Friendly Fa$cism

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Friendly Fa$cism
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Studio album by
Released1991
RecordedRazors Edge, November 1990 - January 1991
Genre Industrial hip hop
Length64:26
Label Nettwerk Records
Producer Consolidated
Consolidated chronology
The Myth of Rock
(1990)
Friendly Fa$cism
(1991)
Play More Music
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Robert Christgau B− [2]

Friendly Fa$cism is a full-length album by industrial/hip hop artists Consolidated, released in 1991. [3] [4]

Contents

"Brutal Equation" and "Unity of Oppression" were alternative rock hits on MTV. [5] The album peaked at #6 on the CMJ Radio Top 150. [6]

The name comes from Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America, the title of a 1980 book by political scientist Bertram Gross [7] which lays out the form of "creeping fascism" that Gross feared might come to pass in the United States.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "the insufferably self-righteous tone makes the disc hard to endure." [3] Alternative Rock called the album "a hard-hitting soundtrack of hip-hop, funk, soul, and hard rock. [5]

Track listing (CD)

  1. "Zero" – 0:21
  2. "Brutal Equation" – 4:13
  3. "Our Leader" – 1:01
  4. "Unity of Oppression" – 4:01
  5. "The Sexual Politics of Meat" – 3:43
  6. "Typical Male" – 5:18
  7. "Entertainment Tonight" – 0:40
  8. "Dominion" – 4:04
  9. "Friendly Fascism" – 5:01
  10. "College Radio" – 1:27
  11. "We Gotta Have Peace" – 3:30
  12. "Meat Kills" – 3:34
  13. "Stoned" – 6:54
  14. "Your Body Belongs to the State" – 1:49
  15. "Crusading Rap Guys" – 5:29
  16. "Murder One" – 2:52
  17. "White American Male '91 (The Truth Hurts) Part 2" – 5:12
  18. "Music Has No Meaning" – 5:17

Track listing (Vinyl)

Side One

  1. "Zero" – 0:21
  2. "Brutal Equation" – 4:13
  3. "Our Leader" – 1:01
  4. "Unity Of Oppression" – 4:01
  5. "The Sexual Politics Of Meat" – 3:43
  6. "Typical Male" – 5:18
  7. "Entertainment Tonight" – 0:40
  8. "Friendly Fascism" – 5:01

Side Two

  1. "We Gotta Have Peace" – 3:30
  2. "Meat Kills" – 3:34
  3. "Stoned" – 6:54
  4. "White American Male '91 (The Truth Hurts) Part 2" – 5:12
  5. "Music Has No Meaning" – 5:17

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References

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