The people or the gun

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The People Or The Gun
Studio album by Anti-Flag

Publication
(s)

June 9, 2009

Label (s) SideOneDummy

Genre (s)

Punk rock

Title (number)

11

running time

31 min 04 s

production

Anti flag

chronology
The Bright Lights Of America
(2008) 		The People Or The Gun The General Strike
(2012)

The People or the Gun is the seventh studio album of Pittsburgh political punk - band Anti-Flag . It was released on June 9, 2009 and is also their first album that Anti-Flag released on SideOneDummy after they released the two previous albums on major label RCA (a subsidiary of Sony BMG ). The album's first single, Sodom, Gomorrah, Washington DC , was released on Anti-Flags Myspace before the album was released .

content

With The People or The Gun , Anti-Flag oriented itself more towards older works such as B. The Terror State or Underground Network . The songs are mostly louder and less melodious than those on the previous two albums ( For Blood an Empire , The Bright Lights of America ). Those who bought The People Or The Gun on Amazon also received the free EP Which Side Are You On .

List of songs

  1. "Sodom, Gomorrah, Washington DC (Sheep in Shepherd's Clothing)" - 2:52
  2. "The Economy Is Suffering ... Let It Die" - 3:38
  3. "The Gre (A) t Depression" - 3:11
  4. "We Are The One" - 3:09
  5. "You Are Fired (Take This Job, Ah, Fuck It)" - 1:02
  6. "This Is The First Night" - 3:35
  7. "No War Without Warriors (How Do You Sleep?)" - 2:31
  8. "When All The Lights Go Out" - 3:11
  9. "On Independence Day" - 2:54
  10. "The Old Guard" - 4:20
  11. "Teenage Kennedy Lobotomy (Hidden Track)" - 1:07
  1. "Africom" - 3:35
  2. "The Weathermen Know Which Way The Wind Blows" - 2:45
  3. "Bring Down Their Wall Again" - 3:13
  4. "A Brief Misunderstanding Of The Kings And Queens" - 3:43

criticism

The People or the Gun received almost exclusively positive reviews from fans. In particular, the fact that Anti-Flag released their latest album on an indie label ( SideOneDummy ) and that it was also a very successful record in terms of both content and music was positively rated by many fans.

“Anti-Flag are no longer smooth and mass-compatible on their new work, but treat themselves to a good portion of dirt and appear liberated and focused. The record starts with an angry bang [...] Also, 'You Are Fired' is musically knocked on the ears and lyrically settles accounts with the music industry and the former financier [ Sony BMG ]. "

- Whiskey-Soda.de

“You don't have to write much about the new Anti-Flag record. The musical experiments like percussion elements are left out this time. The seventh studio album preserves Anti-Flag in its essence. Raw, tech-savvy, well-produced punk rock, not too "in the face", but still so hard that it can undoubtedly be described as "angry". "

- laut.de

Web links

References and comments

  1. ↑ Anti-Flag #band history .
  2. ↑ noisepress.com , accessed on 12 February, 2010.
  3. ↑ in-your-face.de ( Memento from May 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), CD review on The People or The Gun , accessed on February 12, 2010.
  4. ↑ artists.letssingit.com List of CD songs, accessed February 12, 2010.
  5. ↑ www.whiskey-soda.de ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  6. ↑ www.laut.de . Retrieved July 2, 2013.