Something Better Change

Infobox Album
Name = Something Better Change
Type = Album
Longtype =
Artist = D.O.A.


Released = 1980
Recorded = 1977-1980
Genre = Rock Punk rock
Length = Original Release: 58:07 Re-Release: 59:08
Label = Can. Friends Sudden Death Alternative Tentacles
Producer = Richard Drake
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j8ngtq4ztu4o link]
* Exclaim! [http://www.exclaim.ca/index.asp?layid=23&csid1=2526 link]
* Punkoiuk.com Rating|5|5 [http://www.punkoiuk.co.uk/reviews/reviewmonth.asp?lstMonth=January+06&btMonth=Go%21 link]
Last album =
This album = "Something Better Change" (1980)
Next album = "Hardcore '81" (1981)

"Something Better Change" is the debut album by Canadian punk rock band D.O.A.. The album was recorded between 1977 and 1980 in Vancouver, BC, Canada and was released in 1980 in on the label Can. Friends. (See 1980 in music).cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j8ngtq4ztu4o | accessdate = 2007-01-12 | author = Jack Rabid| title = Something Better Change > Overview | publisher = allmusic.com | date = ]

For nearly two decades since "Something Better Change" and the follow-up album "Hardcore '81" went out of print, the albums were compiled into the compilation "Bloodied But Unbowed", and then, to address the numerous songs removed in the process, the Polish import greatest hits "Greatest Shits" was released. Music critic Jack Rabid stated that "when one considers how revolutionary and yet how distinct from each other those two LPs were, this state of affairs just made no sense.".

In 2000 the album was re-issued on both lead singer Joey Shithead's own label Sudden Death records for a native Canada release. In 2002 it was re-released on Dead Kennedys former front-man Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles music label. The re-issue included a single bonus track, a re-recording off their first EP originally titled "Disco Sucks", but now titled "New Wave Sucks".

Track listing

# "New Age" (David Gregg, Joey Shithead) – 2:18
# "The Enemy" (Chuck Biscuits, Shithead) – 2:53
# "2 + 2" (Biscuits, Shithead) – 4:08
# "Get Out of My Life" (Brian Roy Goble, Joey Keithley, Susan Werner) – 2:07
# "Woke up Screaming" (Shithead) – 2:42
# "Last Night" (Biscuits) – 3:23
# "Thirteen" (Shithead) – 2:23
# "Great White Hope" (Biscuits) – 2:53
# "The Prisoner" (Keithley, Shithead) – 2:01
# "Rich Bitch" (Shithead) – 3:00
# "Take a Chance" (Shithead) – 1:48
# "Watcha Gonna Do?" (Shithead) – 4:44
# "World War 3" (Biscuits, Shithead) – 3:46
# "New Wave Sucks" (Shithead) – 1:01

Personnel

The band

* Chuck Biscuits – drums
* David Gregg – Guitar, keyboards
* Randy Rampage – Bass
* Joey Shithead - guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

* Simon Wilde – Bass (on tracks 5, 9, and 13)

Technical staff

* Richard Drake – producer, engineer
* Ron Obvious – engineer (on track 12)

References