13-Point Program to Destroy America

13-Point Program to Destroy America
13-Point Program to Destroy America
Studio album by Nation of Ulysses
Released	July 1, 1991
Recorded	January 1991, Inner Ear, Arlington, Virginia
Genres	Post-hardcore; hardcore punk;
Length	39:06
Label	Dischord
Producer	Ian MacKaye
Nation of Ulysses chronology

13-Point Program to Destroy America is the debut album by the American post-hardcore band Nation of Ulysses. The album's title is in reference to the Black Panther Party's Ten Point Program and J. Edgar Hoover's propaganda pamphlet "Red China's Secret Plan to Destroy America." The title of track No. 13 was inspired by Frank Sinatra's album Love Is a Kick.

Tracks 14–16 on the CD are not on the original album, and are taken from their 1991 self-titled 7" debut.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Trouser Press wrote that "singer Ian Svenonius (who doubles on occasional bleating trumpet) has a deeper, throaty quality to his delivery than most DC-style barkers — not quite a Stax/Volt Rollins but a striking combination of ardor and menace that elevates his breathless rage above mere harangue." The Washington Post called the album "so brattily self-conscious that only the ferocity of its attack keeps it from curdling."

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Spectra Sonic Sound"	2:34
2.	"Look Out! Soul Is Back!"	1:38
3.	"Today I Met the Girl I'm Going to Marry"	1:47
4.	"Ulythium"	2:02
5.	"Cool Senior High School Fight"	1:40
6.	"A Kid Who Tells On Another Kid Is a Dead Kid"	1:43
7.	"Diphtheria"	4:15
8.	"Aspirin Kid"	5:13
9.	"Hot Chocolate City(Yeah!)"	1:43
10.	"P. Power"	1:47
11.	"You're My Miss Washington, D.C."	2:22
12.	"Target: U.S.A."	1:44
13.	"Love Is a Bull Market"	2:50
14.	"The Sound of Young America"	2:31
15.	"Channel One Ulysses"	3:22
16.	"Atom Bomb"	2:00
Total length:		31:25

References

↑ Jeff Terich. August 30, 2012. 10 Essential ’90s Post-Hardcore Albums. Treble Zine
↑ "Nation Of Ulysses - 13 Point Program to Destroy America (057)". Dischord Records.
↑ Arthur, Nicole (July 29, 1992). "Nation of Ulysses". The Washington Post.
↑ "The Nation of Ulysses | Biography & History". AllMusic.
↑ "22 years later, Nation of Ulysses is still a band built for today's tumultuous times". The A.V. Club.
↑ Danger Mike, Jesse Rockoff (DJ Mark Foley), Ian Svenonius (October 3, 2006). "10-3-06 Ian Svenonius / The Make-Up". Dissonance. Washington, D.C. Radio CPR. 97.5 FM.
↑ Gentry, Brandon. 13-Point Program to Destroy America AllMusic Retrieved on 2011-05-06.
↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 125.
↑ "Nation of Ulysses". Trouser Press. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
↑ Jenkins, Mark (January 15, 1992). "Recordings". The Washington Post.

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[1] Jeff Terich. August 30, 2012. 10 Essential ’90s Post-Hardcore Albums. Treble Zine

[2] "Nation Of Ulysses - 13 Point Program to Destroy America (057)". Dischord Records.

[3] Arthur, Nicole (July 29, 1992). "Nation of Ulysses". The Washington Post.

[4] "The Nation of Ulysses | Biography & History". AllMusic.

[5] "22 years later, Nation of Ulysses is still a band built for today's tumultuous times". The A.V. Club.

[Dissonance-6] Danger Mike, Jesse Rockoff (DJ Mark Foley), Ian Svenonius (October 3, 2006). "10-3-06 Ian Svenonius / The Make-Up". Dissonance. Washington, D.C. Radio CPR. 97.5 FM.

[7] Gentry, Brandon. 13-Point Program to Destroy America AllMusic Retrieved on 2011-05-06.

[CL-8] Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 125.

[TP-9] "Nation of Ulysses". Trouser Press. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

[10] Jenkins, Mark (January 15, 1992). "Recordings". The Washington Post.