Friendly Fa$cism

Friendly Fa$cism
Studio album by
Consolidated
Released1991
RecordedNovember 1990 - January 1991
StudioRazors Edge
GenreIndustrial hip hop
Length64:26
LabelNettwerk
ProducerConsolidated
Consolidated chronology
The Myth of Rock
(1990)		 Friendly Fa$cism
(1991)		 Play More Music
(1992)

Friendly Fa$cism is a full-length album by industrial/hip hop artists Consolidated, released in 1991.

"Brutal Equation" and "Unity of Oppression" were alternative rock hits on MTV. The album peaked at No. 6 on the CMJ Radio Top 150.

The name comes from Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America, the title of a 1980 book by political scientist Bertram Gross which lays out the form of "creeping fascism" that Gross feared might come to pass in the United States.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar
Robert ChristgauB−

Trouser Press wrote that "the insufferably self-righteous tone makes the disc hard to endure." Alternative Rock called the album "a hard-hitting soundtrack of hip-hop, funk, soul, and hard rock.

Track listing (CD)

  1. "Zero" – 0:21
  2. "Brutal Equation" – 4:13
  3. "Our Leader" – 1:01
  4. "Unity of Oppression" – 4:01
  5. "The Sexual Politics of Meat" – 3:43
  6. "Typical Male" – 5:18
  7. "Entertainment Tonight" – 0:40
  8. "Dominion" – 4:04
  9. "Friendly Fascism" – 5:01
  10. "College Radio" – 1:27
  11. "We Gotta Have Peace" – 3:30
  12. "Meat Kills" – 3:34
  13. "Stoned" – 6:54
  14. "Your Body Belongs to the State" – 1:49
  15. "Crusading Rap Guys" – 5:29
  16. "Murder One" – 2:52
  17. "White American Male '91 (The Truth Hurts) Part 2" – 5:12
  18. "Music Has No Meaning" – 5:17

Track listing (Vinyl)

Side one

  1. "Zero" – 0:21
  2. "Brutal Equation" – 4:13
  3. "Our Leader" – 1:01
  4. "Unity of Oppression" – 4:01
  5. "The Sexual Politics of Meat" – 3:43
  6. "Typical Male" – 5:18
  7. "Entertainment Tonight" – 0:40
  8. "Friendly Fascism" – 5:01

Side two

  1. "We Gotta Have Peace" – 3:30
  2. "Meat Kills" – 3:34
  3. "Stoned" – 6:54
  4. "White American Male '91 (The Truth Hurts) Part 2" – 5:12
  5. "Music Has No Meaning" – 5:17

References

  1. 1 2 "Consolidated".
  2. ↑ Dery, Mark (July 14, 1991). "Record Brief". The New York Times.
  3. 1 2 Thompson, Dave (June 14, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Glaser, Mark, ed. (July 12, 1991). "CMJ Radio Top 150" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 27 (244). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 17–18. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  5. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (July 5, 1991). "Dance Factories in Industrial Music". The Washington Post.
  6. ↑ "Friendly Fa$cism - Consolidated | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  7. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 275". www.robertchristgau.com.