| Oi! The Album | ||||
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| Compilation album by various artists | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | Various | |||
| Genre | Oi![1] | |||
| Length | 42:57 | |||
| Label | EMI, Captain Oi!, Cleopatra | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
| Various artists chronology | ||||
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Oi! The Album is a 1980 Oi! compilation album, released in 1980 by EMI, then re-released by Captain Oi! and Cleopatra Records on CD in later years. It was conceived and compiled by then Sounds columnist Garry Bushell who had coined the phrase "Oi!" to denote what he called a new breed of working class punk rock with "terrace" or mob choruses. Of the bands labelled 'Oi!', Bushell had managed the Cockney Rejects and went on to manage the Blood.
The album became the first in a series, followed by Strength Thru Oi! (Oi 2, 1981), Carry On Oi! (Oi 3!, 1981), Oi! Oi! That's Yer Lot! (Oi/4, 1982), Son of Oi! (1983) and The Oi! of Sex (1984).