Hidden World | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 10, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
Genre | Hardcore punk, [1] experimental rock, [1] psychedelia, [1] punk rock [1] | |||
Length | 72:33 | |||
Label | Jade Tree | |||
Producer | Jon Drew [2] | |||
Fucked Up chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 73/100 [3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
NOW Magazine | [4] |
Playlouder | [5] |
SPIN | [6] |
Pitchfork Media | 7.5/10 [7] |
Allmusic | [1] |
Hidden World is the debut studio album by Canadian hardcore punk band Fucked Up. It was released on double vinyl by Deranged Records and on CD by Jade Tree. It is the band's first long-play record. Hidden World was picked as #1 punk album of the year by Canadian magazine Exclaim! and was also nominated for the 2007 PLUG Independent Music Awards Punk Album of the Year.
October 9, 2006 - On Jade Tree, CD
October 2006 - On Deranged Records, vinyl (double LP)
February 2007 - On Welfare Records, 8-Track (Limited to 75 copies)
September 7, 2013 - On Sexbeat Records, cassette [8]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Crusades" | 6:43 |
2. | "David Comes to Life" | 2:20 |
3. | "Invisible Leader" | 4:30 |
4. | "Carried Out to the Sea" | 3:11 |
5. | "Baiting the Public" | 5:56 |
6. | "Fate of Fates" | 6:06 |
7. | "Two Snakes" | 7:17 |
8. | "Hidden World" | 5:44 |
9. | "Manqueller Man" | 4:16 |
10. | "Blaze of Glory" | 5:10 |
11. | "Triumph of Life" | 6:02 |
12. | "Jacobs Ladder" | 5:50 |
13. | "Vivian Girls" | 9:26 |
The cover art shows a goddess rising above a river and the field of snakes. Another piece of art in the booklet shows these snakes emerging from a giant tentacle/Cornucopia. It also features many sigils. The album's logo is Vesica piscis, or Venn diagram of two sets, presumably the real world and the hidden world. It was illustrated by Jason Gardner of Buckland, Massachusetts.[ citation needed ]
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