Tyranny (The Voidz album)

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The record's called Tyranny, and that's sort of what it's about, Casablancas says: rapacious oil companies and a not-so-free press and environmental depredation. Money. Health care. Nightmares. The moon. "It's not very sexy to talk about these things, especially in a place like America, where things are, like, the best. But it just feels like we’re inside that Versailles bubble, you know?" [19]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Julian Casablancas, except where noted [5]

Tyranny
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Studio album by
Julian Casablancas + The Voidz
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2014
Recorded2013–2014
StudioLabyrinth, NYC [1]
Genre
Length62:25
Label Cult
Producer Shawn Everett
The Voidz chronology
Tyranny
(2014)		 Virtue
(2018)
Alternate album cover
The Voidz's alternate album cover for Tyranny.jpg
No.TitleLength
1."Take Me in Your Army" (Jake Bercovici, Casablancas)4:20
2."Crunch Punch"4:50
3."M.utually A.ssured D.estruction"2:31
4."Human Sadness" (Alex Carapetis, Casablancas)10:56
5."Where No Eagles Fly" (Bercovici, Casablancas)3:44
6."Father Electricity"7:23
7."Johan Von Bronx"5:58
8."Business Dog" (Casablancas, Jeramy Gritter)2:35
9."Xerox"5:01
10."Dare I Care"6:07
11."Nintendo Blood"5:53
12."Off to War..."3:17
Total length:1:02:25

Personnel

Production and others

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [20] 176
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [21] 128
French Albums (SNEP) [22] 90
US Billboard 200 39
US Billboard Alternative Albums 2
US Billboard Rock Albums 10

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