Liberation: Songs to Benefit PETA

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Liberation: Songs to Benefit PETA
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Released3 June 2003
Genre Punk rock
Length43:15
Label Fat Wreck Chords
FAT663-2
Fat Wreck Chords chronology
Uncontrollable Fatulence
(2002)
Liberation: Songs to Benefit PETA
(2003)
Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1
(2004)
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Liberation: Songs to Benefit PETA is a compilation album released on the Fat Wreck Chords record label in 2003. As the title implies, it is a benefit album for the animal rights organization, PETA.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Remedy" - Hot Water Music – 2:38
  2. "More Depalma, Less Fellini" - Good Riddance – 1:49
  3. "Fuck Ted Nugent" - Goldfinger – 1:56
  4. "Agenda Suicide" - The Faint – 3:57
  5. "Purina Hall Of Fame" - Propagandhi – 4:42
  6. "Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous" (Acoustic) - Good Charlotte – 3:07
  7. "Beyond The Shadows" - District 7 – 1:54
  8. "Russell Crowe's Band" - Frenzal Rhomb – 1:11
  9. "And The Hero Will Drown" - Story of the Year – 3:12
  10. "I Could Never Hate You" - The Eyeliners – 2:22
  11. "Bring Out Your Dead" - Anti-Flag – 2:14
  12. "Man And Wife, The Latter" (Damaged Goods) - Desaparecidos – 3:52
  13. "Waste" - Bigwig – 1:29
  14. "This House Is Not A Home" (Acoustic) - Midtown – 2:50
  15. "Just A Little" - The Used – 3:26
  16. "Clams Have Feelings Too" - NOFX – 2:36

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References

  1. "Liberation Songs to Benefit PETA - Various Artists". Allmusic.