The lyrics are great, layed out to the tunes perfectly, mostly sticking to a "wretched", 80's over board appeal. The music on here blends an early Heavy Metal (think Motorhead) sound, and agression, with an old school Punk, antisocial, anti authority, quick rythmed punch. The production has its draw backs (it is an improvement from the first album, though), but is basically in step with most things of the time on a similar budget.and at the proper decibel level this album's awesomeness just cant be tarnished. So, its in the vein of their debut, but with a little more polish, and maturity. Rod Swenson was the main song writer on here, as well as producer, and credited with "Concept and Management" (as the idea of The Plasmatics was his, and he basically built the band around Wendy). This is early traditional Metal done in a hard hitting post 70's Rock, with blatant Punk leans, style. This ones explicitly for the "Wretched" (it used to be a much larger demographic). Released in 1981, The Plasmatics's "Beyond The Valley Of 1984", is one of those era defining relics which embodied a movement.
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