Group Sex

A 15-minute blast of hardcore punk that's frankly over too quickly. It's not exactly the most memorable album, but it's a fun little rush of adrenaline that does the job.

Short, fast, to the point, and done. I thought track 2 was I just want to skate. Kick, push, coast.

Great album to have on here when you’re trying to play catch-up, other than that some fine hardcore

Fast, articulate hardcore

Punk barulhento.

Everything about the album cover lets you know what you are going to be in for. Man this music takes me back. I don't want to be a teenager again but having that energy would be nice sometimes. Stars for: fast, energetic, loud. (A little less fun is how well Paid Vacation still works 40 years later)

Goes hard

shortest album so far

thats one for the search history. zuckerbot is gonna be pushing me all sorts of funky adverts now it knows i searched for this. blink and you've missed it. to be fair that was about as much of it as was needed and that deserves some credit.

God the album title and band name combo is eye-roll inducing. But, pleasantly surprised. 15 minutes album... yep it is punk alright. I go back and forth between liking it and not... it feels like it's missing a bit of heart to it for me, it might be just because bands like Dropkick Murpheys and other skank-inducing groups basically co-opted this sound and it ends up being trite and kinda bro-y.

I did not know this album in advance. It is not in the same league as perhaps better known albums from Black Flag, Minor Threat, Ramones etc. ..some of the songs consist of just a few shouts, but there are some great songs on it too (Beverly Hills, Live Fast Die Young) so it is OK; something I would listen to again.

doorsnee punk album

Old school punk's not really my bag, but this was an OK listen - didn't find it grating or anything. Fave track - "Don't Care", I reckon...

very classic punk, not my jam but its alright

Generally a weird punk album

Not a huge fan of hardcore punk, but I thought this one was fine. On the lower side of 3 though, still don't think ill come back to it

Three chords and the truth. Punk rock at its essence. 3.5/5

I mean, what is there to say. Its 15 minutes long with just as many tracks. It's hardcore punk from 1980. Influential, but I doubt many people are going to listen to this for its modern originality.

Brash fast angry punk rock. Music that can only justifiably be made by teens and twenty-somethings. It takes a special kind of athleticism to be able to execute this music and stay in sync with the band. Didn't particularly like this album, but it didn't rape my ear holes like some of the albums on this list (Mekons, Lexicon of Love, Wild Beasts). 3/5

I remember listening to them back in the mid/late 80's during a relatively brief period of time during which I was interested in punk and similar styles. The genre was so different from what I had been listening to, and to a sheltered suburbanite in his late teens, it sounded dangerous and exciting. Totally get the "rebelliousness" cliche I was part of. (I don't feel bad about it at all; just part of the growing up process. Still doing it in my mid-50s. Life. It goes on.) Listening to punk music for me these days usually leaves me mostly uninterested, so I was curious to see my reaction to this one. I expected to shrug my shoulders at it as part of a fading broader memory, and I was suprised to find myself appreciating what they were doing. Really great playing by the musicians, the singing and lyrics are catchy and fun, and it isn't to my ears as cacophonous as a lot of the genre is to me (it's okay, kids, go ahead and make fun of my middle-aged sensibilities ;-). Overall, really solid album.

While I think other bands did it better there's no denying its a fun listen.

its okay

Buen punk

15 songs in 15 minutes? Sign me up!

I enjoy old-school socal hardcore punk. nothing nuanced about it. just a blast of energy. sadly there's nothing that's amazing about this, just solid attitude.

I expected to hate this but I kinda liked it. Short and to the point. 3 stars.

Fantastic that they fit a whole album into 15 minutes. of all the hardcore punk I've seen this is some of the more enjoyable.

19 songs, 23 minutes. Can't really go to wrong with that. Plus old punk friend danny approves.

Very punk I don’t mind it though. Well that was ridiculously short lol

14 songs in 15 minutes. The ass song was good

Punk rock, hardcore, gotta be in the mood. Plays fast and is short.

2.5

You can hear why this was so influential, but you only need to hear it once!

Dull enough here. By-the-numbers punk.

This was fine. Not that good. This is what I feel like haters SAY Nirvana sounds like. Just isn't great. It sounds like he peaks the mic every time. It all sounds the same, but the short length doesn't let any song develop. Liked Songs: "Beverly Hills" , "Back Against the Wall" , "Don't Care" , "Live Fast Die Young"

2 stars for it being 15 minutes, so I didn't have to withstand this for long.

Loads of fun. There's some awesome punk drumming here. Some excellent frenetic arrangement. Vocal delivery is exactly what it should be. Nice.

I didn't like it but I can respect it. Circle jerks are punks.

Blessedly short

hard to hear. kinda funny tho

Y'know the little song indents they would put in Hannah Montana to transition to the next scene? This album is the punk version of that, except there is never a new scene, just another transition.

The best I can say about it is that it didn’t outstay its welcome. I’m not the biggest fan of punk at the best of times and this falls onto the end of the spectrum that seems to be making a kerfuffle over very little. Could hardly make out any lyrics so if there was a punk aesthetic of an anti-facist diatribe, I didn’t get any of it - the best I got was some shitty lyrics about Beverly Hills and rhymes that a 7 year old would write. Same drum beats, same power chord progressions, same shouting didn’t do anything for me.

Def hear the guitar/drum influence for Green Day’s sound throughout this album. Vocals are more gritty, early punk. 14 song album with 15 minute runtime.

like okay. it vocals were meh and couldn’t been longer

Songs are too short to have any replay value for me, do not enjoy most of the vocals, the instrumentals are generally enjoyable.

Yesterday, I took a 15 minute walk to the barbers for a haircut. I played this in it's entirety on my walk and don't recall any of it, other than it was better than expectations. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★☆☆☆(4/10) Total reviewed : 413 Already owned : 93 Purchased : 21 To buy : 5 Nope : 294

Couple good songs but don’t think I’ll listen again

15 minutes is a single; it's not even an EP let alone an album. A few OK riffs and there might have been some decent songs if they could have been bothered to finish writhing them.

No. No me gustó el tipo de música, se me fueron las ganas de intentar escucharlo, la calificaria como música molesta. No lo terminé de escuchar y no lo volvería a escuchar.

Meh

not for me, glad other people like it tho

Glad this exists for people who like it. Not for me.

Kan bare ikke punk genre - men hvis man skulle lytte til et album, så er det nok denne (men det kommer jeg nok ikke til)

The Jerks here gleefully toss the baby out with the bathwater, so eager to distance themselves from mainstream rock that they avoid basic stuff like melody, chord progressions, production values, etc. One actual coherent song ("Operation") managed to sneak onto the record, next time be more careful, boys!

It's refreshing to get a 15-minute album with 14 songs. Some of the songs are almost catchy but altogether it's still too noise for me.

It’s not good but at least it’s unique. Only album I’ve heard featuring a song about getting the snip.

I liked the length. You know what they’re about. No need to overdo it. Mostly makes me want to listen to a more evolved version of this like Rancid though.

I joked to Joe that this album is like what would happen if I made a punk album with my silly made up lyrics. I regularly make up songs to/about Darlo, so this led to Joe pulling out a guitar and me scream singing my Darlo song lyrics in an attempt to sound punk. That was more fun than this album.

Weird coincidence. I watched the 1984 movie Repo Man earlier this week, and this band was in the movie playing in a nightclub, not identified by name at all. Not as horrible as expected. Glad it was only 16 minutes long.

On music alone, just a 2, so that’s what it gets here. But it also made Maggie say, “I could do that,” which is what the punk DIY ethos is all about, so I almost want to bump it up a grade.

Too hard for me

well, at least it's short.

i'd probably just listen to the repo man soundtrack instead

love that this was only 15m

Just sounds like yelling.

Short, sweet and to the point. I've heard worse.

Picks up a star for only being 15 minutes.

The lyrics are dumb, high energy doesn't over stay it's welcome. I enjoyed the listen.

Not a single track over 2 minutes is worrisome. Fave track: Live Fast Die Young

At least its short

Basic, straight ahead rock and roll but nothing that didn't come right before it at the time.

This album is just under 16 minutes long. It didn't feel like that, it felt much more like an hour. Its what I would now say is classic hardcore punk. The fact that this group made that sound a big thing in the first place definitely gives it a place on this list. It was an ok album to listen through but its not really music I like listening to or would come back to.

649/1001 2026.07.02

Sloppy playing, inconsistent sound. The moments where they play double time and really kick up the energy are great, but they are relatively few and far between.

Is this the shortest album on the list? Does this even count as an album? I can't complain about the length though - didn't want to listen to a longer version.

Its ok, but when I think it is getting repetitive multiple times in its only 15 minutes that's a problem

I respect to put out a 15 minute record. Channeling all the energy. Still not my thing.

The noise my banjo string made when I was first angry wanking. Survived once im cool thx

6 tracks in. I think I get the idea. Noisy.

A 15 minute album, all seems not very serious at all. Mostly all the same style of song, shouting into the mic. Perhaps rolled out from the industry at the time if punk rock is on top, but this just seems very lazy and repetitive

"Angry twelve year old" punk. Bonus point for ending before I got too annoyed by it.

Well, that's fucking annoying. I thought I had the Rate box open for Circle Jerks, which I was rating a 2...and it turns out I had accidentally opened the rate box for Bob Dylan's Highway 61...so now it looks like I rated Bob a 2, when I wanted to rate that album at least a FOUR. Fuck.

The timing is perfect ... I don't think I could last another second.

looking at the title i could already guess exactly what this album was going to sound like. why are there so many shitty punk albums in here i'll never know. also why is every song 1 minute long, but feels like it takes ten years to finish? longest 15 minutes of my life.

VERY short, pretty mediocre punk, just doesn’t compare to other major players in the scene

~they're just so damn plain

I did not care for this.

Album #96: Group Sex - Circle Jerks Genre (W): Hardcore punk No singles. I have not listened to this album before. Thoughts?: These songs are so short! However, I love the concise structure of them. They sound like regular songs despite them being so short. I also like the songwriting in select songs, like “Operation”. Favorite songs: Deny Everything, Operation, Behind the Door, I Don’t Care

I liked that it was 15 mins long but that’s about all that I liked

I accidentally listened to this 1.5X through and I hated it 2

You know, I thought this album was going to be terrible. But in reality, it was so short that there wasn’t time for me to truly grow a deep seated hatred for it. Sometimes you gotta look on the bright side of life.

Not a punk fan.. glad it was only 15 minutes long :)

It's a short album from a particular time that has deep nostalgia for particular people. It's not for me right now. Protest albums and teen angst have always been a thing and will always continue to be a thing. For me, "Take the Power Back" by RATM accomplishes it better.

I didn't enjoy this music all that much, but there's something to be said for an album that's only 15 minutes long, with super-short tracks, too. If this was longer I'd have disliked it a lot more.

Not even sure what to say about this. I'm sure it's great if you're in the scene or whatever, at the time. But from an outsider's perspective, just sitting at home listening to music on headphones, with my cat and my knitting needles; it's just not appealing.

I have committed to writing something (anything) about every album. But as I am inching closer to 650, it's getting to a point when I'm running out of ideas for what to write for albums that didn't really do much to me. It's a fine punk album. I don't think they pioneered the short song idea in hard-core music, so I'm not sure how influential they were. Well, at least it doesn't overstay its welcome!

4/10

Trash, definitely not something I would choose to listen to. I guess I am going to sound old but it all sounded to same.

This is a very angry band. I don’t know how this album made the top 1001albums!!!

Like mountain dew, a big jolt of energy that's not for me.

pretty good and raw. Honest album. I like this type of music but it is also somewhat infantile.

This hyped me up for a third round job interview so there’s that. I guess sometimes you just need a good Circle Jerk…

Really struggling to listen to this even though it’s only a 15 minute album. Lots of yelling and frenetic music. Not what I’m wanting to listen to this morning, but I can somewhat appreciate it for the punk rock it is. (2)

Gut, dass die Songs so kurz sind. Schlecht, dass es davon so viele gibt.

It's fun, but it's also just too damn short. I get that it's punk, but sometimes you can be just a tiny bit too punk.

A painful compilation of punk that mercifully only lasted 15 minutes. In return, I'll mercifully give it a 2.

I’m sorry does that say 15 MINUTES total??? This is not a genre I like but honestly the bite sized tracks make this one a lot more palatable. There’s just enough variety where it feels like a full album instead of one long 15 minute song, which is the issue I have with Punk at times (the Ramones album made me think I just listened to blitzkrieg bop 10 times in a row). I will always dislike vocals like that though, just really gets on my nerves when they don’t even try to sing and intentionally obfuscate their vocals so the lyrics are hard to understand. I know I was praising the variety a little bit, but other than a couple of cool instrumental breaks it sounds like every song has the same tempo, key, and theming. I probably won’t listen to this one again, but if you asked me whether I’d listen to this entire album or just the last song on the Velvet Underground classic White Light/White Heat, it’s not even a contest. The album being so fast paced 100% bumps it up a full point, and can very easily imagine this being a 1 if it was like 10 mins longer

Three thoughts... 1st, this shit is such shit that only a music industry connection could have gotten them recording time. Rich parents, connected uncle, dunno. Second, just how long would their Greatest Hits album be? 4 minutes? And three, AGAIN, what albums were left off this list for THIS to be on there? Not the worst I've ever heard (I'm looking at YOU, Nick Cave) but not good. At least it was quick.

It’s terrible. But it gets a 2 as it only wasted 15 minutes of my life

Plusy: ta płyta ma tylko kwadrans. Minusy: wszystko inne. Przeciętny punk z wyjątkowo durnymi tekstami. 4/10

3/10

IK HOU NIET VAN AMERIKAANSE PUNK!!!!! oke ja is punk enzo en misschien ook wel een belangrijk album, maar ugh na vier liedjes heb ik het wel gezien.

Don’t care is a jam!!

Short, shsrp shocks of punk in its purest form. Unfortunately it just misses more than it hots for me, which i think is a result of the vocals and some of the lyrical content. Not horrendous but far better punk records out there.

I’ve never knowingly heard a song about having a vasectomy before, so that was… something. I think I should’ve hated this. I did not.

Meh. Bra det var kort.

Trøkk, men ikke så spennende eller givende. Er liksom rock.

While I really like some of the punk stuff from the 70s and 80s, I'm not super into hardcore punk. It all sounds a little the same to me and it's just a bit too much for me to ever listen to an entire album of it. I guess the positive thing about this album is that it is only 15 minutes long in total, so if you want just a taste of hardcore punk, this is a good album to pick. Again, I think a lot of the songs just sort of sound similar and blend right into each other. Nothing bad and nothing good and it was a quick listen. I think it took me longer to read about the album and type up this post than it did for me to listen to it!

I would say that only the most generous definition of "album" could allow for the inclusion of this abbreviated selection of barely written musical sketches. These guys rocked hard, but so did a lot of punk groups. The only thing that keeps this from being rated a 1 is its brevity. At about 15 minutes total run time, it didn't last long enough to truly get on my nerves.

This whole album is only 15 minutes long, which is about the best thing about it! American hardcore punk, I probably would have liked it when I was 14, but left that world behind almost 50 years ago

????

Punk is my hardest genre to get behind. They are good. Just not for me

Hardcore punk is really not my vibe, but it wasn't too bad. I appreciate how short the songs and the album are

Well it was a quick listen, I’ll give them that. There’s a joke in there somewhere.

I like punk but this was kind of brainless

Not a huge fan

Circle Jerks... Not my cup of tea... Wasn't horrible but I got through it.

I want to give one star but I will add one more just because the entire album wasted only 15min of my life. I think I spent more time on Spotify adds than listening to the songs of this album.

No private session used for Spotify. I listened to this album twice, but at a runtime of 15 minutes and 51 seconds that isn't much of a brag. I like punk music more when it is rebelling against something besides your parents who probably did their best.

I like punk and see their influence but not my favorite

I can see the appeal but not a personal fan

I'm thankful this was only 15 minutes. It was fine - not my style. Favorite songs: Back Against the Wall World up My Ass

I'm Being Framed, It's All A Setup 1001 Albums Generator 259 (3/31/2026) In spite of its blistering, unwavering energy, there's something about Circle Jerks' Group Sex that is surprisingly, dare I say, amateur? Which is not a bad thing in and of itself, but I think that it makes the whole "punk" aesthetic of this thing fall a bit flat. It's not the music itself that I would say is amateur, at least not anymore so than other barebones hardcore punk, but rather the lyrics. It's also hard for any song that's under a minute to really stick out, but some of the "longer" songs here are pretty cool. With that said, the short length really helps this thing. It's just 15 minutes of getting punched in the face and dick, which isn't what I'm into personally, but it works for some people. 2.5/5 for the pure energy and for not overstaying its welcome, rounded down to 2. Favs: Deny Everything Back Against The Wall Live Fast Die Young Least Fav: World Up My Ass

Well... it certainly was short

Too punk for me

Uuuuaaah

Concept album or something ? 15 minute album length is crazy. Loud sounds, bad message, you already know its punk. Teen me woulda turned it up

I'm glad that "Group Sex" is only 15 minutes long. (The shortest album on the list) Who knows what would happen if it were a standard album length? Some of the songs on "Group Sex" are actually kinda good and not a complete joke. I like the riffs at the beginning and end of "Paid Vacation". Still, I'll stick to hardcore punk bands that I actually like. 2 stars for "Group Sex".

Maybe I don't like punk?

Good but very angry. If I listened to lyrics I might like it more but I’m more of a beat person. It’s a bad sign when the next song pops up once the album is over and you like it more than this album…

Hey at least I listened to all 15 minutes

I kinda thought it was annoying, all the songs were just kinda noisy. I do appreciate that it was a short album

All hardcore punk sounds like this

Punk isnt really my thing, but it definitely keeps it short and sweet and dynamic. This is just a personal rating but probably deserves more love in general than I’m giving it

I don’t know if I’m not in the mood, of if I really don’t like this. It’s doing nothing for me

Argt och effektivt. 14 låtar på 15 minuter och 3 sekunder. Precis som punk ska vara.

Jag har fått detta slumpat till mig tidigare. Återanvänder mina anteckningar: Punk. 14 låtar på 15 minuter. Något långrandigt

Well, at least it was short.

don't like. blissfully only 15 min

It's ok. For somebody like me me who knows little to nothing about punk music, I didn't mind it. It was nice and short too.

What is going on? Favourite track: Live Fast Die Young

1/3. Blissfully short. I just don’t understand how anyone can enjoy this. Saved from a 1/5 but the singular musical moment I enjoyed in one of the songs.

Mit Group Sex legten die US-amerikanischen Circle Jerks 1980 ein frühes Dokument des kalifornischen Hardcore Punk vor. Die Aufnahmen entstanden in den Mystic Studios in Hollywood, produziert unter einfachen Bedingungen, was dem Album seinen rohen, unmittelbaren Klang verleiht. In knapp 15 Minuten reiht sich ein kurzes Stück ans nächste; Titel wie „Deny Everything“, „Beverly Hills“, „Live Fast Die Young“ oder „World Up My Ass“ stehen exemplarisch für das Tempo und die konfrontative Haltung der Szene in Los Angeles. Musikalisch dominiert schnörkelloser Hardcore Punk: schnelle Schlagzeugrhythmen, kantige Gitarren, ein fordernder Gesang. Vieles wirkt skizzenhaft, aber gerade diese Reduktion erzeugt Druck und Konsequenz. Für mich funktioniert das Album weniger als Sammlung einzelner Songs, sondern als geschlossenes Statement einer frühen US-Hardcore-Generation. Ein kurzes, prägnantes Debüt, das seine Wirkung aus Tempo und Haltung bezieht.

This is exactly what I expected it would be from the name.

I feel like I coulda been in this band for like 2 weeks during university. I don’t hate all of it. I kinda like the scrappy madness. And my adhd enjoys the song lengths.

It was 15 minutes lmao not a lot to judge on

Early punk. Fleeting and angry. Okay, but not the dead milkmen... 2

Chaotic punk

A very fast paced, short hardcore punk album that didnt really grab my attention all that much, just sounded like the same little minute-long bashing and thrashing over and over.

Um, not really my thing but thankfully this was only about 15 mins long! Forgettable, punk but listenable. 2.5

Niks. Pluss: - Lengde - Group Sex

Standard punk, 100 km/t i et kvarter. Greit nok.

Wasn’t really in the mood for this one but I could understand the appeal

I get it... but I didn't enjoy it

Je-zus. 15 lange minuten. Muzikaal soms prima, soms herrie. Vocaal beetje schreeuwen. Teksten waren kort, review dus ook. Mwah.

Ig it could come in handy if I want an interlude for my own playlist

i mean its punk

not my vibe like at all, very ‘it’s not a phase mom’ type music

I appreciate it as an extreme in rawness and brevity. I don't mind the brevity, but it is a bit too raw for my tastes.

Annoying! I think this is their goal.

I am sure this was a signpost of an album for harcore punk and i dont know whether to thank them or curse them for the millions of same sounding bands that followed that signpost. Its not a terrible album and i think 17 year old me would have thought i was a real free thinker for listening to this but my hardcore punk tastes have evolved (or mellowed).

Quick easy listen but only 1 or 2 tracks clicked

Although Circle Jerks frontman Keith Morris had left Black Flag before they released their debut album, I can definitely sense some similarities between Group Sex and Damaged – in fact, I’d say they’re more similar than they are different. The former is definitely a more fast-paced and juvenile take on hardcore punk, which could be a blessing or a curse depending on what type of listener you are. Personally, I’d say Group Sex is the weaker of the two albums. I like how quickly the album moves and there are some interesting pockets of technical skill I appreciated here & there, but I found most of the songs to be pretty annoying and there wasn’t as much shredding as I would have liked for this style. I suppose the album’s length (just over 15 minutes) is something of a double-edged sword, as the songs never linger long enough to get truly grating, but also don’t really have room to develop. On that note, this album only being 15 minutes long does raise a question of whether or not something this short should even be considered an album. I’ve come to understand the debate in terms of total length (rather than number or tracks), so Group Sex almost felt more like an EP than an LP to me in some ways. At the end of the day, I guess it’s completely subjective and is the artist’s decision, but man… I really think something marketed as an album ought to AT LEAST be hitting the 20 minute mark. Highlights: Operation, Back Against the Wall, World up My A**

Not quite my cup of tea, but credit for flying by at a ridiculous BPM without a single song reaching over 2 mins

Eh

This was certainly a experience to listen through lmao, I don't know what I was expecting going into this but it was still entertaining from start to finish Being by a band called "Circle Jerks", it's probably a given that this album doesn't take itself seriously in the slightest. I find it funny that the longest song is 1:35, which is unique and I wish more albums did this as well

They wanted their 15 minutes of fame, and they got it. And we all feel shortchanged.

This sucked, but I'd rather have this than one 15-minute-long progressive rambling... on a double album full of them. Bonus star for brevity.

2,5

Varmaan taas aikaan peilaten kovaa settiä, mutta tällainen punk ei iske. 2/5.

Day 155 Nice to have an album I managed to listen to the entirety of whilst taking a dump. Highlights Beverley Hills Operation

This was an interesting listen but definitely not my music taste.

Typically noisy. Entertaining to listen to once. Sounds like all other 80s punk.

The best thing for me about this album is that the longest song is 1 min 35 seconds. I like some punk, but this is not it. No thank you.

Almost over before it even began - which was pretty cool because I’m not really into hard-core punk.

This was my first generated album for the new year, but I’m pretty glad I didn’t start off the year with it. Not completely offensive to the ears, but the lyrics are crude and plain immature. The best thing it has going for it is that it’s only 15 minutes long. Any more than that and I’d drop it down a score.

They accomplished a lot in 15 mins, I’ll give them that. Fast paced, rough and energetic.

Thank God it was only 16 minutes

Obsessed with the concept but it isn’t for me. But 14 ~1min songs??? Love

At least it’s only 15 minutes

Boring and typical punk. I think it may have inspired a lot of tropes which i am too young to appreciate.

Shortest album yet, one playthrough and done 15 minutes later so I can continue with my day!

At least it was short?

Overall Rating - 2.00/5 (4.00/10). It's punk, but not enough to it. Would like to see each of these songs fleshed out more. 14 tracks, ranging between 0:32 and 1:34.

punk. not for me.

This is punk. 🖕 Fuck the Government 🖕

I would have loved this when I was 17, but I’m not 17 anymore, so I found the no stop energy and shouting vocals quite tiresome. For an album with an average song runtime of just over a minute, I found myself frequently checking how much time was left in every song. Mercifully, the album was just 15 minutes, but I felt as though I felt every second of thise 15 minutes.

Imagine going to their show in 1980 and the whole thing is over in 16 minutes. Honestly… probably for the best. It’s a burst of chaotic punk energy that gets in, gets out, doesn’t overstay its welcome, and that might be its greatest strength.

14 songs in 15 minutes?

Yikes! Not for me. No way.

The canonical album of hard skater punk for when you need frantic noise. And short enough it was over before it got annoying.

A 16-minute album??? Love the energy, but the songs are too short for this to feel like a coherent album.

I think the drumming is great in this but mostly I feel like I'm listening in on a garage band of very angry teens.

15 minutes exactly how long it should’ve been

Screaming is not music

Early pubk

Hmm! I used to love this stuff but not any more.

Very dead kennedys, but sadly not them

Concepto atrevido pero no me llega a divertir.

p461. 1980. 2.5 stars. 3 years behind the curve. Shouty American punk, well done but dated even at the time.

I love a 15 min album. You can tell these shows were fucking crazy live. A little redundant to listen to in album form.

Seems like such a precious waste of vinyl space. I mean I am sure when this came out it was super edgy and something you would hand out to friends to check out. But today it just seems like ... was this a joke?

When a band called “Circle Jerks” releases an album called “Group Sex,” at least for me, it creates a very specific expectation that is by no means disappointed: punk rock of the most mangy variety! The four guys don't bother with (insert any musical stylistic device here), but always get straight to the point: The 14 songs last a full 15 minutes in total, although “Paid Vacation” even takes a few seconds for a kind of guitar solo. Actually, there's nothing really worth listening to on this album, but it's so wonderfully straightforward and funny that I can't give it just one star.

Lol This album reminds me of the battle of the bands scene in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World when the band they’re competing against introduces the song with a four count on the drumsticks, screams SOOO SAAADDD!! then says thank you because the song was literally only 3 second long. I give this album a higher score simply for being so ridiculously short, and at 16 minutes total, it was still a test in patience to get through it. If I had to suffer through a longer album of straight up thrash punk, I’d be having a much less sunshine filled day.

Very short !

Bonus point for being very short. Otherwise that felt pretty pointless, or is the shortness the point. I don’t think I particularly care. Next….

2 stars. Could have been 3 but 15 minutes/14 songs is a terrible ratio

Music is fun but this doesn't hit like it did when I was 13.

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Punk👍🏼

SHOUT! LOUD!!! FAST!!! LOUDER!! FASTER!! SHOUTIER!! FASTER!!!! LOUDER!!! SHOUT!

It's classic punk. It's loud. It's serious. It's silly. I'm glad it's short.

Punk is one of those genres I respect for its influence and the bomb it set off in rock music, but really don’t love very much. This record has 14 songs and is 15 minutes long. It’s punk AF. I could see being into this when I was 13. Now it’s just a historic curiosity. But after Napalm Death, it is positively pastoral

It’s like kinda awesome but it’s not really an album Would be a cool concert tho

Adopt old man pose: it's just too shouty

Good energy. I'm just not very into the singing.

Gotta respect they were at least self aware enough to realize they didn’t have anything good enough to keep our attention longer than 16 minutes.

interesting but boring

All I can say is, I'm just glad it was only 15 mins.

Due to both the band name, album name and runtime of this album I was expecting this to be the bottom contender on this list. But I was wrong! While this isn’t exactly the type of music I listen to, I didn’t find this as bad as expected. The songs were short, but quick to the point, which I appreciated. Some also had interesting compositions that I’ve almost never encountered before. I also felt like this was pretty pure punk in the sense that it really was quite a lot about mundane and garbage topics and complaints. It wasn’t especially smart or anything, which felt quite punky somehow. To just complain about things. Not the best record, but it also didn’t ask for much of your time. 100 times prefer this over the 69 love songs album, for example. Strong 2.

You gotta admire that they don’t give a fuck for being commercially viable - just the band name and album will tell you that. Furthermore, I often complain that albums are too long but here it’s only 15 min, which might be the shortest album on the list. You get unapologetic punk music. Not the greatest listen but I don’t think that was the point either. A real oddball of an album.

lol

Not for me

No sé cuántas veces voy a escribir que no me gusta el punk. Por lo menos este álbum es extremadamente corto, ojalá todos los álbumes de punk que tenga que escuchar de esta lista sean así. El sonido y la propuesta es totalmente genérica, si uno busca punk rock, este es un álbum definitivo, temas rápidos y cortos, estéticas rotas, letras anárquicas, grabaciones sucias, musicalidad paupérrima. Si me gustara este estilo de música tal vez podría decir que es un buen álbum, pero no es el caso.

If snot could pick up a guitar and play music it would sound like this. With all it's bogey flicking energy it is pretty repetitive but i always get tickled pink for a bit of punk so there were bits i enjoyed even if all songs are pretty much under a minute and as basic as they come.

This album is less than 16 minutes long...there's something to be said for that. Not enough to be said to make this a great album. As far as hardcore punk goes though, I like it better than most.

something to play while your waiting for KISS to come on stage at there concert.

Heureusement que c'était pas long

Ніколи не був фанатом цього гурту.

I really don't understand the charm people apparently see in this album. I'm not a big hardcore fan anyway, but in this album I can see anything that appeals to me. It starts of with a 31 second song. Congratulations. In total there are 14 songs in less than 16 minutes. Hardcore is like a stripped down variant of speed metal, without the guitar solo's (admitted, there's at least sort of one on this album), without the tempo changes, with screaming as vocals and without the funny lyrics about satan or rotting corpses. So it's basically speed metal without everything that makes it fun.

Songs were over before I could skip them

Mercifully short, which earns it an extra star.

I’ve never really listened to Circle Jerks before, and now I have. That’s about as much as I can say, to be honest. None of it really stood out for me. Dead Kennedys and Husker Du remain my go-to for this kind of racket. Group Sex? I’ll stay on my own, thanks.

Not really my cup of tea, it sounds a bit more like a SNL sketch of a hardcore band than anything. I appreciate how influential they are but they have never really done anything for me. Not a lot of stand outs but i did like World up my Ass. 2.2/5

Some sweet drums on here. Not a big fan of this brand of punk though, especially the vocals. I feel like the length was too short to even really consider this an album.

2.5

Not my thing, but at least it is short. 2 stars

2.5

More like Circle Berks. Crusty hardcore skater punk at the turn of the 80s and about 15 minutes long with most of it being filler. If this were any longer it would definitely be staring down the barrel of a 1 star rating.

Uhmmmm ok? 15 minutos? Nota: 2.0

Was not impressed

Here's a big positive: This album was only 15 minutes long. 5/10

With such a short album, comprising of incredibly short songs, it is somewhat hard to accurately judge this. On the one hand, the songs are hyper focused and the enrgy of the whole thing is kind of addicting, on the other hand, it doesn't really feel like there's any actual substance or bite to the music, which let's it down significantly.

This album was so short, and that gained it points it was lacking on every other way. I’m not into this style of punk, there’s certainly punk I do enjoy from this era but this album was not that, it’s mostly kinda boring and dumb and I was bored through most of its 16 minute run time. I’m gonna go listen to Wings now

I mean, it’s an album called Group Sex by a band called Circle Jerks. It’s dumb, loud, angry, and short. Based on the band and album names alone you should be able to tell if this is your kind of album.

Punk. 14 låtar på 15 minuter. Något långrandigt.

Punk garbage

An album with a title far more appealing than the music within.

Not really for me but i appreciate its influence

It was okay, very short.

Not my type of music, but it was short so that was nice and bumps it to 2 stars. 2/5

When none of the songs last long enough for me to even form an opinion, what do you expect me to say? Then again, this wasn't really my thing, so maybe the short length was a blessing? Tracks I kind of liked: behind the door, world up my ass Would I revisit this: no

eh.

14 songs in 15 minuten - kurze qual.

sellasta punkkia tällä kertaa. aika old school meininkiä.

Puh, das muss man schon mögen

meh. I like punk. Didn't particularly like this flavour of in/out shouty thrash punk. Question its inclusion on the list. Hope the Ramones on the list as they are far superior to this and alot more fun. Didn't hate it so its a 2.

Group Sex This is completely what it is meant to be; 14 short US punk songs lasting 15 minutes. All the tracks are perfectly serviceable for what they are, and there are some good little hooks and moments (the tempo change on I Just Want Some Skank, the solo on World Up My Ass, the surf tom toms on Don’t Care) across it, but the point is not to develop or craft ‘proper’ songs or anything out of the tracks, the point is entirely to write noisy, angry, short, sharp, earnest missives. It’s a tricky one to rate. Although it got better with repeat listens, it’s not musically or sonically all that interesting, despite some good moments, so it hovers around the 1s or 2s. But it doesn’t feel like they were interested in being musically or sonically interesting, so on their own terms it’s very successful, and I do quite admire that, especially as I get genuine sincerity and lack of pretension from it, which elevates it on the border of 2 and 3. So, on balance I’ll go a 2. That puts it on a par with The Dictators, which feels about right. A worthwhile listen, and I’m glad it came up, but I’ve got all I’ll ever get from it across the 3 listens I’ve had. 👫💦 Playlist submission: Back Against The Wall

I refuse to spend longer writing a review than they did making the album. It has more melody than The Germs. It has more humour than The Dictators. It has more charisma than both put together. It packs a lot in to fifteen minutes, and feels like a proper album despite its brevity. It has less sticking power than old pritstick.

I fucking hated this album, although I’m giving it an extra star for being only 15 minuets long!

3/10 Out of context, there is little going for this album. Mercifully short. Ridiculously short, in fact.

Bleh

2.5

Big fan of the album run time. The music itself was fine.

This is probably the shortest album I've ever listened to. It's punk as it should be—short, fast, hard, and loud. It's still not my cup of tea.

Nice try diddy

Random thoughts: * I'm not a punk guy, so I have no business reviewing something like this. * It was over fast. Crazy to have 14 songs in 15 minutes! * It wasn't as acoustically assaulting as I was prepared for. * I loved "Beverly Hills". Great track! * I like ending songs with just screaming the title. More groups should do this in other genres. It would be hilarious. * I'm more rounded as a music fan for listening to this one. I will never listen to this again likely unless it is for something academic like this.

Over quickly, frantic and shouty. Edit: Sorry, wrong app - that was my wife's review of my "performance" last night.

I’d 100% go to this show but as an album it was a tough listen. I’m also conflicted about the song length because on the one hand every song feels unfinished and on the other every song sounds so similar that they all blend together. Also I hope this band never needs to cross a river because they hate bridges.

A couple of " Fun " tracks, it's ok!

Not the best punk music

I heard about this band and I do love me some hardcore punk so let’s see what’s in the box. Well it’s hardcore punk alright. Fast, angry, frantic. Circle Jerks lean heavily on tempo changes to introduce this sense of anarchy. Sometimes we also get chaotic solos, and of course appropriate lyrics like “I’ve got the world up my ass”. Personally I prefer my hardcore punks with more melodic sensibility like The Descendants or Bad Religion, so this is two stars in my book.

Album a bit butters at times ngl. Faves: - Beverly Hills "so damn lame" one of the greatest insults ever - World Up My Ass - Paid Vacation

Now here's something I've barely heard of. 15 minutes! I might just listen to it on my way home My phone died so I couldn't listened to it on the way home and I think I might have been better off driving to it... This is musically really boring lol if you're making a 15 minute punk album you shouldn't be able to actually play your instruments. Like individually some of the songs are decent but like i don't wanna have to sit and read the lyrics to enjoy your shit. Also reading red tape are these guys tory punk. Blah.

Punk, best I can say is, It’s short?

What an insane idea for an album. 15 minutes of screaming, noise, and lyrics about, well, group sex. +1 star for creativity. +1 more star for having a song called World Up My Ass. 2/5 Key tracks: Deny Everything, World Up My Ass, Live Fast Die Young

Bit too bratty, trying too hard to be punk, no where as interesting or intelligent as the minor threat lp, heard recently. Not really much that would make me want to listen again, no longer a young teen trying to upset my parents or girls in my class, 2 Star

Punk... could've been worse

For years I had heard how influential and important the Circle Jerks were to punk music. Finally I get a chance to hear them and I am severely underwhelmed given how amazing Black Flag's DAMAGED ended up being. I'll admit the 15 minute album is a novelty that probably became the prime selling point. Can anyone even finish a real life circle jerk in under 15 minutes? These are the kinds of existential questions that this list raises.

Len Houmous once had group sex with a circle of jerks. He doesn’t like to talk about it but I’m pretty certain he didn’t do it a second time! 1.6

No thanks.

Mercifully short. It was of its era but has lost some of its lustre now.

Time and place This might be great at this point in life if I needed to power clean my house. But listening while driving home from my book club that takes place in an historic and magical sylvan forest, is neither the proper time nor place for group sex.

I used to be into punk when I was in high school for a spell but it's not something I would reach for off in these days. Very cool album though! And glad I have listened to it.

Not my thing, too chaotic and harsh.

Sonic raw dogging

I like the punk sensibility and the energy (and the 15 minute run time) but there isnt much that elevates this apart from maybe being the first if this sound

3/10 - It sounded like aggressive punk rock. Luckily it was short. Also the only lyrics in most of the songs were the titles.

Not great, it was music though

3/10. Dan convinced me it’s not a 1 or 2.