Millions of Dead Cops (album)
Millions of Dead Cops is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band MDC. It was originally self-released in February 1982, being reissued/remixed through their own label R Radical with help from Alternative Tentacles later that year. Today it is considered a hardcore punk classic. The album was re-released by Twisted Chords in June 1988 as Millions of Dead Cops/More Dead Cops with 13 bonus tracks including both tracks from the "John Wayne Was a Nazi" single, the Multi-Death Corporations EP, the Millions of Dead Children EP and four previously-unreleased songs. The original mix of the album was re-released for Record Store Day in 2014 through Beer City Records.
Millions of Dead Cops | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 1982 June 1988 | |||
Recorded | December 1981 in Houston, Texas | |||
Genre | Hardcore punk | |||
Length | 20:31 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Alternative Tentacles, R Radical, Twisted Chords, Beer City | |||
Producer | Geza X | |||
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Kurt Cobain listed it in his top 50 albums of all time.[1][2]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Dave Dictor, except where noted; all music is composed by Ron Posner, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Business on Parade" | music: Posner, Dictor | 1:26 |
2. | "Dead Cops"/"America's So Straight" | 1:59 | |
3. | "Born to Die" | 1:57 | |
4. | "Corporate Deathburger" | lyrics: Dictor, Al Schvitz | 1:16 |
5. | "Violent Rednecks" | 0:39 | |
6. | "I Remember" | lyrics: Dictor, Schvitz, David Alpert; music: Schvitz, Alpert | 1:59 |
7. | "John Wayne Was a Nazi" | lyrics: Dictor, Schvitz | 2:01 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Dick for Brains" | music: Dictor | 1:03 |
2. | "I Hate Work" | music: Posner, Dictor | 0:55 |
3. | "My Family is a Little Weird" | music: Dictor | 1:54 |
4. | "Greedy & Pathetic" | lyrics: Dictor, Schvitz | 1:23 |
5. | "Church & State" | lyrics: Dictor, Schvitz | 0:30 |
6. | "Kill the Light" | lyrics: Dictor, Schvitz | 1:14 |
7. | "American Achievements" | 2:13 | |
Total length: | 20:31 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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15. | "John Wayne Was a Nazi" (original version) | lyrics: Dictor, Schvitz | 2:20 |
16. | "Born to Die" (original version) | 2:34 |
No. | Title | Length |
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17. | "Multi-Death Corporations" | 1:51 |
18. | "Selfish Shit" | 2:06 |
19. | "Radioactive Chocolate" | 0:57 |
20. | "No Place to Piss" | 1:00 |
No. | Title | Length |
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21. | "Kleptomaniac" | 1:56 |
22. | "Chicken Squawk" | 2:37 |
23. | "Pecking Order" (re-recording of "Death of a Nun") | 1:06 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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24. | "Pay to Come Along" | 1:04 | |
25. | "Evolution in Rock" | 1:01 | |
26. | "Spanish Castle Magic" | written and originally performed by Jimi Hendrix | 2:04 |
27. | "Born Under a Bad Sign" | William Bell, Booker T. Jones; originally performed by Albert King | 3:02 |
Personnel
- Dave Dictor – lead vocals
- Ron Posner – guitar, backing vocals
- Franco Mares – bass
- Al Schvitz – drums
Additional performers
- Buxf Dicks; Tammy Cleveland; J.J. – backing vocals
Production
References
- "Top 50 by Nirvana [MIXTAPE]". Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- Cross, Gaar, Gendron, Martens, Yarm (2013). Nirvana: The Complete Illustrated History. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-7603-4521-4.
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