The Last Post (album)

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The Last Post
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 9, 2007
Recordedcirca. 2006–2007
Genre Rock
Length61:15
Label Carbon Silicon Records
Producer Bill Price/Mick Jones
Carbon/Silicon chronology
The Magic Suitcase EP
(2007)
The Last Post
(2007)
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The Last Post is the first physical (CD) album released by Carbon/Silicon, preceded by the EPs The News and The Magic Suitcase. Released in 2007, the album consists of one new track and new Bill Price mixes of older tracks from previous download only releases A.T.O.M and Western Front .

Contents

A subsequent 2008 French version, [2] with new artwork, added two further tracks ("Ignore Alien Orders" and "I Loved You") and a second disc featuring the live set Live At Carbon Casino VII.

Track listing

All songs by Tony James and Mick Jones

  1. "The News" - 5:39
  2. "Magic Suitcase" - 4:26
  3. "The Whole Truth" - 4:42
  4. "Caesars Palace" - 5:28
  5. "Tell It Like It Is" - 5:09
  6. "War on Culture" - 6:03
  7. "What the Fuck" - 3:14
  8. "Acton Zulus" - 4:42
  9. "National Anthem" - 5:10
  10. "Really the Blues" - 5:30
  11. "Oilwell" - 5:55
  12. "Why Do Men Fight?" - 5:17
  13. "Ignore Alien Orders" - 5:41 (French version only)
  14. "I Loved You" - 4:30 (French version only)

Personnel

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References

  1. The Last Post at AllMusic
  2. "Carbon/Silicon – The Last Post (2008, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.