Singles. Period, by The Ex

Singles. Period

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1.	Human Car 02:14	buy track
2.	Rock'n'Roll-Stoel 02:07	buy track
3.	Cells 01:52	buy track
4.	Apathy Disease 03:29	buy track
5.	Stupid Americans 02:16	buy track
6.	Money 01:36	buy track
7.	Curtains 02:17	buy track
8.	Weapons For El Salvador 02:48	buy track
9.	Dust 02:15	buy track
10.	New Wars 2 01:38	buy track
11.	Constitutional State 01:55	buy track
12.	Gonna Rob the Spermbank 03:45	buy track
13.	When Nothing Else Is Helpful Anymore 03:32	buy track
14.	Memberships 05:34	buy track
15.	Trash 04:56	buy track
16.	Crap-rap 02:51	buy track
17.	Long Live the Aged 03:54	buy track
18.	Enough is Enough 04:42	buy track
19.	Rara Rap 04:33	buy track
20.	Contempt 02:25	buy track
21.	Stonestampers Song 02:58	buy track
22.	Lied de Steinklopfer 03:35	buy track
23.	Keep on Hoppin' 03:04	buy track

about

As important as politics are to the story of the Ex, though, there's an impressive musical progression on the disc as well. The early songs are brittle, nominally funky punk tunes with the occasional lead guitar phrase and arid production. -Joe Tangari, Pitchfork
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The vinyl years 1980-1990.
Ex Records, 2005
EX 099D

All Corpses Smell The Same (7", He Records, 1980) EX 001
Utregpunx (compilation 7", Rock Against Records, 1980) Z 2
New Horizons in Retailing (7" flexi, Ping Pong Records, 1980) w/ Raket fanzine
Weapons For El Salvador (7", f 3,50 Records, 1981) EX 006 w/ Gramschap
Villa Zuid Moet Blijven (split 7" flexi, 1981)
Gonna Rob The Spermbank (12", Sneeelleeer Records, 1983), EX 015
The Red Dance Package (split 12", CNT Productions, 1983) CNT 017
Awara / The Ex (split 7", Gramschap, 1984), DEI 975-EX 21 w/ Gramschap magazine
Rara Rap (7", Lala Records, 1988), WAWA 01
Stonestampers / Steinklopfer (7", Ex Records, 1990), EX 043
Mekons / The Ex (split 7", Clawfist, 1990), CF 4

credits

released January 1, 2005

Terrie - guitar (1-21, 23), acoustic guitar (22)
G.W. Sok - voice (1-21, 23), backing-vocals (22)
Ome Geurt - drums (1-7)
René - bass (1-7)
Wim - drums (8-11)
Bas - bass (8-15)
Sabien - drums (12-18)
Yoke - bass (16-18)
Luc - bass (16-21, 23), double-bass (22)
Nicolette - guitar (19)
Katherina - drums (19-21, 23), vocals (22)
Andy - guitar (23)

Guests...
Gert-Jan Blom - organ (4)
Coby Laan - tiny grand piano (12)
Jon Langford - drums (12-13)
Ferry Heyne - guitar (13)
Dolf Planteijdt - heavy mental guitar (16)
? of Awara - violin (18)
Jeroen - samples (19)
Marion, Andy, Wilf, Colin + Martin from Dog Faced Hermans - trumpet, acoustic guitar, rattle, woodblock, mandolin, backing-vocals (23)

All words & music by The Ex, except:
words 13 (traditional), 19 (public domain), 20 (Adolf Wolff), 21/22 (Kurt Tucholsky); words & music 23 (Mekons)

Tracks 1-4 recorded at Joke's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Schellingwoude, Netherlands. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt.
Tracks 5-7 recorded at Raketbasis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Produced by Wim ter Weele.
Tracks 8-10 recorded at Joke's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Schellingwoude, Netherlands. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt.
Track 11 recorded at Joke's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Schellingwoude, Netherlands. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt.
Tracks 12-15 recorded at Joke's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Schellingwoude, Netherlands. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt + Jon Langford.
Tracks 16-17 recorded at KG Music Studios, Bridlington, England. Produced by Jon Langford + Dolf Planteijdt.
Track 18 recorded at Joke's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Schellingwoude, Netherlands. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt
Track 19 recorded at Sweelinck Conservatorium, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Produced by Jeroen Visser.
Track 20 recorded at practice-room ADM, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Produced by Jeroen Visser
Track 21 recorded at KGM Studio, Wakefield, England. Produced by Jon Langford.
Track 22 recorded at ADM's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Produced by Beat Cornaz.
Track 23 recorded at ADM's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt

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