Let's Start a War


Let's Start a War, or Let's Start a War... , is the third album by Scottish punk band The Exploited, released in 1983 through Pax Records. The title refers to Margaret Thatcher's decision to go to war over the Falkland Islands in 1982, suggesting that she did so almost on a whim. The controversial war was fodder for many protest songs in the punk movement. It was reissued on Captain Oi! Records in 2001, which featured three tracks from their Rival Leaders EP.

Lyrical themes

Being The Exploited's most politically-charged album, the lyrics on the album talk about subjects such as Margaret Thatcher's decision to go to war over the Falkland Islands, anti-war, police-driven riots, war, unemployment and hopelessness.
Despite the album's lyrics questioning the Falklands War, The Exploited later announced on stage at a gig in Argentina that the Falklands were British forever.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Let's Start a War " – 3:13
  2. "Insanity" – 4:19
  3. "Safe Below" – 2:17
  4. "Eyes of the Vulture" – 4:01
  5. "Should We, Can't We" – 1:41
  6. "Rival Leaders" – 2:43
Side two
  1. "God Saved the Queen" – 5:43
  2. "Psycho" – 2:01
  3. "Kidology" – 2:09
  4. "False Hopes" – 1:39
  5. "Another Day to Go Nowhere" – 2:31
  6. "Wankers" – 2:37

Personnel

;The Exploited
;Production