Artist: Various
Album: 1979 (Revolt Into Style)
Label: Cherry Red – CRCDBOX120
Series: The Punk Years – 1979
Format: 3 x CD, Compilation Box Set
Released: 2022
Genre: Post-Punk, Punk, New Wave, Synth-pop, Ska
Audio codec: Mp3 @320 kbps

Tracklist:
DISC ONE:
1. Bill Nelson’s Red Noise – Revolt Into Style
2. Eddie And The Hot Rods – Media Messiahs
3. Andy Arthurs – I Feel Flat
4. Magazine – Rhythm Of Cruelty (single version)
5. The Cannibals – You Can’t
6. John Cooper Clarke – ¡Gimmix! Play Loud
7. Dead Fingers Talk – The Boyfriend
8. The Only Ones – You Got To Pay
9. Glaxo Babies – Who Killed Bruce Lee?
10. Sham 69 – Questions And Answers (single version)
11. Fingerprintz – Night Nurse
12. Siouxsie And The Banshees – The Staircase (Mystery)
13. The Squares – Stop Being A Boy
14. The Fall – Rebellious Jukebox
15. Alternative TV – Graves Of Deluxe Green
16. Patrik Fitzgerald – All Sewn Up
17. Tubeway Army – Me, I Disconnect From You
18. The Outsiders – White Debt
19. The Members – Soho-A-Go-Go
20. Three Party Split – Dubious Parentage
21. X-Ray Spex – Highly Inflammable
22. Jonnie And The Lubes – I Got Rabies
23. Toyah – Victims Of The Riddle (Part 1)
24. Ian Dury And The Blockheads – Sink My Boats

DISC TWO:
1. Squeeze – Up The Junction
2. The Clash – Groovy Times
3. The Records – Girls That Don’t Exist
4. The Skids – Masquerade
5. Clive Langer And The Boxes – The Whole World
6. Echo And The Bunnymen – Read It In Books
7. The Faders – Library Book
8. Gang Of Four – At Home He’s A Tourist
9. Joy Division – Disorder
10. The Numbers – Alternative Suicide
11. The Jags – Back Of My Hand
12. The Teardrop Explodes – Bouncing Babies (Zoo version)
13. The Cravats – Burning Bridges
14. Adam And The Ants – Whip In My Valise
15. Fashion – Citinite
16. The Undertones – Here Comes The Summer
17. Cult Figures – Zip Nolan (extended mix)
18. Pretenders – Kid
19. The Quads – There Must Be Thousands
20. The Jam – When You’re Young
21. The Cheetahs – Radio-Active
22. The Ruts – Something That I Said
23. The Teenbeats – I Can’t Control Myself
24. The Stranglers – Don’t Bring Harry
25. The Barracudas – I Want My Woody Back

DISC THREE:
1. XTC – Making Plans For Nigel
2. The Revillos – Where’s The Boy For Me?
3. The Monochrome Set – The Monochrome Set (single version)
4. Passage – Taking My Time
5. Swell Maps – Real Shocks
6. The Zipps – Friends
7. Disco Zombies – Disco Zombies
8. The Pack – Number 12
9. The Human League – Empire State Human
10. The Wall – Kiss The Mirror
11. The Mekons – Work All Week
12. 999 – Found Out Too Late
13. The Outcasts – Self Conscious Over You
14. Public Image Ltd – Memories (single version)
15. The Monks – Johnny B Rotten
16. The Freshies – Children Of The World
17. The Vapors – Prisoners
18. Madness – Bed And Breakfast Man
19. Secret Affair – Glory Boys
20. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Dance Stance (demo)
21. The Regents – 7 Teen
22. The Lurkers – New Guitar In Town
23. The Boys – Kamikaze
24. The Carpettes – Easy Way Out
25. Scritti Politti – Messthetics
26. Spizzenergi – Where’s Captain Kirk?
27. Notsensibles – I’m In Love With Margaret Thatcher

Not long after exploding into being as a raw, angry, and politically driven hypercharge of rock & roll, punk quickly mutated. Historians, fans, and purists will argue over the exact timeline, but if punk was truly born in 1977 with the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Ramones, and other classic early bands of the genre, it had already begun sprouting new branches a few years later in the form of post-punk, new wave, industrial, punkers experimenting with dub, funk, and disco styles, and even more new approaches to a genre that was relatively new itself. The extensive compilation 1979: Revolt into Style collects dozens of tracks from what was a banner year for post-punk, setting familiar essentials side by side with more obscure cuts. Inclusions from punk upstarts like Sham 69, the Clash, and the Jam illuminate how those bands were maturing past the energetic three-chord rippers they started out with to explore more thoughtful songwriting and instrumentation. The next wave that was rising out of punk's initial crash is represented here by excellent songs from some of the most important names in post-punk: Joy Division, the Fall, Gang of Four, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Gary Numan's Tubeway Army. Revolt into Style does a great job of balancing out the better-known post-punk acts with less commercially successful but equally exciting bands like Swell Maps, Alternative TV, and the Mekons. This is true of every subgenre the compilation explores. New wave superstars like Adam and the Ants, Dexy's Midnight Runners, and the Pretenders appear beside more obscure artists like Glory Boys, the Regents, and the Zipps. With 76 songs and around four hours long, Revolt into Style is a solid entry point for anyone getting their feet wet with what came after punk. It's a deep dive that showcases both certified hits and lost gems, offering a sense of just how quickly styles were changing, and how the different players in the scene were influencing one another as those changes played out in the form of exhilarating new music. (AllMusic review by Fred Thomas)

Continuing Cherry Red's yearly overview of the late 70's UK “new music” scene, ‘Revolt Into Style’ features the best of a fast-splintering scene, rife with creativity.