Anarchy (Chumbawamba album)

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Released 25 April 1994 Length 41:32 Artist Chumbawamba Producer Neil Ferguson Genres Pop music, Anarcho-punk		Recorded January 1994 Anarchy(1994) Showbusiness!(1994) Release date 25 April 1994 Label One Little Indian Records

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Anarchy is the sixth studio album by anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba. Many of the tracks address specific social issues, such as homophobia, strikes or fascism.

Its graphic cover, depicting a baby's head emerging from a vagina caused the record to be banned from some shops and stocked in plain sleeves in others. The iTunes version of the album replaces the baby picture with a painting of several flowers.

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Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Chumbawamba except where indicated

"Give the Anarchist a Cigarette" – 4:07
"Timebomb" – 3:40
"Homophobia" – 2:31 (Melody trad.)
"On Being Pushed" – 0:31
"Heaven/Hell" – 2:26 (Melody trad., from Hungarian folk tune "Hidegen")
"Love Me" – 3:51
"Georgina" – 2:26
"Doh!" – 0:20
"Blackpool Rock" – 0:28
"This Year's Thing" – 4:04
"Mouthful of Shit" – 3:45
"Never Do What You Are Told" – 1:22
"Bad Dog" – 4:31
"Enough Is Enough" – 4:34 (Chumbawamba/MC Fusion)
"Rage" – 2:50

Secret track "Timebomb" (vocals by Jimmy Echo)

All songs produced and engineered by Chumbawamba and Neil Ferguson

Song details

Give The Anarchist A Cigarette is a song about Bob Dylan. The title comes from a scene in the Bob Dylan documentary Dont Look Back where Dylan's manager, Albert Grossman tells Dylan "They're calling you an anarchist now", to which Dylan replies "Give the anarchist a cigarette".

The line "give the fascist man a gunshot" from Enough is Enough was referenced by Asian Dub Foundation in their song "TH9".

The lyrics to Georgina reference the Peter Greenaway movie The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The title to the track "Doh!" is named after the catchprase used by the fictional character Homer Simpson. The catchphrase is heard at the end of the track.