The Chemistry of Common Life
by Fucked Up
- Type: Album
- Released: 7 October 2008
- Label: Matador
- Country: Canada
- Length: 52:24
- Community rating: 3.65/5 from 9 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Fucked Up pushes hardcore punk to its limits on this dense, ambitious album. Layering dozens of guitar tracks and incorporating flutes and female vocals, 'The Chemistry of Common Life' is a psychedelic, spiritual take on punk. It won the Polaris Music Prize, validating their experimental approach.
Genres
Descriptors: anti-religious, conscious, repetitive, melodic, distorted, long-form, massive, harsh-vocals
Tracklist
- Son The Father (06:32)
- Magic Word (03:21)
- Golden Seal (03:35)
- Days of Last (04:31)
- Crooked Head (05:55)
- No Epiphany (04:19)
- Black Albino Bones (04:14)
- Royal Swan (04:49)
- Twice Born (04:29)
- Looking For God (03:16)
- The Chemistry Of Common Life (07:23)
Credits
- Jason Gardner - artwork [original art by]
- Mimi Cabell - cover, photography by [cover photo by]
- Fucked Up - design
- Mark Ohe - design
- Greg Calbi - mastered by
- 10,000 Marbles - musician [fucked up is]
- Gulag - musician [fucked up is]
- Mr. Jo - musician [fucked up is]
- Mustard Gas - musician [fucked up is]
- Pink Eyes - musician [fucked up is]
- Young Governor - musician [fucked up is]
- David Waldman - photography by [photos by]
- Jon Drew - producer [produced by]
- Jeremy Scott - recorded by [back up vocals]