Negativ(e)land: Live on Tour

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Negativ(e)land: Live on Tour
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Live album by
Negativland
Released1997
Genre Sound collage
Length66:03
Label SST (355) [1]
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Negativ(e)land: Live on Tour is a 1997 live album, released by SST Records. [3] It was released against the wishes of the band, who had left SST following the U2 Scandal. It was released to compete with Dispepsi , a Negativland album. [4]

Track listing

  1. "Christianity Is Stupid" - 4:20
  2. "Murder and Music" - 6:59
  3. "Escape from Noise" - 5:37
  4. "Time" - 13:49
  5. "Fourfingers" (sic) - 8:14
  6. "The Record Industry" - 13:47
  7. "Christianity Is Stupid" (pt. 2) - 13:17

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References

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  2. "Live on Tour - Negativland | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
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  4. "All's Fair in Love and Negativland". exclaim.ca.