Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records: Starvation, Charity and Rock & Roll - Lies & Traditions

by Chumbawamba

Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records: Starvation, Charity and Rock & Roll - Lies & Traditions cover art

Functioning as a blistering, direct assault on the corporate hypocrisy surrounding the Live Aid phenomenon, the British anarchist collective delivered a highly inventive full-length debut. The album radically departs from the abrasive thrash of their peers by utilizing theatrical art-pop structures, sound collages, and biting satire to eviscerate celebrity philanthropy.

Genres

  • Anarcho-Punk
  • Art Punk

Tracklist

  1. Prologue
  2. I. How To Get Your Band On Television
  3. II. British Colonialism And The BBC - Flickering Pictures Hypnotise
  4. III. Commercial Break
  5. IV. Unilever - How To Succeed In Business
  6. V. More Whitewashing
  7. VI. ...An Interlude: Beginning To Take It Back
  8. VII. Dutiul Servants And Political Masters
  9. VIII. Coca-Colanisation
  10. IX. ...And In A Nutshell "Food Aid Is Our Most Powerful Weapon"
  11. X. Invasion