With most of the material written at the same time as their debut and having been performed live for over twelve months (how else would they have made up a full hour-long set list?), Leave Home is more of the same. But it's far from a carbon copy of its predecessor. For starters the studio budget had gone up allowing the band to get a smoother sound and a better producer. Tommy Bongiovi (second cousin to Jon Bon Jovi, fact fans) had won his engineer's spurs with no one less than Jimi Hendrix, and his production, while only taking off a few of the edges, allowed the band to refine their sound.
Subject matter-wise it was business as usual, with songs about fairground freaks (Pinhead), right-wing militarism (Commando), mental illness (Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment), misogyny (Glad To See You Go) and low rent drug abuse (Carbona Not Glue); all served with a good dose of humour. The latter again landed them in trouble, getting the album withdrawn and re-released with an alternative track (the b-side, Babysitter).
But alongside the heady rush of the full-on approach was 'da brudders' love of 60s surf-pop and Phil Spector romanticism. Their cover of The Riviera's California Sun makes perfect sense, and Joey's rendition of I Remember You is as sweet a love song as you could get.
Glad To See You Go 2:10
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment 1:38
I Remember You 2:15
Oh Oh I Love Her So 1:56
Carbona Not Glue 1:51
Suzy Is A Headbanger 2:08
Pinhead 2:42
Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy 2:10
Swallow My Pride 2:03
What's Your Game 2:33
California Sun 1:58
Commando 1:50
You're Gonna Kill That Girl 2:36
You Should Never Have Opened That Door 1:54
CD Bonus Tracks:
15 Babysitter (2001 Remaster)
16 Loud Mouth (Live at the Roxy)
17 Beat on the Brat (Live at the Roxy)
18 Blitzkrieg Bop (Live at the Roxy)
19 I Remember You (Live at the Roxy)
20 Glad to See You Go (Live at the Roxy)
21 Chain Saw (Live at the Roxy Version)
22 53rd & 3rd (Live at the Roxy)
23 I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Live at the Roxy)
24 Havana Affair (Live at the Roxy)
25 Listen to My Heart (Live at the Roxy)
26 California Sun (Live at the Roxy)
27 Judy Is a Punk (Live at the Roxy)
28 I Don't Want to Walk Around with You (Live at the Roxy)
29 Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World (Live at the Roxy)
30 Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue (Live at the Roxy)
31 Let's Dance (Live at the Roxy)
