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Bedtime For Democracy

Dead Kennedys

1986 · Rock

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Bedtime For Democracy by Dead Kennedys

Bedtime For Democracy is a Punk album by Dead Kennedys, originally released in 1986. On Gatefold: 91 pressings tracked, owned by 20 collectors.

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Subtlety has its time and place, but not when it comes to Jello Biafra's lyrics. <i>Bedtime for Democracy</i> was the final studio album before the Bay Area punk legends disbanded, and Biafra left no room for mincing words, taking aim at hollow glamour ("Hop With the Jet Set") as well as hyper-machismo ("Rambozo the Clown"). Hurling his critiques loudly and violently (with the able assistance of his relentlessly cathartic band), Biafra used <i>Bedtime for Democracy</i> to close Dead Kennedys' first chapter with a merciless bang.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Take This Job And Shove It1:24
  2. A2Hop With The Jet Set2:06
  3. A3Dear Abby1:10
  4. A4Rambozo The Clown2:23
  5. A5Fleshdunce1:29
  6. A6The Great Wall1:31
  7. A7Shrink1:42
  8. A8Triumph Of The Swill2:03
  9. A9Macho Insecurity1:26
  10. A10I Spy2:31
  11. A11Cesspools In Eden5:20

Side B

  1. B1One-Way Ticket To Pluto1:36
  2. B2Do The Slag1:36
  3. B3A Commercial
  4. B4Gone With My Wind1:42
  5. B5Anarchy For Sale1:15
  6. B6Chickenshit Conformist5:59
  7. B7Where Do Ya Draw The Line2:38
  8. B8Potshot Heard Round The World2:09
  9. B9D.M.S.O.2:07
  10. B10Lie Detector3:41

Sound DNA

  • Punk
  • Hardcore
  • abrasive
  • defiant
  • political

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Gatefold sleeve with lyrics.
Recorded at City Sound Recording and Hyde St. Studios, San Francisco
Comes with the newspaper "Fuck Facts" issue 1, the No More Censorship Defense Fund fact sheet, and an Alternative Tentacles mail-order form.
All songs Decay Music except A1 "Take This Job And Shove It" by David Allen Coe (Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.).
Runouts are etched.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Andrew BoakBACKING VOCALS
  • BlazeBACKING VOCALS
  • CalBACKING VOCALS
  • D.H. PeligroDRUMS
  • East Bay RayGUITAR
  • Jello BiafraVOCALS
  • Klaus FlourideBASS BASS GUITAR
  • Tim Song JonesSYNTHESIZER
  • BlazeBACKING VOCALS
  • BlazeBACKING VOCALS
  • Blaze Van WetteringBACKING VOCALS
  • Carl Van WeteringBACKING VOCALS
  • Carl Van WetteringBACKING VOCALS
  • Jayed ScottiPERCUSSION TIMBALES TIMBALES, ARTWORK

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