Voodoo Economics and Other American Tragedies

by The Proletariat

Voodoo Economics and Other American Tragedies cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 15 September 1998
  • Label: Taang!
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:51:45
  • Community rating: 3.92/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Boston hardcore band's complete recordings collected under a title quoting their own songwriting. The Proletariat's Marxist lyrics and unusually melodic, post-punk influenced attack set them apart from their scene.

Genres

Descriptors: fast, lo-fi, dissonant, melodic, political

Tracklist

  1. Voodoo Economics (2:51)
  2. Ten Years (2:29)
  3. Abstain (2:22)
  4. Options (2:01)
  5. Allegiance (1:39)
  6. After The Rise (2:43)
  7. White Hands (1:19)
  8. Westernization (2:43)
  9. Decorations (3:07)
  10. Splendid Wars (1:42)
  11. Famine (1:56)
  12. Embraced (2:39)
  13. Events / Repeat (1:57)
  14. Another Banner Raised (1:43)
  15. Hollow Victory (2:43)
  16. Condition (2:10)
  17. Avoidance (1:58)
  18. Pictures (2:46)
  19. Bread & Circus (2:13)
  20. Blind (1:51)
  21. Subsidized (3:27)
  22. Torn Curtain (1:34)
  23. Purge (2:44)
  24. Scars (1:37)
  25. Decide On Change (1:38)
  26. No Lesser Of Evils (2:19)
  27. Choice (2:15)
  28. It's More Than Soil (2:13)
  29. Death Of A Hedon (3:28)
  30. Indifference (2:44)
  31. Pride (2:25)
  32. Better Man (3:13)
  33. Homeland (3:56)
  34. Columns (2:37)
  35. Sins (2:24)
  36. An Uneasy Peace (3:25)
  37. Recollections (2:42)
  38. Trail Of Tears (2:42)
  39. The Guns Are Winning (3:40)
  40. Instinct (2:49)
  41. No Real Hope - Prelude (2:38)
  42. No Real Hope (1:54)
  43. Piecework (3:34)
  44. Marketplace (2:41)
  45. Religion Is The Opium Of The Masses (2:14)

Credits

  • The Proletariat - primary artist, arranged by
  • Peter Bevilacqua - backing vocals, bass, music by, lyrics by
  • Richard Brown - lyrics by, vocals, cowbell

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