''Friendly Fa$cism'' is a full-length
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Consolidated, released in 1991.
"Brutal Equation" and "Unity of Oppression" were alternative rock hits on MTV.
The album peaked at #6 on the
CMJ
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Radio Top 150.
The name comes from
''Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America'', the title of a 1980 book by political scientist
Bertram Gross which lays out the form of "creeping fascism" that Gross feared might come to pass in the United States.
Critical reception
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Trouser Press
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'' wrote that "the insufferably self-righteous tone makes the disc hard to endure."
''Alternative Rock'' called the album "a hard-hitting soundtrack of hip-hop, funk, soul, and hard rock.
Track listing (CD)
# "Zero" – 0:21
# "Brutal Equation" – 4:13
# "Our Leader" – 1:01
# "Unity Of Oppression" – 4:01
# "
The Sexual Politics Of Meat
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" – 3:43
# "Typical Male" – 5:18
# "Entertainment Tonight" – 0:40
# "Dominion" – 4:04
# "Friendly Fascism" – 5:01
# "College Radio" – 1:27
# "We Gotta Have Peace" – 3:30
# "Meat Kills" – 3:34
# "Stoned" – 6:54
# "Your Body Belongs To The State" – 1:49
# "Crusading Rap Guys" – 5:29
# "Murder One" – 2:52
# "White American Male '91 (The Truth Hurts) Part 2" – 5:12
# "Music Has No Meaning" – 5:17
Track listing (Vinyl)
Side One
# "Zero" – 0:21
# "Brutal Equation" – 4:13
# "Our Leader" – 1:01
# "Unity Of Oppression" – 4:01
# "The Sexual Politics Of Meat" – 3:43
# "Typical Male" – 5:18
# "Entertainment Tonight" – 0:40
# "Friendly Fascism" – 5:01
Side Two
# "We Gotta Have Peace" – 3:30
# "Meat Kills" – 3:34
# "Stoned" – 6:54
# "White American Male '91 (The Truth Hurts) Part 2" – 5:12
# "Music Has No Meaning" – 5:17
References
1991 albums
Consolidated (band) albums
Anti-fascist music
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