23 Live Sex Acts

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23 Live Sex Acts
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Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2015 (2015-09-04) [1]
RecordedFebruary 29, 2014 (fictional [2] [ better source needed ])
VenueThe Gritty Clit, Kiev, Indiana (fictional [2] )
Genre Punk rock
Length86:11
Label Total Treble Music
Against Me! chronology
Transgender Dysphoria Blues
(2014)
23 Live Sex Acts
(2015)
Shape Shift with Me
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Consequence of Sound B [3]
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23 Live Sex Acts (also referred to as Against Me! and the 23 Live Sex Acts) is the second live album by Against Me! [3] [4] It was recorded on the 2014 tour for their sixth studio album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues [1] [6] [7] and released in 2015.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Laura Jane Grace [2] .

No.TitleLength
1."FUCKMYLIFE666"3:50
2."Pints of Guinness Make You Strong"2:59
3."Cliché Guevara"2:24
4."True Trans Soul Rebel"3:51
5."I Was a Teenage Anarchist"3:54
6."New Wave"2:46
7."Walking Is Still Honest"2:32
8."Turn Those Clapping Hands into Angry Balled Fists"5:51
9."Transgender Dysphoria Blues"3:26
10."Pretty Girls (The Mover)"3:13
11."I Still Love You Julie"3:06
12."High Pressure Low"4:07
13."Don't Lose Touch"3:19
14."Miami"4:12
15."White Crosses"4:05
16."Osama bin Laden as the Crucified Christ"3:16
17."How Low"4:02
18."Black Me Out"3:07
19."Thrash Unreal"4:31
20."Unconditional Love"2:50
21."The Ocean"8:35
22."Sink, Florida, Sink"2:24
23."We Laugh at Danger and Break All the Rules"3:51
Total length:86:11

Personnel

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