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album released in mid 2004, and features major influences from both electronic and folk music, containing many samples from world music
. It serves as a bridge between the band's earlier electric sound and the current acoustic sound. The single from the album is "On eBay", which also has a music video.
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Chumbawamba
Chumbawamba is a British musical group who have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock, pop-influenced music, world music, and folk music...
album released in mid 2004, and features major influences from both electronic and folk music, containing many samples from world music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
. It serves as a bridge between the band's earlier electric sound and the current acoustic sound. The single from the album is "On eBay", which also has a music video.
Track listing
All tracks written, arranged and produced by Chumbawamba| # | Song Name | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Wizard of Menlo Park" | 3:41 | "The Wizard of Menlo Park" is the nickname for Thomas Edison Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial... , whose voice is sampled at the beginning of the track reciting the first recorded words, "Mary had a little lamb". Also namechecks record producer Gus Dudgeon Gus Dudgeon Angus Boyd Dudgeon , most commonly known as Gus Dudgeon was an English record producer, most notable for production of many of Elton John's recordings.-Early career:... . |
| 2 | "Just Desserts" | 4:01 | Contains a sample of anti-homosexual country singer Anita Bryant Anita Bryant Anita Jane Bryant is an American singer, former Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and gay rights opponent. She scored four Top 40 hits in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Paper Roses", which reached #5... being hit in the face with a pie by a gay rights activist and her reaction, to pray for the attackers "deviant lifestyle"; The lyrics reflect how people like Anita will "scramble to the top" by their political rhetoric, only to "fall from grace" and deservedly end up with "egg" or pie "on [their] face" |
| 3 | "On eBay" | 3:47 | About how ancient relics looted during the War in Iraq were found being sold on eBay EBay eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide... |
| 4 | "Everything You Know Is Wrong" | 5:08 | Contains references to many conspiracy theories and government misinformation Misinformation Misinformation is false or inaccurate information that is spread unintentionally. It is distinguished from disinformation by motive in that misinformation is simply erroneous, while disinformation, in contrast, is intended to mislead.... efforts, such as the 'faked' moon landing Moon landing A moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. This includes both manned and unmanned missions. The first human-made object to reach the surface of the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2 mission on 13 September 1959. The United States's Apollo 11 was the first manned... , John F. Kennedy assassination John F. Kennedy assassination John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas... and the 'missing' WMD WMD WMD may refer to:* Weapon of mass destruction, a term used to describe munitions with the capacity to kill large numbers of human beings indiscriminately* Weighted mean difference, a measure in statistical meta-analysis... s in Iraq |
| 5 | "Be with You" | 3:27 | Henry Olonga Henry Olonga Henry Khaaba Olonga is a former Zambian-born cricketer for Zimbabwe.- Cricket career :He made his international debut in a Test match against Pakistan at Harare in 1995, at age 18 years, 212 days, becoming the youngest player to represent Zimbabwe. He helped Zimbabwe to its first ever Test victory... and Andy Flower Andy Flower Andrew "Andy" Flower OBE is a former international cricketer for Zimbabwe and is currently the England coach.-Playing career:... wore black armbands while playing for Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three... in the 2003 Cricket World Cup in protest of Robert Mugabe Robert Mugabe Robert Gabriel Mugabe is the President of Zimbabwe. As one of the leaders of the liberation movement against white-minority rule, he was elected into power in 1980... 's government. They were later forced exile as they were no longer safe in Zimbabwe. |
| 6 | "When Fine Society Sits Down to Dine" | 5:31 | Contains sample of Pacifica Radio Pacifica Radio Pacifica Radio is the oldest public radio network in the United States. It is a group of five independently operated, non-commercial, listener-supported radio stations that is known for its progressive/liberal political orientation. It is also a program service supplying over 100 affiliated... , the oldest running public radio network in the USA; The song is a critique on celebrity charity events, a topic addressed by Chumbawamba since their first record Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records was the first full-length album by anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba, released in 1986 on Agit-Prop Records... 18 years earlier |
| 7 | "A Man Walks Into a Bar" | 4:00 | Seems to draws parallels between alcoholism Alcoholism Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing... and US-Cuba relations |
| 8 | "Buy Nothing Day" | 3:47 | Buy Nothing Day Buy Nothing Day thumb|Buy Nothing Day demonstration in [[San Francisco]], November 2000Buy Nothing Day ' is an international day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists. Typically celebrated the Friday after American Thanksgiving in North America and the following day internationally, in 2011... is an anti-consumerist holiday |
| 9 | "Following You" | 2:48 | A hopeful tribute to the future colonists of space. |
| 10 | "We Don't Want to Sing Along" | 3:17 | About the students behind the 1999 Columbine High School massacre Columbine High School massacre The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and Littleton. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12... . The two students were tormented and ridiculed by all of their classmates, and the massacre was their response. Harris' suicide note read "... this comes as a result of your choices... You have taught these kids to not accept what was different." |
| 11 | "I Did It for Alfie" | 2:39 | The song is about Paul Kelleher, who walked into the Guildhall Art Gallery Guildhall Art Gallery The Guildhall Art Gallery houses the art collection of the City of London, England. It occupies a building that was completed in 1999 to replace an earlier building destroyed in The Blitz in 1941... with a concealed baseball bat Baseball bat A baseball bat is a smooth wooden or metal club used in the game of baseball to hit the ball after the ball is thrown by the pitcher. It is no more than 2.75 inches in diameter at the thickest part and no more than 42 inches in length. It typically weighs no more than 33 ounces , but it... , and proceeded to knock the head off a statue of Margaret Thatcher. During his trial he said he had done it because "I am becoming increasingly worried as to what sort of a world I have brought my son (Alfie) into". |
| 12 | "Rebel Code" | 3:28 | A song celebrating Linux Linux Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds... and the Open Source Open source The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology... Revolution. |
Personnel
- Alice Nutter - Vocals
- Jude Abbott - Trumpet, Vocals
- Dunstan Bruce - Vocals
- Louise Watts - Vocals, Keyboards
- BoffBoff WhalleyAllan Mark "Boff" Whalley is the lead guitarist for the band Chumbawamba.-Early life and education:Whalley was born Allan Mark Whalley in 1961 in Burnley, Lancashire...
- Guitar, Vocals - Neil Ferguson - Bass, Vocals
- Harry Hamer - Drums, Vocals
- Danbert NobaconDanbert NobaconDanbert Nobacon was a vocalist and occasional keyboard player in the Leeds based anarchist band Chumbawamba...
- Vocals
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- Andy CuttingAndy CuttingAndy Cutting is an English folk musician and composer. Born 18 March 1969 in Harrow, he plays melodeon and has had instruments made by Castagnari to his own specification. He won the Folk Musician of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2008 and 2011...
- Diatonic accordion - Gill Pearson - Violin
- Justin SullivanJustin SullivanJustin Sullivan is an English singer and songwriter. He is also the frontman and lyricist of the British rock band New Model Army, which he formed in 1980 together with drummer Robert Heaton and bassist Stuart Morrow in their hometown of Bradford, Yorkshire...
- Mouth organ