The Virgin Years

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Crack
• 1
  Babylon’s Burning
  2:35
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Dope for Guns
  2:11
• 3
  S.U.S.
  3:49
• 4
  Something That I Said
  3:54
• 5
  You’re Just A…
  2:55
• 6
  It Was Cold
  6:49
• 7
  Savage Circle
  3:05
• 8
  Jah War
  6:53
• 9
  Criminal Mind
  1:34
• 10
  Backbiter
  3:02
• 11
  Out of Order
  1:50
• 12
  Human Punk
  4:36
• 13
  Babylon’s Burning (7″ version)
  2:32
• 14
  Society
  1:55
• 15
  Something That I Said (7″ version)
  3:06
• 16
  Give Youth a Chance
  3:11
• 17
  Jah War (7″ version)
  3:37
• 18
  I Ain’t Sofisticated
  2:19
• CD 2: Grin + Bear It
• 1
  West One (Shine on Me)
  5:40
• 2
  Staring at the Rude Boys
  3:15
  5.0 ★
• 3
  Demolition Dancing
  2:35
• 4
  Secret Soldiers
  2:18
• 5
  H‐Eyes
  2:49
• 6
  In a Rut
  3:41
• 7
  Love in Vain
  4:10
• 8
  S.U.S. (live)
  3:38
• 9
  Babylon’s Burning
  2:37
• 10
  Society (live)
  2:02
• 11
  West One (Shine on Me) (7″ version)
  2:56
• 12
  The Crack
  5:48
• 13
  In a Rut
  3:00
• 14
  Babylon’s Burning
  2:34
• 15
  Something That I Said
  3:58
• CD 3: Ruts at the BBC
• 1
  Savage Circle
  2:57
• 2
  Babylon’s Burning
  2:31
• 3
  Dope for Guns
  2:27
• 4
  Black Man’s Punch
  3:09
• 5
  Crminal Mind
  1:37
• 6
  S.U.S.
  3:17
• 7
  Society
  1:53
• 8
  You’re Just A…
  2:47
• 9
  It Was Cold
  5:12
• 10
  Something That I Said
  3:18
• 11
  Staring at the Rude Boys
  3:22
• 12
  Demolition Dancing
  2:37
• 13
  In a Rut
  3:14
• 14
  Secret Soldiers
  2:18
• 15
  You’re Just A…
  3:02
• 16
  It Was Cold
  4:29
• 17
  I Ain’t Sofisticated
  2:18
• 18
  Dope for Guns
  2:23
• 19
  S.U.S.
  3:32
• 20
  Babylon’s Burning
  2:34
• 21
  Jah Wars
  3:10
• 22
  Criminal Mind
  1:55
• 23
  In a Rut
  4:15
• CD 4: Live at the Marquee, July 1979
• 1
  Something That I Said
• 2
  H‐Eyes
• 3
  Gotta Little Number
• 4
  I Ain’t Sofisticated
• 5
  S.U.S.
• 6
  Criminal Mind
• 7
  Dope for Guns
• 8
  Babylon’s Burning
• 9
  Backbiter
• 10
  Jah War
• 11
  You’re Just A…
• 12
  It Was Cold
• 13
  Out of Order
• 14
  In a Rut
• 15
  Human Punk
• 16
  Savage Circle
• 17
  Babylon’s Burning (encore)

More by The Ruts

Grin and Bear It

Grin and Bear It 1980

The Crack

The Crack 1979

Original Punks

Original Punks 2008

Babylon's Burning: Reconstructed Dub Drenched Soundscapes

Babylon's Burning: Reconstructed Dub Drenched Soundscapes 2007

The Punk Singles Collection

The Punk Singles Collection 2006

Get Out of It!! Live

Get Out of It!! Live 2006

Release credits

• Dave Ruffy
  percussion [1, 3-4, 7-10]
• Gary Barnacle
  saxophone [1, 3-4, 7-10]
• John Brand
  mix [8]
• Luke Tunney
  trumpet [1, 3-4, 7-10]
• Malcolm Owen
  vocal [1, 3-4, 7-10]
• Mick Glossop
  arranger [1, 3-4, 7-10], engineer [1, 3-4, 7-10], mix [1, 3-4, 7-10], producer [1.1-4, 1.7-10, 2.2, 2.7]
• Paul Fox
  guitar [1, 3-4, 7, 9-10], organ [8]
• Richard Mannah
  background vocals [3, 9]
• Segs
  bass [1, 3-4, 7, 9-10], piano [8]
• The Ruts
  arranger [1, 3-4, 7-10], producer [2.2, 2.5-7, 1.1-4, 1.7-10]

Issues

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  The Virgin Years

  4x CD
  2015