Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down

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Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down
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Studio album by
Released1997
Genre Ska
Length57:58
Label Moon Ska Records
Producer Robert "Bucket" Hingley
The Toasters chronology
Hard Band for Dead
(1996)
Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down
(1997)
Enemy of the System
(2002)
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Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down is the seventh studio album by The Toasters. It has a much more mature sound than their previous albums and wasn't as solely focused on one genre (2-Tone) as their other albums before it had been. The album's cover includes the supposed-Latin motto, " Illegitimis non carborundum ", which is supposed to mean "one must not be ground down by the bastards", although it is largely faux-Latin, with "carborundum" (intended to look like a Latin gerundive) actually referring to silicon carbide, a type of abrasive.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWritten byLength
1."Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down"Rob Hingley2:51
2."Fire in My Soul"Lindo3:54
3."I'm Running Right Through the World"Rob Hingley3:50
4."Underground Town"David Waldo3:28
5."Gimmie Some Lovin'"Spencer Davis, Muff Winwood, Steve Winwood2:34
6."Devil and a .45"Rob Hingley3:36
7."Daddy Cry"Rob Hingley, Matt Malles3:17
8."Today's a Good Day"Johnathan McCain3:15
9."Jackie Chan"Rick Faulkner3:59
10."Rude, Rude Baby"Sledge2:28
11."Everything You Said Has Been a Lie"Rob Hingley2:23
12."Spooky Graveyard"Dave Barry, Rob Hingley4:01
13."Big Red"Fred Reiter4:06
14."Bye, Bye, Baby"Hingley, Nobile4:40
15."Weekend in L.A."Sean Dinsmore, Rob Hingley4:15
16."Woyay"Lindo, Malles3:11
17."Rhythm and Pain"Dave Barry1:53

Personnel

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References

  1. "D.L.T.B.G.Y.D. (Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down) - The Toasters". Allmusic . Retrieved 3 March 2012.