Mommy’s Little Monster, released in 1983, is Social Distortion’s first album and was recorded in a single session. The album includes the single “Another State of Mind.” AllMusic said the album is “the epitome of early-’80s suburban California punk and provided inspiration for many future Californians, including the Offspring and Rancid” and said that it “finds the band supplying plenty of attitude and aggression as they rip through nine tracks worth of hard, fast, power chord-filled tracks loaded with snarling anti-establishment lyrics and themes.”
This 40th anniversary edition album has been remastered and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl.