X-Ray Spex/Germ Free Adolescents (1978)

An English punk band formed in London in 1976, X-Ray Spex's only original album (#30 on the UK album charts). Pop-oriented punk featuring saxophone and Poly Styrene's hightoned female vocals. One of the London punk classics. Includes the singles, "The Day the World Turned Day-Glo/I Am a Poseur" (#23 on the UK charts), "Identity/Let's Submerge" (#24) and "Germ Free Adolescents/Age" (#19). All the songs written by Poly Styrene. The 2005 CD reissue includes 11 bonus tracks, including the first single "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!/I Am a Cliché". Recommended to those who like Buzzcocks, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Blondie.