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Originally released : 04-04-2000
Release date : 02-26-2004
Album name : WYSIWYG
Artist : Chumbawamba
Ripped by : paralysis
Genre : Rock
Label : Universal
Encoding Software : Lame EOS
Quality : --alt-preset standard
Tracks : 22
Size of Files : 69,3 MB
─ Track list ───────────────────────────────────────── ─── ─ ─
01 02:56 I'm With Stupid
02 01:53 Shake Baby Shake
03 03:24 Pass It Along
04 01:58 Hey Hey We're The Junkies
05 01:08 The Health And Happiness Show
06 02:47 I'm Coming Out
07 02:30 I'm In Trouble Again
08 01:08 Social Dogma
09 01:35 Www Dot
10 01:57 New York Mining Disaster 1941
11 03:03 I'm Not Sorry, I Was Having Fun
12 02:57 Jesus In Vegas
13 01:33 The Standing Still
14 03:12 She's Got All The Friends
15 01:24 Ladies For Compassionate Lynching
16 03:14 Celebration, Florida
17 00:26 Moses With A Gun
18 00:49 The Physical Impossibility Of Death In The Mind Of Je
19 02:31 Smart Bomb
20 00:21 Knickers
21 02:33 Lie Lie Lie Lie
22 04:30 Dumbing Down
Total time: 47:49 min
─ Release notes ─────────────────────────────────────── ─── ─ ─
Nearly everyone that was seduced by Chumbawamba's
irresistible "Tubthumping" wasn't aware that the band
had not only kicked around for over decade, but that
they were politically active, social satirists with a
penchant for anarchy, both in their politics and music.
Of course, nobody would be able to discern that from
"Tubtumping," since its send-up of lads shouting
"lager, lager, lager" was so accurate that it appealed
to the very audience it was spoofing. Still, it was a
terrific pop single, and it broke down the doors for
the group in America, where Alice Temple made headlines
when she encouraged fans to shoplift their record. If
America was amused by Chumbawamba and their antics, the
band was even more amused, even befuddled, by the U.S.
ù so much so that they decided to make What You See Is
What You Get, their sequel to Tubthumping, a snapshot
of their view of the land of excess. Consisting of 22
songs in under 48 minutes, WYSIWYG is as fast and
furious and saturated with pop culture ù just like life
at the end of the 20th century. Every song moves so
fast that the album initially seems a bit like a blur,
albeit a tuneful, clever blur. The very brevity of the
tracks guarantees that there isn't a track here as
chart-friendly as Chumbawamba's fluke hit, but there
are plenty of melodies and catchy hooks here ù they
just happen to be pieced together like a collage with a
bunch of sound samples, found sounds, snippets of
television, spoken words, drum loops, and the like,
with all of it folding back onto itself in the second
half of the record. As social satirists, the group is a
little obvious this time around ù "Hey Hey We're the
Junkies" is set to the tune of "Hey Hey We're the
Monkees," "Pass it Along" sends up Microsoft's slogan
"Where Do You Want to Go Today," the 1999 Woodstock
riots are justified by "I'm Not Sorry, I Was Having
Fun," there are shout-outs to "any Branch Davidians in
the house" on "Jesus In Vegas," and they name-drop
Jerry Springer ù but maybe the point is that America is
a little obvious and superficial. Or maybe Chumbawamba
falls prey to the typical curse of Brits in America,
where they sit above the fray and comment bemusedly on
the antics of those silly Yanks (a criticism leveled at
everyone from Blur to Sam Mendes' Oscar-winning
American Beauty). Either way, it doesn't matter, since
WYSIWYG delivers far more than anyone could have
expected, especially anyone that considered the group
one-hit wonders. It may cover too much ground and be
too sprawling for tubthumpers, but it's pretty smart
and tuneful and often funny. It'll inevitably sound
dated, possibly just two years after its release, but
it's a pretty fun snapshot of the end of the American
century. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine; allmusic.com
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