With a sound as close to a British version of Public Enemy that a bunch of British white boys and girls could get, 'We Got Trouble' kicks off with heavy bass drums and rapping over harsh musical noise. 'Don't Get Mad...Get Even' speeds up the pace with a catchy electro-pop anthem akin to the Pet Shop Boys if they had added a guitarist.
Side Two kicks off with singles 'Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Noise' and 'Take It'. Further tracks vary the mix even more by adding Motown and Gang of Four staccato guitar riffs. Closer, 'Learn To Pray' even adds gospel music and finishes the album with a positive lyric and uplifting electro-funk soundtrack.
Overall, the album combines industrial percussion, hip-hop sensibilities, late 80's dance synths and insanely catchy chants not dissimilar to those used by Chumbawamba over the next ten years. The album artwork too is worthy of note, featuring a 'cut and paste' attitude with references to racism, communism, the arms race, pornography, and slogans such as 'Loudness is a force' and 'If you don't like to dance you don't like to live'. The last word can be left to the band themselves, taken from the inner sleeve : "Anything can happen in the next half-hour."