Situationist Comedy

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Situationist Comedy
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 4, 2002
Genre
Length33:58
Label Fat Wreck Chords [3]
Dillinger Four chronology
Versus God
(2000)
Situationist Comedy
(2002)
Civil War
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork Media 7.4/10 [1]

Situationist Comedy is an album by Dillinger Four, released in 2002. [2] [5]

The song title "Sell the House Sell the Car Sell the Kids Find Someone Else Forget It I'm Never Coming Back Forget It" is a reference to the film Apocalypse Now .

Track listing

  1. "Noble Stabbings!!" - 3:20
  2. "A Floater Left with Pleasure in the Executive Washroom." - 2:37
  3. "Fuzzy Pink Hand-Cuffs" - 2:09
  4. "The Father, the Son, and the Homosexual/Single Parent" - 2:04
  5. "Sell the House Sell the Car Sell the Kids Find Someone Else Forget It I'm Never Coming Back Forget It" - 2:02
  6. "Folk Song." - 2:27
  7. "Fired-Side Chat" - 2:56
  8. "'I Was Born on a Pirate Ship' (Hold Your Tongue)" - 2:36
  9. "D4=Putting the 'F' Back in 'Art'" - 2:12
  10. "All Rise for the Rational Anthem" - 2:15
  11. "Labour Issues in the Toy Department" - 3:45
  12. "File Under 'Adult Urban Contemporary'" - 2:36
  13. "New Punk Fashions for the Spring Formal" - 2:59

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