Английская Википедия:Anarchy (Chumbawamba album)
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Anarchy is the sixth studio album by anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba. Many of the tracks address specific social issues, such as homophobia, strikes or fascism.
Its graphic cover, depicting a baby's head emerging from a vagina, prompted the record to be banned from some shops and stocked in plain sleeves in others.[1] The Spotify and iTunes version of the album replaces the baby picture with a painting of red roses.
Critical reception
In a review for AllMusic, Chris Nickson praised the album's "intelligence" and stylistic diversity, but the album was only awarded three stars.[2] Music critic Robert Christgau regarded the album as "transient punk-style agitprop with announcements," awarding the album two honourable mention stars, and praising "Timebomb" and "Mouthful of Shit" as highlights.[3] Gina Morris gave it 2 out of 5 in the June 1994 issue of Select and called it "disappointingly uninspired, pretty rather than poignant and flooded with lame clichés and, for the most part, feeble subjects."[4]
Commercial performance
The album was a commercial success, giving the group their first top-40 album on the UK Albums Chart. The album debuted and peaked at number 29 on the chart dated 7 May 1994; it spent a total of three weeks on the chart before exiting the top 100.[5]
Track listing
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Song details
- The title of Give The Anarchist A Cigarette comes from a scene in the Bob Dylan documentary Dont Look Back in which Dylan's manager Albert Grossman tells him "They're calling you an anarchist now", to which Dylan replies "Give the anarchist a cigarette".[6]
- The line "give the fascist man a gunshot" from Enough is Enough was referenced by Asian Dub Foundation in their song "TH9".
- The lyrics to Georgina reference the Peter Greenaway movie The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
- The title to the track "Doh!" is named after the catchphrase used by the cartoon character Homer Simpson. The catchphrase is heard at the end of the track.
Personnel
Chumbawamba
- Harry Hamer
- Danbert Nobacon
- Paul Greco
- Lou Watts
- Dunstan Bruce
- Boff Whalley
- Alice Nutter
- Mavis Dillon
Additional personnel
- Neil Ferguson
- MC Fusion
- Simon "Commonknowledge" Lanzon - Accordion
- Kerry and Casey - "Georgina" intro
- Geoff Reid - Mandolin
References
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- ↑ Chumbawamba website
- ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокAMreviewне указан текст - ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокrcне указан текст - ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокselectне указан текст - ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Uneasy Listening CD booklet.
