Dead Kennedys - Bedtime For Democracy FLAC (1986)

Dead Kennedys - Bedtime For Democracy (1986)

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Although nobody knew it at the time, this was to be the Dead Kennedys' final official studio album; exhausted by the legal battle brought on by their previous album FRANKENCHRIST, they threw in the towel shortly after recording this one. Fortunately, they go out here in a blaze of angry glory.
BEDTIME FOR DEMOCRACY is arguably their most explicitly political album. It's full of furious, supersonic punk assaults on Reagan-era topics, including the Rambo movies ("Rambozo the Clown" ), media brainwashing ("Fleshdunce" ), fashionable politics ("Anarchy for Sale" ), and even punk rock itself ("Chickenshit Conformist" ). There's also a hilarious version--certainly the fastest ever recorded--of David Alan Coe's anthem of blue collar dissatisfaction, "Take This Job and Shove It."

Track listing:

1. "Take This Job and Shove It" – 1:25
2. "Hop with the Jet Set" – 2:07
3. "Dear Abby" – 1:09
4. "Rambozo the Clown" – 2:25
5. "Fleshdunce" – 1:29
6. "The Great Wall" – 1:32
7. "Shrink" – 1:44
8. "Triumph of the Swill" – 2:17
9. "Macho Insecurity" – 1:30
10. "I Spy" – 2:30
11. "Cesspools in Eden" – 5:56
12. "One-Way Ticket to Pluto" – 1:38
13. "Do the Slag" – 1:36
14. "A Commercial" – 1:33
15. "Gone with My Wind" – 1:43
16. "Anarchy for Sale" – 1:18
17. "Chickenshit Conformist" – 5:58
18. "Where Do Ya Draw the Line" – 2:39
19. "Potshot Heard 'Round the World" – 2:10
20. "D.M.S.O." – 2:09
21. "Lie Detector" – 3:43


Total Play Time: 48:40

Personnel:

Jello Biafra - lead vocals, producer, mixer
East Bay Ray - guitar
Klaus Fluoride - bass, backing vocals
D.H. Peligro - drums, backing vocals
Tim Jones - synthesizer
Jayed Scotti - timbales
Cal - backing vocals
Andrew - backing vocals
Blaze - backing vocals
P. O'Pillage - backing vocals, artwork
John Cuniberti - engineer, mixer
Winston Smith - artwork


Release date: November 1986

Label: Alternative Tentacles


Format: Lossless FLAC
EAC/FLAC inc. CUE sheet, M3U & log

Size: 308MB