Debuut van punkband uit Belfast, uit 1979. Staat te boek als een van de all-time punk-klassiekers. Hoewel vaak vergeleken met the Clash doet hun stijl hier meer denken aan the Sex Pistols. De Bob Marley-cover valt een beetje uit de toon.
"Following confidently on from the relatively straightforward punk purity of their first two albums, SLF entered the 1980s with a radical sense of adventure and purpose; a raw affirmation of the rock and reggae hybrid that had been pioneered elsewhere (the Clash, the Ruts), but was now to be twisted through Jake Burns' own private vision of punk at its most personally committed. The opening "Roots Radicals Rockers And Reggae" sets those intentions out, while "Safe as Houses" and, among the 3 bonus tracks, a sterling cover of the Wailing Souls' "Mr. Fire Coal Man" confirm the Belfast band's status among the era's most convincing exponents of the mélange. Two excellent hit singles, "Just Fade Away" and "Silver Lining," bolstered what was already shaping up to be Stiff Little Fingers' finest album; the addition of "Back to Front," a Top 50 smash the previous year, and a rousing live version of "Doesn't Make It Alright" (the B-side of "Just Fade Away") complete a sensational reissue." (Dave Thompson, Allmusic)
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