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- Date Released: October 27, 1998
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Punk, Indie Rock
- Label: Burning Heart / Epitaph
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We Say...
The music of Refused, a post-hardcore quintet from Sweden, works with an ideological purity unattainable in these so-called United States. On the uncompromising Shape of Punk to Come, the lyrics, music, packaging, fashion and probably even the guitar picks carry the same message: f**k capitalism, let's see how socialism compliments these cool paramilitary outfits we're wearing. And as this frenetic and fantastic album makes clear, this isn't a glass-pipe dream — Refused truly aim for a permanent revolution. Or aimed — shortly after this release (and its poli-sci minor hit, "Liberation Frequency"), the band splintered into the mod-ish (International) Noise Conspiracy and the experimental Text, neither of whom can touch this album's naked sprawl, in which shrieking vocals pump fists with upright-bass bop, slowcore and hardcore swap pamphlets and everyone except the capitalist pigs gets laid. "Summerholidays Vs. Punkroutine" is wonderfully skewed pop-punk, "New Noise" heartily delivers its title's promise, the title track gives Fugazi a metal edge and "Protest Song '68" imagines what Rage Against the Machine tried to do, minus the commercial aspirations. Refused clearly felt conflicted about their own, albeit minor, role in the capitalist system, and here that tension found stunning release.
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They Say...
Many who listen to this album will say "Hey, this isn't punk" after not finding the power chords and 1-4-5 structures that they associate with poppy skate rock bands like NOFX and Lagwagon, but this is what revolution is all about. Taking a industry of specifications and expectations and turning it fully on its head, yet holding on to some semblance of what once was. Refused are pure innovation and passion spouting Nation of Ulysses-esque doctrine while fusing together the bite and flavor of fist-raised, Dillinger Escape Plan-style hardcore with ambient textures, jazz breakdowns, and other such deviations. Choppy, beautiful movements, choked thoughts, and feelings of elevation. This is what punk is all about friends, although to the common ear it may not sound like it -- and that is precisely one of the reasons why it is so potent.
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| 01. |  |
Worms Of The Senses / Faculties Of The Skull |
7:05 |
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| 02. | |
Liberation Frequency |
4:08 |
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| 03. | |
The Deadly Rythm |
3:34 |
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| 04. | |
Summer Holidays Vs. Punkroutine |
4:01 |
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| 05. | |
Bruitist Pome #5 |
1:25 |
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| 06. | |
New Noise |
5:08 |
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| 07. | |
The Refused Party Program |
2:38 |
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| 08. | |
Protest Song '68 |
4:32 |
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| 09. | |
Refused Are Fuckin Dead |
5:08 |
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| 10. | |
The Shape Of Punk To Come |
5:06 |
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| 11. | |
Tannhduser / Derivh |
8:07 |
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| 12. | |
The Apollo Programme Was A Hoax |
4:16 |
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12 Total Tracks, 55:08 Total Length
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Credits
- Refused - Group // Refused - Producer // Refused - Engineer // Refused - Main Performer // Refused - Mastering // Refused - Mixing // Pelle Henricsson - Tambourine // Pelle Henricsson - Producer // Pelle Henricsson - Engineer // Pelle Henricsson - Mastering // Pelle Henricsson - Mixing // Pelle Henricsson - Surround Mix // Eskil Lovstrom - Producer // Eskil Lovstrom - Engineer // Eskil Lovstrom - Mastering // Eskil Lovstrom - Mixing // Eskil Lovstrom - Surround Mix // Kristofer Steen - Bass // Kristofer Steen - Guitar // Kristofer Steen - Drums // Kristofer Steen - ? // Axel Stattin - Photography // Dennis Lyxzén - Vocals // Dennis Lyxzén - ? // Dennis Lyxzén - Art Direction // Dennis Lyxzén - Layout // David Sandström - Guitar // David Sandström - Drums // David Sandström - Melodica // David Sandström - Surround Mix // Ulf Nyberg - Photography // Jon Brännström - Guitar // Jon Brännström - Producer // Jon Brännström - Sampling // Jon Brännström - Surround Mix // Andreas Nilsson - Bass // Andreas Nilsson - Producer // Andreas Nilsson - Engineer // Andreas Nilsson - Mastering // Andreas Nilsson - Mixing // Andreas Nilsson - Sound Technician // Magnus Björklund - Bass // Magnus Björklund - Cello // Torbjörn Näsbom - Violin // Jakob Munck - Bass (Upright) // Jon ? - Guitar // Jon ? - Sampling
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