The Only Fun in Town

by Josef K

The Only Fun in Town cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1981
  • Label: Postcard
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 29:16
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

As the only full-length album released during their brief existence, Josef K's 'The Only Fun in Town' is an intensely jittery, scratchy masterpiece of Scottish post-punk. The band pairs ridiculously fast, heavily trebled guitars with Paul Haig's deeply anxious, existentially fraught vocals, crafting an incredibly energetic, raw, and highly rhythmic indie classic.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, existential, dissonant, jangly, tense, guitars, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Fun 'N' Frenzy (2:05)
  2. Revelation (4:16)
  3. Crazy to Exist (2:59)
  4. It's Kinda Funny (3:30)
  5. The Angle (2:43)
  6. Forever Drone (2:01)
  7. Heart of Song (2:55)
  8. 16 Years (2:32)
  9. Citizens (3:00)
  10. Sorry for Laughing (3:11)

Credits

  • Josef K - primary artist, producer
  • Marc Fran莽ois - engineer, producer
  • Paul Haig - lyrics by

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