GASCD

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GASCD
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Compilation album by various artists
Released March 26, 2002
Label Ram

GASCD, an initialism standing for Governments Accountable to Society & Citizens = Democracy, is a compilation album put together in May 2001 by songwriter and activist Chris Brown and released in 2002. A double album inspired by the activist protests at the Quebec City Summit of the Americas, GASCD collects political songs and spoken word segments by both Canadian and international musicians and activists. The album's profits are distributed to progressive media and social justice groups.

A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology.

A songwriter is a professional that writes lyrics or composes musical compositions for songs. A songwriter can also be called a composer, although the latter term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre and film scoring, but is also associated with writing and composing the original musical composition or musical bed. A songwriter that writes the lyrics/words are referred to as lyricist. The pressure from the music industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people. For example, a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with the task of creating original melodies. Pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers – songwriters directly employed by music publishers. Some songwriters serve as their own music publishers, while others have outside publishers.

Activism efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, religious, economic, or environmental change, or stasis

Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct, or intervene in social, political, economic, or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society. Forms of activism range from mandate building in the community, petitioning elected officials, running or contributing to a political campaign, preferential patronage of businesses, and demonstrative forms of activism like rallies, street marches, strikes, sit-ins, or hunger strikes.

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

  1. Sylvain Lamoureux, "The Geese" – 1:06
  2. Ani DiFranco, "Your Next Bold Move" – 5:47
  3. Rheostatics, "Bad Time to Be Poor" – 4:53
  4. Olu Dara, "Red Ant (Nature)" – 4:07
  5. Gordon Downie, "Trick Rider" – 4:24
  6. Jello Biafra, Spoken word excerpt from Mohawk College April 25, 2001 – 2:53
  7. Sex Mob, "Black and Tan Fantasy" – 4:14
  8. Bruce Cockburn, "Call it Democracy" – 3:49
  9. Scotty Hard, "Diurnal" – 5:24
  10. Propagandhi, "Today's Empire, Tomorrow's Ashes" – 2:35
  11. Maude Barlow, Spoken word excerpt from People's Summit, Quebec City, 2001 – 1:13
  12. Chris Brown and Kate Fenner, "How You Gonna Bring Your Children to God" – 4:57
  13. Tony Scherr, "Food for News" – 3:41
  14. Michael Franti, "Oh My God" – 5:11
  15. Interférence Sardines, "Un Nescalier" – 5:57

Disc two

  1. Gil Scott-Heron, "Work For Peace" – 7:29
  2. Nikki Giovanni, "Nothing Makes Sense" – 2:34
  3. Clark Gayton, "Glad I Found My Religion" – 3:02
  4. David Suzuki, Phone interview excerpt, May 2001 – 2:26
  5. The Tragically Hip, "Putting Down" – 3:08
  6. Sarah Harmer, "1st Lady" – 4:01
  7. Christian Doscher, "Straight Lines" – 4:16
  8. DJ Serious, "Trap Doors" – 3:48
  9. Barenaked Ladies, "Sell, Sell, Sell" – 4:00
  10. Andrew Whiteman, "Thot Provoker" – 4:38
  11. Bionic, "A Political Song for Danko Jones to Sing" – 5:09
  12. The Dinner Is Ruined, "Funk Asylum" – 4:17
  13. Free Radicals, "Bombs Burst Brightly on the Lawn" – 5:04
  14. Jason Collett, "Bitter Beauty" – 4:01
  15. Chris Brown, "The Shot Across the Bow" – 3:37
  16. David Suzuki, Phone interview excerpt, May 2001 – 3:32
  17. Bill Frisell, "What's Going On" – 9:46


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