Friendly Fa$cism
Studio album by
Consolidated
Released1991
RecordedRazors Edge, November 1990 - January 1991
GenreIndustrial hip hop
Length64:26
LabelNettwerk Records
ProducerConsolidated
Consolidated chronology
The Myth of Rock
(1990)		 Friendly Fa$cism
(1991)		 Play More Music
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB−[2]

Friendly Fa$cism is a full-length album by industrial/hip hop artists Consolidated, released in 1991.[3][4]

"Brutal Equation" and "Unity of Oppression" were alternative rock hits on MTV.[5] The album peaked at #6 on the CMJ Radio Top 150.[6]

The name comes from Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America, the title of a 1980 book by political scientist Bertram Gross[7] 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."[3] Alternative Rock called the album "a hard-hitting soundtrack of hip-hop, funk, soul, and hard rock.[5]

Track listing (CD)

  1. "Zero" – 0:21
  2. "Brutal Equation" – 4:13
  3. "Our Leader" – 1:01
  4. "Unity Of Oppression" – 4:01
  5. "The Sexual Politics Of Meat" – 3:43
  6. "Typical Male" – 5:18
  7. "Entertainment Tonight" – 0:40
  8. "Dominion" – 4:04
  9. "Friendly Fascism" – 5:01
  10. "College Radio" – 1:27
  11. "We Gotta Have Peace" – 3:30
  12. "Meat Kills" – 3:34
  13. "Stoned" – 6:54
  14. "Your Body Belongs To The State" – 1:49
  15. "Crusading Rap Guys" – 5:29
  16. "Murder One" – 2:52
  17. "White American Male '91 (The Truth Hurts) Part 2" – 5:12
  18. "Music Has No Meaning" – 5:17

Track listing (Vinyl)

Side One

  1. "Zero" – 0:21
  2. "Brutal Equation" – 4:13
  3. "Our Leader" – 1:01
  4. "Unity Of Oppression" – 4:01
  5. "The Sexual Politics Of Meat" – 3:43
  6. "Typical Male" – 5:18
  7. "Entertainment Tonight" – 0:40
  8. "Friendly Fascism" – 5:01

Side Two

  1. "We Gotta Have Peace" – 3:30
  2. "Meat Kills" – 3:34
  3. "Stoned" – 6:54
  4. "White American Male '91 (The Truth Hurts) Part 2" – 5:12
  5. "Music Has No Meaning" – 5:17

References

  1. ↑ "Friendly Fa$cism - Consolidated | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 275". www.robertchristgau.com.
  3. 1 2 "Consolidated".
  4. ↑ Dery, Mark (July 14, 1991). "Record Brief". The New York Times.
  5. 1 2 Thompson, Dave (June 14, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Glaser, Mark, ed. (12 July 1991). "CMJ Radio Top 150" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc. 27 (244): 17–18. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (July 5, 1991). "DANCE FACTORIES IN INDUSTRIAL MUSIC" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
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