The Anarchy and the Ecstasy

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The Anarchy and the Ecstasy
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ReleasedMarch 15, 2011
Recorded2010
Genre Punk
Length34:58
Label Chunksaah Records
Producer Dan Shatzky
World/Inferno Friendship Society chronology
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The Anarchy and the Ecstasy is an album released by the World/Inferno Friendship Society on March 15, 2011. [3] It is their fifth full-length album. Three members left the group between the previous release and Anarchy. [4]

Before the album's release, many demos were available online. Jack Terricloth commented, "I couldn't care less about the demos. Songs want to be free. Songs want you to whistle them!" [5] Musically, this album is more eclectic than most of their previous work, with significant bluegrass influence. [5]

The lead singer, Jack Terricloth, has claimed the title of the album was taken from a William Butler Yeats poem, but does not identify which one. [5]

Track listing

  1. "I Am Sick of People Being Sick of My Shit"
  2. "The Disarming Smile"
  3. "Canonize Philip K. Dick, Ok"
  4. "Thirteen Years Without Peter King"
  5. "They Talk of Nora's Badness"
  6. "The Politics of Passing Out"
  7. "Jake and Eggers"
  8. "Lean Times for Heroes"
  9. "The Apple Was Eve"
  10. "The Mighty Raritan"

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