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- Date Released: January 1, 1983
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Label: ROIR / Virtual
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Wayne Kramer assembled this collection of 15 rare MC5 tracks, and while trying to cover the career of a band who helped give birth to punk rock AND made it onto Spiro Agnew's enemies list might seem like a near-impossible task in less than an hour, Babes in Arms does a pretty respectable job of capturing what the MC5 were all about in one convenient package. Most of the cuts on Babes in Arms are alternate versions of songs from the band's three studio albums, but while the most of the tracks appear in variant mixes or longer edits, the differences are minimal enough that they can pass for the originals in a pinch (one crucial exception: a great acoustic version of Fred "Sonic" Smith's "Shakin' Street"), making Babes in Arms a solid "Best of the MC5" collection. Even more importantly, the set also includes several excellent and hard to find early single sides, including the amusing garage-protest nugget "One of the Guys" and a primal, in-the-red rave-up on "Looking at You" that leaves the version on Back in the U.S.A. in the dust. The one previously unreleased song, "Gold," is an unfocused jam that doesn't really go anywhere, and the sound quality of the source materials isn't all that hot (especially on the CD version), but otherwise Babes in Arms is a howling, furious blast of what made the MC5 one of the finest (and most dangerous) American rock bands of the 1960s. Crank it up loud -- the guys would want it that way.
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| 01. |  |
Shaking Street |
2:31 |
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| 02. | |
American Ruse |
2:27 |
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| 03. | |
Skunk (Sonically Speaking) |
4:10 |
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| 04. | |
Tuttie Fruttie |
1:34 |
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| 05. | |
Poison |
3:24 |
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| 06. | |
Gotta Keep Moving |
3:28 |
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| 07. | |
Tonite |
2:48 |
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| 08. | |
Kick out the Jams |
3:01 |
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| 09. | |
Sister Ann |
6:45 |
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| 10. | |
Future Now |
3:04 |
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| 11. | |
Gold |
3:01 |
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| 12. | |
I Can Only Give You Everything |
2:38 |
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| 13. | |
One of the Guys |
2:15 |
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| 14. | |
I Just Don't Know |
2:36 |
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| 15. | |
Looking at You |
2:46 |
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15 Total Tracks, 46:28 Total Length
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Credits
- MC5 - Main Performer // Mick Farren - Liner Notes // Wayne Kramer - Bass // Wayne Kramer - Bass // Wayne Kramer - Bass // Wayne Kramer - Guitar // Wayne Kramer - Guitar // Wayne Kramer - Guitar // Wayne Kramer - Piano // Wayne Kramer - Piano // Wayne Kramer - Piano // Wayne Kramer - Producer // Wayne Kramer - Producer // Wayne Kramer - Producer // Wayne Kramer - Liner Notes // Wayne Kramer - Liner Notes // Wayne Kramer - Liner Notes // John Sinclair - Producer // Fred "Sonic" Smith - Guitar // Fred "Sonic" Smith - Vocals // Dennis Thompson - Drums // Robin Tyner - Vocals // Neil Cooper - Concept // John Hanti - Production Coordination // Sneak Attack - Cover Design // Michael Davis - Bass // John Sinclair - Liner Notes
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