Good News About Mental Health


Good News About Mental Health is the first and only studio album by the San Francisco-based skate punk band the Afflicted. It was released on vinyl on Infrasonic Records in 1985. Thrasher wrote "The Afflicted provide sloppy, fun thrills for the aural craving. These guys have a buncha styles all wrapped up into one easy-to-use musical fun-fest…a fine, noisy record." Options review described it as "Funny, cynical semi-thrash post-punk with rock and metal overtones…The general atmosphere is manic but controlled, the vocals are clear and understandable, and the music is energetic and unadorned."

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Summer of Love" – 2:11
  2. "Rock and Roll" – 1:32
  3. "Living on Beer" – 2:35
  4. "Schizoid Baby" – 3:24
  5. "Daddy's Girl" – 1:32
  6. "After the Catastrophe" – 3:30
Side two
  1. "Here Come the Cops" – 2:20
  2. "Sold Us to the Martians" – 2:56
  3. "Dope Dreams" – 1:28
  4. "Punk for the FBI" – 1:58
  5. "Ice Age" – 2:11
  6. "Jonesin' for Your Love" – 3:44
  7. "Sweet Jane" – 5:32

Personnel

Production