Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records: Starvation, Charity and Rock & Roll - Lies & Traditions
by Chumbawamba
- Type: Album
- Released: 1986
- Label: Agit-Prop
- Country: United Kingdom
- Community rating: 3.89/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: other, Simon Lanzon
Album Notes & Community Reviews
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
Descriptors: anarchism, political, satirical, protest, conscious, sampling, witty, DIY, storytelling
Tracklist
- Prologue
- I. How To Get Your Band On Television
- II. British Colonialism And The BBC - Flickering Pictures Hypnotise
- III. Commercial Break
- IV. Unilever - How To Succeed In Business
- V. More Whitewashing
- VI. ...An Interlude: Beginning To Take It Back
- VII. Dutiul Servants And Political Masters
- VIII. Coca-Colanisation
- IX. ...And In A Nutshell "Food Aid Is Our Most Powerful Weapon"
- X. Invasion
Credits
- Simon Lanzon - keyboards, accordion, voice
- Porky - lacquer cut by
- Derek Dogg - other [bark]