Let the Tribe Increase

Let the Tribe Increase
Studio album by
The Mob
Released1983
Recorded6–9 December 1982
StudioSpaceward Studios, Cambridge
GenreAnarchopunk, post-punk, punk
LabelAll the Madmen Records
The Mob chronology
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(1981) 		Let the Tribe Increase
(1983)
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The Great Indie Discography[1]

Let the Tribe Increase is the only studio album by English anarcho-punk band The Mob. It was released in 1983,[2] through record label All the Madmen, and is considered an early example of the anarchopunk genre.[3]

History

Let the Tribe Increase was the groups first (and only) LP. It was preceded by three singles: "Crying Again", "Witch Hunt", and "No Doves Fly Here", all songs which were included on Let the Tribe Increase.[4] The album was originally released in 1983 on All the Madmen Records. The address used on the front cover was of the Freedom Press bookshop in London, as all band members were living in squats and co-ops at the time, and did not have a permanent address [5]

The album reached number 3 in the independent charts.[6]

Reception

A review in Maximum Rocknroll described the release as "...a subtle yet affecting album’s worth of political pop ditties. This record may be inconsistent melodically, but the fourteen songs here have strong lyrics component and a simple instrumental approach [...] This may not be thrash, but it is the kind of material that definitely grows on you. Good stuff."[7]

The Sounds review stated: "Their lyrics confront the utter depression and degradation of modern life where alienation and isolation without love are so dwarflingly dominant."[8]

Track listing

All tracks composed by The Mob.

Side A
  1. "Another Day Another Death"
  2. "Cry of the Morning"
  3. "Dance On (You Fool)"
  4. "Raised in a Prison"
  5. "Slayed"
  6. "Our Life Our World"
Side B
  1. "Gates of Hell"
  2. "I Wish"
  3. "Never Understood"
  4. "Roger"
  5. "Witch Hunt"

Personnel

  • Mark Wilson - "warbled" vocals, "strummed" guitar
  • Curtis Youe - "plucked" bass
  • Josef Porter - drums
  • Josef Porter, Mark Wilson, Stephen "Wilf" Wilmott - "Artbitz" (artwork)

References

  1. ^ Strong, Martin (2003). The Great Indie Discography (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate. p. 235. ISBN 1841953350.
  2. ^ Glasper, Ian (2007). The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980 to 1984. Cherry Red Books.
  3. ^ Berger, George (2009). The Story of Crass. Omnibus. p. 237. ISBN 9781604860375. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  4. ^ "The Mob (3)". Discogs.
  5. ^ "All the Mad Men".
  6. ^ Hodges, Hugh (2023). The Fascist Groove Thing: A History of Thatcher’s Britain in 21 Mixtapes. Oakland: PM Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-62963-884-3.
  7. ^ Spinali, Steve. "The Mob Let the Tribe Increase LP". Maximum Rocknroll. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  8. ^ Clark, Al (1983). The Rock Yearbook 1984. Virgin Books Ltd. p. 64. ISBN 0-312-68786-9.
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