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- Date Released: January 1, 1992
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative, Indie Rock
- Label: Dischord Records
You either hated or loved Nation of Ulysses.
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We Say...
You either hated or loved Nation of Ulysses. I did plenty of both, hating one of the upper middle class's all-time sketchiest appropriations of Black Power/Nation of Islam imagery and loving that ungodly flailing sound and a live show that changed anyone who saw them. Noisier and more focused than their beloved debut, 13 Point Program to Destroy America, Plays is NOU's recorded apex. Everything here feels turned up to 11: the post-Ornette suits, the post-Mod garage riffs at mach speed, the post-hardcore tempos, Ian Svenonius screaming archly post-Situationist, spot-the-reference lyrics. Ironically, the band whose burning wail appropriated so relentlessly from the past was ripped off without mercy for most of the '90s by flail-core acts both decent (Frodus, the Blood Brothers, pretty much anybody on Gravity Records) and dire (what’s up, Refused). Somewhere a band is stealing from NOU right now.
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They Say...
This is genius. This is a revolution, of both thought and sound. The Nation of Ulysses is unmatchable by any band ever; they have created a dialectic, a movement, and a youthful assault of the mind and senses. Like Greek to a Caucasian child, most will never understand even partially the spirit that lurks in these movements for it is about something higher than mere music. There is something that moves beyond the lingoes of "The Aspirin Kid" Ian Svenonious, the complicated scriptures that fill the liner notes, the infamous reputations of insane and overwhelming live performance. A warped hybrid synthesis of trashy garage rock, spastic jazz, and creative freedoms. Languages created and swallowed amidst the words and discordant melodies. Full of fervor, anger, wit, and remorse. Solid spastic percussion, swirling distorted guitars, droning bass, and swollen horns. Rambling exploding vocals spitting words of animosity and love, of rebellion and unity, of awakening and medicine. The Nation of Ulysses must prevail."
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N-Sub Ulysses |
3:30 |
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| 02. | |
A Comment on Ritual |
2:26 |
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| 03. | |
The Hickey Underworld |
2:50 |
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| 04. | |
Perpetual Motion Machine |
2:30 |
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| 05. | |
N.O.U. Future Vision Hypothesis |
3:08 |
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| 06. | |
50,000 Watts of Goodwill |
4:05 |
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| 07. | |
Maniac Dragstrip |
2:59 |
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| 08. | |
Last Train to Cool |
3:27 |
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| 09. | |
Shakedown |
3:27 |
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| 10. | |
Mockingbird, Yeah! |
2:58 |
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| 11. | |
Depression III |
3:27 |
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| 12. | |
S.S. Exploder |
2:27 |
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| 13. | |
Kingdom of Heaven Must Be Taken by Storm |
2:18 |
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| 14. | |
The Sound of Jazz to Come |
4:47 |
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N.O.U.S.P.T.D.A. |
2:51 |
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| 16. | |
Presidents of Vice |
2:34 |
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16 Total Tracks, 49:44 Total Length
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Credits
- The Nation of Ulysses - Main Performer // Tim Green - ? // Steve Raskin - Graphic Assembly // Don Zientara - Engineer // Ian MacKaye - Producer // John Falls - Photography // Peter Hayes - Graphic Assembly // Steve Gamboa - ? // Ian Svenonius - ? // Ulysses - Design // Wild Don Lewis - Cover Photo // Steve Kroner - ? // James Canty - ?
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