WYSIWYG

by Chumbawamba

WYSIWYG cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 4 April 2000
  • Label: EMI
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 47:48
  • Community rating: 3.47/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Simon Lanzon, The Complimentary Peanuts, Armley Community Orchestra, Simon Pugsley, Toby Greenwood, Neil Ferguson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Capitalizing on their massive, unlikely mainstream breakthrough, the British anarchist collective delivered a highly eclectic and deeply sarcastic follow-up. 'WYSIWYG' heavily incorporates dance rhythms, folk instrumentation, and dense sampling to underscore its sharp, anti-capitalist lyricism. The record stands as a prime example of the group using bright, accessible pop frameworks to subvert industry expectations.

Genres

Descriptors: satirical, sampling, anarchism, conscious, melodic

Tracklist

  1. I'm With Stupid (2:55)
  2. Shake Baby Shake (1:53)
  3. Pass It Along (3:24)
  4. Hey Hey We're The Junkies (1:57)
  5. The Health & Happiness Show (1:07)
  6. I'm Coming Out (2:47)
  7. I'm In Trouble Again (2:29)
  8. Social Dogma (1:08)
  9. WWW Dot (1:34)
  10. New York Mining Disaster (1:57)
  11. I'm Not Sorry I Was Having Fun (3:03)
  12. Jesus In Vegas (2:57)
  13. The Standing Still (1:32)
  14. She's Got All The Friends That Money Can Buy (3:11)
  15. Ladies For Compassionate Lynching (1:23)
  16. Celebration Florida (3:13)
  17. Moses With A Gun (0:25)
  18. The Physical Impossibility (0:48)
  19. Smart Bomb (2:31)
  20. Knickers (0:21)
  21. Lie Lie Lie Lie (2:32)
  22. Dumbing Down (4:30)

Credits

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