Perhaps 's best and most inspiring record, is epic from a group in its prime. They take on familiar subjects, from environmental degradation to police brutality, only the music on is more tuneful than usual, while still brutal sounding when it needs to be, while the lyrics are insightful on a variety of topics. Just the title itself, , shows that and the anarchist movement of which they were a part at the time thought they could really take on the state, this in the heart of 's England. The album is not as cynical as some of their later records. It was created at a time when a lot was happening, when thousands showed up at demonstrations and 's gigs. The songs on all flow together, and the album is majestic in parts, but more often ferocious sounding. The beginning of the record is stunning, with a gong, a woman's soaring voice, and feedback giving way to a thrashing bass and crunchy guitar. But the end of the album is a bit of a down note, with a piano and a woman singing a song that is pretty wimpy-sounding for . Though not as consistently rocking as , is more in the tradition of the sweeping epic of an album that tried to pull off, and never as successfully as on this record. ~ Adam Bregman