Pure Chewing Satisfaction

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Pure Chewing Satisfaction
Lard PureChewingSatisfaction.jpg
Studio album by
Released1997
RecordedMay 1990, 1991–1992, 1995–1997
StudioChicago Trax
Genre Industrial rock, hardcore punk, industrial metal
Length37:26
Label Alternative Tentacles [1]
Producer Hypo Luxa, Hermes Pan, Marshall Lawless
Lard chronology
The Last Temptation of Reid
(1990)
Pure Chewing Satisfaction
(1997)
70's Rock Must Die
(2000)

Pure Chewing Satisfaction is the second studio album by American band Lard, released in 1997. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram wrote that "the sound may be a repetitive industrial/metal grind (think Ministry's 'Just One Fix' times eight) but Biafra's rants are full of vitriol and sharp imagery." [4]

Track listing

All songs written by Biafra/Jourgensen/Barker/Rieflin except as noted.

  1. "War Pimp Renaissance" – 4:19
  2. "I Wanna Be a Drug-Sniffing Dog" (Biafra, Jourgensen, Barker, Ward) – 3:17
  3. "Moths" – 4:57
  4. "Generation Execute" – 5:42
  5. "Faith Hope and Treachery" – 3:56
  6. "Peeling Back the Foreskin of Liberty" – 5:11
  7. "Mangoat" (Biafra, Jourgensen, Barker, Scaccia, Svitek, Washam) – 5:05
  8. "Sidewinder" – 4:59

Personnel

Lard

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Pure Chewing Satisfaction
Chart (1997)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 77

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References

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  2. "TrouserPress.com :: Jello Biafra". www.trouserpress.com.
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  4. 1 2 Ferman, Dave (May 30, 1997). "Rock". Star Time. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 14.
  5. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 161.