Punk 45: Chaos in the City of Angels and Devils

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
PopMatters	(7/10)[3]
Record Collector	[2]

Deming of AllMusic praised the compilation stating that it showed that "Los Angeles was home to some of the very best American punk bands of the day" and that all the tracks on the album are "all clearly winners, and point not only to the quality of the Los Angeles punk movement, but to its diversity early on."^[1] Deming noted that the album was not perfect as a Los Angeles Punk sampler as it lacked music by Black Flag and The Screamers and concluded that if "you have a taste for first-era punk from any part of the world, you'll find lots of top-notch pogo action here."^[1]

Tim Peacock of Record Collector described the album as a "highly covetable collection" while also noting the absence of Black Flag and that many of the track has already been collected in Domino's Black Hole compilation.^[2] An anonymous reviewer for PopMatters noted that " the material presented on this single disc sounds very much of its time and its place and you can feel the smog baking your lungs as you chug down “ABCD” by the Randoms or Agent Orange's "Bloodstains"." while noting some weaker tracks specifically those by the Simpletones.^[3]

1. The Middle Class – "Out Of Vogue" (1:01)
2. X – "We're Desperate" (2:02)
3. The Flesh Eaters – "Disintegration Nation" (1:53)
4. The Weirdos – "A Life Of Crime" (2:19)
5. The Urinals – "I'm White And Middle Class" (0:54)
6. Iggy And The Stooges – "I Got A Right" (3:19)
7. The Germs – "Forming" (3:04)
8. Agent Orange – "Bloodstains" (1:44)
9. Black Randy & The Metrosquad – "Trouble At The Cup" (1:54)
10. The Urinals – "Ack Ack Ack Ack" (1:00)
11. The Zeros – "Don't Push Me Around" (2:25)
12. The Randoms – "ABCD" (4:06)
13. Circle Jerks – "What's Your Problem" (0:55)
14. The Bags – "Survive" (2:44)
15. Adolescents – "Amoeba" (3:03)
16. The Dils – "Class War" (1:40)
17. The Deadbeats – "Brainless" (2:34)
18. Simpletones – "I Like Drugs" (2:09)
19. T.S.O.L. – "World War III" (1:46)
20. Eyes – "TAQN" (1:59)
21. The Hollywood Squares – "Hollywood Square" (2:59)
22. The Deadbeats – "Final Ride" (3:15)

• Anonymous (March 31, 2016). "Various Artists: Punk 45: Chaos in the City of Angels and Devils". PopMatters. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
• Deming, Mark. "Punk 45: Chaos in the City of Angels And Devils, Hollywood From X to Zero & Hardcore on the Beaches: Punk In Los Angeles 1977-81". AllMusic. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
• Peacock, Tim (May 18, 2016). "Punk 45: Chaos In The City Of Angels And Devils – Punk In Los Angeles 1977-81". Record Collector. Retrieved September 10, 2021.