''Something Better Change'' is the debut album by Canadian punk rock band D.O.A. The album was recorded between 1977 and 1980 in

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, Canada and was released in 1980 on the label Can. Friends. (See

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). For nearly two decades since ''Something Better Change'' and the follow-up album ''

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'' went out of print, the albums were compiled into the compilation ''Bloodied But Unbowed'', and then, to address the numerous songs removed in the process, the Polish import greatest hits album ''Greatest Shits'' was released. Music critic

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stated that "when one considers how revolutionary and yet how distinct from each other those two LPs were, this state of affairs just made no sense.". In 2000, the album was re-issued on lead singer

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's own label Sudden Death records for a native Canada release. In 2002 it was re-released on

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former front-man

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music label. The re-issue included a single bonus track, a re-recording off their first EP originally titled " Disco Sucks", but now titled " New Wave Sucks". In May 2011, a remastered version of the album was released by Sudden Death Records on CD and vinyl LP.Sudden Death Records
information on 2011 re-release. Retrieved 2011-05-24. In 2013, the album was listed at number 10 in

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's list of top 50 Canadian albums of all time.Unger, Andre
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", Feb 13, 2013 accessed Feb 14, 2013.

Track listing

Personnel

The band

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* David Gregg –

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, Keyboards *

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Additional musicians

* Simon Wilde – Bass (on tracks 5, 9, 10, and 13)

Technical staff

* Richard Drake – producer,

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– engineer (on track 12)

References

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