Where Quantity Is Job Number 1

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Where Quantity Is Job #1
Propagandhi - Where Quantity Is Job Number 1 cover.jpg
Original cover art
Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 15, 1998
Recordedc. 1989–c. 1996
Genre Punk rock
Length75:51
Label G7 Welcoming Committee Records
Propagandhi chronology
Less Talk, More Rock
(1996)
Where Quantity Is Job #1
(1998)
Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes
(2001)
Alternative cover
Propagandhi - Where Quantity Is Job Number 1 re-release cover.jpg
Re-release cover

Where Quantity Is Job #1 is an album by the punk rock band Propagandhi, released on November 15, 1998. It is a compilation of rare, out-of-print, live, and demo recordings, as well as Propagandhi's half of I'd Rather Be Flag-Burning , a 10" split with I Spy.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Mutual Friend" – 0:45
  2. "Instrumental" – 0:29 (also known as "... Little Ditty")
  3. "And We Thought Nation States Were a Bad Idea" – 2:27
  4. "Utter Crap Song" – 1:27
  5. "Oka Everywhere" – 2:19
  6. "Noam Chomsky" – 0:32 (also known as "Chomsky Being Smart")
  7. "Hallie Does Hebron" – 3:31
  8. "Homophobes Are Just Mad Cuz They Can't Get Laid" – 1:41
  9. "True" (Jim Mankey, Johnette Napolitano) – 1:40
  10. "Todd's Incredibly Professional Station ID for 4ZZZ Brisbane" – 0:17
  11. "Contest Song" – 2:14
  12. "Firestorm, My Ass" – 1:02
  13. "Refusing to Be a Man" (different studio version) – 3:14
  14. "Resisting Tyrannical Government" (different studio version) – 2:25
  15. "Laplante Song" (live) – 1:48
  16. "Leg-Hold Trap" (live) – 4:37
  17. "Laplante/Smith Song" (live) – 3:00
  18. "White, Proud and Stupid" – 3:19
  19. "Fine Day" – 2:53
  20. "Stand Up and Be Counted" (Conrad Lant, Jeffrey Dunn) – 4:36
  21. "Pigs Will Pay" (live) – 2:13
  22. "Government Cartoons" (live) – 3:32
  23. "Anti-Manifesto" (live) – 4:00
  24. "Less Talk, More Rock" (live) – 1:36
  25. "Gamble" (live) (Ron Hawkins) – 4:20
  26. "Ska Sucks" (live) – 1:48
  27. "Bent" (Sudden Impact cover) – 2:12
  28. "Degrassi Junior High Drop-Outs" – 1:36
  29. "Hidden Curriculum" – 1:04
  30. "The Van Lament" – 3:49

Album notes

The first seven tracks appeared on I'd Rather Be Flag-Burning in 1995, a 10" split with I Spy. Tracks 1 to 5, and track 7 were recorded and mixed over two days (date unknown) at God of Thunder Studios (a laundry room) [1] by Paul James, Tim Clarke, and Chris Brett. A slightly different version of Track 3 had previously appeared as "Nation States" on the 1996 Fat Wreck Chords compilation Fat Music, Vol. II: Survival of the Fattest , and as "...And We Thought Nation States Were a Bad Idea" on their second studio album, Less Talk, More Rock .

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References

  1. "Digital liner notes for Where Quantity Is Job #1" (pdf). G7 Welcoming Committee Records.