Friendly Fa$cism
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Friendly Fa$cism is a full-length album by industrial/hip hop artists Consolidated, released in 1991.[1][2]
"Brutal Equation" and "Unity of Oppression" were alternative rock hits on MTV.[3] The album peaked at #6 on the CMJ Radio Top 150.[4]
The name comes from Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America, the title of a 1980 book by political scientist Bertram Gross[5] which lays out the form of "creeping fascism" that Gross feared might come to pass in the United States.
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "the insufferably self-righteous tone makes the disc hard to endure."[1] Alternative Rock called the album "a hard-hitting soundtrack of hip-hop, funk, soul, and hard rock.[3]
Track listing (CD)
- "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
- "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