The Good, The Bad & The 4-Skins

The Good, The Bad & The 4-Skins is the first album by English punk rock/Oi! band, The 4-Skins. Released in June 1982 on Secret Records, the album topped the UK independent and punk charts, and entered the Top 100 of the UK Albums Chart. Side A of the original LP contained studio recordings, and Side B featured live versions of several previously released songs. The album was later combined with follow-up release, A Fistful Of...4-Skins (omitting the track "One Law for Them" due to space limitations) and released on a single CD by Link Records in 1987 as A Few 4-Skins More, Vol.1.

Despite being The 4-Skins' debut LP, it was in fact recorded by the third stable line-up of the band, with bassist Hoxton Tom McCourt being the sole member of the original 1979 line-up. However, the group's original drummer (and manager at that point), Gary Hitchcock wrote and performed vocals on the album's 2 Tone-style ska punk lead track.

Track listing
(all songs written by The 4-Skins except where noted.)
 * 1) "Plastic Gangsters" (Hitchcock)
 * 2) "Jealousy"
 * 3) "Yesterday's Heroes"
 * 4) "Justice"
 * 5) "Jack the Lad"
 * 6) "Remembrance Day"
 * 7) "Manifesto"
 * 8) "Wonderful World" (live)
 * 9) "1984" (live)
 * 10) "Sorry" (live)
 * 11) "Evil" (live)
 * 12) "I Don't Wanna Die" (live)
 * 13) "A.C.A.B." (live)
 * 14) "Chaos" (live)
 * 15) "One Law For Them"
 * CD reissue bonus tracks:
 * 1) "Low Life"
 * 2) "Bread or Blood"
 * 3) "Get Out of My Life"
 * 4) "Seems to Me"
 * 5) "Norman"

Personnel

 * Tony 'Panther' Cummins - lead vocals
 * Hoxton Tom McCourt - bass guitar
 * John Jacobs - guitar, keyboards
 * Pete Abbot - drums
 * Gary Hitchcock - lead vocals on "Plastic Gangsters"