Ex, The
Singles. Period. (The Vinyl Years 1980-1990)

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Released in 2005 on Ex Records (catalog number EX 099D), Singles. Period. (The Vinyl Years 1980-1990) is a CD compilation by the Dutch group The Ex, gathering material from the band's vinyl single releases spanning the decade indicated in its title. The release was issued through the band's own label, Ex Records, and is catalogued under the genres of alternative rock, experimental, punk, and rock.

The compilation brings together twenty-three tracks. The sequence opens with "Human Car" and "Rock'n'Roll-Stoel" before moving through a broad range of titles that suggest the band's stated political and social concerns during the period covered. Titles such as "Weapons For El Salvador," "Stupid Americans," "Constitutional State," and "New Wars II" sit alongside others including "Apathy Disease," "Curtains," "Dust," and "Gonna Rob The Spermbank." The set also includes "Rara Rap" and "Contempt," closing with a pair of tracks presented in what appear to be different language versions: "Stonestampers Song" and "Lied Der Steinklopfer," the latter title being German. The remaining tracks include "Cells," "Money," "Trash," "Crap-Rap," "Long Live The Aged," "Enough Is Enough," "Memberhips," "When Nothing Else Is Helpful Anymore," and "Keep On Hoppin'." Track durations are not documented in the available data.

The subtitle The Vinyl Years 1980-1990 frames the compilation explicitly as a document of the band's single releases in that format during those ten years. As a compilation issued by the band's own imprint, it represents an act of self-archiving, consolidating material that had previously been distributed across individual vinyl releases. No additional personnel, liner note, or pressing information is available for verification at this time.