We Are All Prostitutes (album)

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We Are All Prostitutes
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Compilation album by
ReleasedApril 1998
Recorded1979
Genre Post-punk, experimental rock
Length35:53
Label Radar
The Pop Group chronology
We Are Time
(1980)
We Are All Prostitutes
(1998)
Idealists in Distress From Bristol
(2007)
Professional ratings
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We Are All Prostitutes is a compilation album by English post-punk band The Pop Group, released in April 1998 by Radar Records. It comprises tracks from the band's second album, the compilation We Are Time and the singles We Are All Prostitutes and Where There's a Will There's a Way .

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dan Catsis, Gareth Sager, Bruce Smith, Mark Stewart and John Waddington.

No.TitleLength
1."We Are All Prostitutes"3:13
2."Blind Faith"4:04
3."Justice"3:09
4."Amnesty Report"3:14
5."Feed the Hungry"4:16
6."Where There's a Will"5:18
7."Forces of Oppression"2:17
8."Spanish Inquisition"3:21
9."No Spectators"4:19
10."(Amnesty Report II)"2:42

Personnel

Adapted from the We Are All Prostitutes liner notes. [2]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 1998 Radar CD, LP SCAN 31

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References

  1. McFarlane, Dean. "The Pop Group: We Are All Prostitutes > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  2. We Are All Prostitutes (booklet). The Pop Group. London, United Kingdom: Radar Records. 1998.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)