Viewed as one of the poppier bands of the initial punk movement, yet they definitely embraced the punk attitude. The band refused to include the bulk of their 'hits' on the album... unlike the sex pistols who were happy enough to oblige with this.
The album largely consists of short, tight, energetic but melodically and emotionally open tracks, that would pave the way for 'feeling' pop-rock artists such as Morrisey and Damon Albarn.
The tracks are so full-on and brief that at one point I thought I'd reached the halfway mark on the album... when I checked, I realised that I was only 8 minutes into it! The tracks rarely make it too much past 2 minutes, but then just to be contrarian, the band finishes the album with a pounding 7 minute rocker "Moving away from the pulsing beat".
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