use the Riot City name as it was a label they founded. It was later re-released by Dojo and Captain Oi!

Captain Oi! Records

Captain Oi! is a punk rock and Oi! record label based in High Wycombe, England. The company has released over 300 albums by many notable punk and Oi! bands of the late 1970s and 1980s. The label was set up by Mark Brennan, former bassist of The Business, who had previously co-run Link Records and...

 both with the same five bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Dave Bateman and Rebecca Bond

Beki Bondage

Beki Bondage is a musician in the punk band, Vice Squad and was one of its founder members in 1978.She featured on the front cover of a number of influential music tabloids such as Melody Maker, NME, Smash Hits and Sounds.In 1983, she left Vice Squad to form the band Ligotage with Steve Roberts of...

 unless otherwise noted.

1. "Stand Strong, Stand Proud" – 3:18
2. "Humane" – 2:18
3. "Cheap" – 1:41
4. "Gutterchild" – 2:32
5. "Rock N Roll Massacre" (Bond) – 2:59
6. "Fistful of Dollars" (Baldwin, Bateman) – 2:04
7. "Freedom Begins at Home" – 2:44
8. "Out of Reach" – 1:53
9. "Saviour Machine
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   " (David Bowie
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   ) – 3:37
10. "No Right to Reply" (Bateman) – 2:54
11. "Deathwish" – 3:54
12. "Propaganda" – 4:49

1993 Dojo/2000 Captain Oi! bonus tracks

13. "Tomorrow's Soldier" (Bateman) – 1:56
14. "Darkest Hour" – 1:54
15. "Citizen" – 2:59
16. "Scarred For Life" – 2:27
17. "Faceless Men" – 2:29

Bonus track origins

• Tracks 13 and 14 originally appeared on Stand Strong EP
• Tracks 15–17 originally appeared on State of the Nation EP

Personnel

• Beki Bondage
  Beki Bondage
  Beki Bondage is a musician in the punk band, Vice Squad and was one of its founder members in 1978.She featured on the front cover of a number of influential music tabloids such as Melody Maker, NME, Smash Hits and Sounds.In 1983, she left Vice Squad to form the band Ligotage with Steve Roberts of...
  
   – vocals
• Dave Bateman – guitar
• Mark Hambly – bass
• Shane Baldwin – drums

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Notes
UK	1982	Zonophone Zonophone Zonophone, early on also rendered as Zon-O-Phone was a record label founded in 1899 in Camden, New Jersey by Frank Seaman. The Zonophone name was not that of the company, but was applied to the records and machines sold by Seaman from 1899-1900 to 1903...	LP	ZEM 104
UK	1993	Dojo	LP/CD	DOJO 170	Features five bonus tracks
UK	2000	Captain Oi! Captain Oi! Records Captain Oi! is a punk rock and Oi! record label based in High Wycombe, England. The company has released over 300 albums by many notable punk and Oi! bands of the late 1970s and 1980s. The label was set up by Mark Brennan, former bassist of The Business, who had previously co-run Link Records and...	CD	AHOY CD 156	Features five bonus tracks