Permanent Revolution | ||||
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Released | June 27, 2006 | |||
Recorded | January 2006 | |||
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Length | 33:40 | |||
Label | Victory | |||
Producer | Catch 22 | |||
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Absolute Punk | 84% [5] |
Ultimate Guitar | (9.0/10) [6] |
Permanent Revolution is the fourth studio album by American ska band Catch 22,released on June 27,2006 (July 18,2006,in Canada),by Victory Records.
Permanent Revolution was recorded in January 2006. [7]
The album can be classified as a concept album,centered on the life of Leon Trotsky (1879–1940),with the title being named after Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution. [8]
Catch 22 appeared at the Ska Weekend festival in April 2006;following this,they went on a US tour with Patent Pending. [9] [10] On April 25,2006,Permanent Revolution was announced for release in two months' time. [11] A music video was filmed for "Party Song (1917)" in New York City on June 10,2006;that same day,"A Minor Point" was posted on the band's Myspace profile. [12] [13] Preceded by a promotional e-card and a stream of the whole album,Permanent Revolution was released on June 27,2006,through Victory Records. [7] [14] [15] A limited edition 7" vinyl of "Party Song (1917)" was released,available through pre-orders at Interpunk and FYE [16] In July and August 2006,the band appeared on the Summer of Ska Tour in the US and Canada,alongside Voodoo Glow Skulls,Big D and the Kids Table,Suburban Legends,and Westbound Train. [17] [18] Following this,they supported Less Than Jake on their headlining US tour until October 2006. [19] They closed out the year with five headlining East Coast shows,with support from Patent Pending,Bomb the Music Industry!,and Whole Wheat Bread. [20] In May 2007,they appeared at The Bamboozle festival. [21] At the end of the year,they went on tour with Patent Pending. [22]
All tracks are written by Ryan Eldred and Ian McKenzie unless otherwise noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Prologue" | 3:10 | |
2. | "The Spark (1902)" (The beginning of Trotsky's political activism) | 2:56 | |
3. | "Party Song (1917)" (Communists win control of Russia) | 2:44 | |
4. | "The Decembrists' Song (1921)" (Remembering of The Decembrists' Revolt) | 3:36 | |
5. | "A Minor Point (1922)" (Soviet Union founded) | 2:14 | |
6. | "On the Black Sea (1924)" (Lenin's death) | 3:39 | |
7. | "Bad Party (1927)" (Trotsky expelled from party) | Pat Calpin, Ryan Eldred and Ian McKenzie | 2:22 |
8. | "Alma Ata (1928)" (Stalin takes control) | Ryan Eldred/Pat Kays/Ian McKenzie | 3:29 |
9. | "The Purge (1936)" (Stalin gains absolute power by killing any who oppose him) | 2:37 | |
10. | "Opportunity (1940)" (Trotsky is exiled from the Soviet Union, then assassinated by a Soviet agent.) | 2:37 | |
11. | "Epilogue" | Ryan Eldred/Pat Kays/Ian McKenzie | 3:27 |