Anarchy is a 1994 album by anarcho-punk

Anarcho-punk

Anarcho-punk is punk rock that promotes anarchism. The term anarcho-punk is sometimes applied exclusively to bands that were part of the original anarcho-punk movement in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and early 1980s...

 band

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 Chumbawamba

Chumbawamba

Chumbawamba is a British musical group who have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock, pop-influenced music, world music, and folk music...

. Many of the tracks address specific social problems, such as homophobia

Homophobia

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, strikes

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 or fascism

Fascism

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.

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.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Chumbawamba except where indicated

1. "Give the Anarchist a Cigarette" – 4:07
2. "Timebomb
   Timebomb (Chumbawamba song)
   "Timebomb" is a single from Chumbawamba's album Anarchy. It reached #59 on UK Charts in 1993. It was supported by a music video which can be seen...
   
   " – 3:40
3. "Homophobia" – 2:31 (Melody trad.)
4. "On Being Pushed" – 0:31
5. "Heaven/Hell" – 2:26 (Melody trad., from Hungarian folk tune "Hidegen")
6. "Love Me" – 3:51
7. "Georgina" – 2:26
8. "Doh!" – 0:20
9. "Blackpool Rock" – 0:28
10. "This Year's Thing" – 4:04
11. "Mouthful of Shit" – 3:45
12. "Never Do What You Are Told" – 1:22
13. "Bad Dog" – 4:31
14. "Enough Is Enough
    Enough is Enough (song)
    Enough Is Enough is an anti-fascism single from Chumbawamba & Credit to the Nation, on Chumbawamba's album Anarchy. It reached #56 on UK charts in 1993 and was supported by a music video, which can be seen ....
    
    " – 4:34 (Chumbawamba/MC Fusion
    Credit to the Nation
    Credit to the Nation are an English hip hop outfit, who had chart success in the 1990s.-Career:Formed by Matthew David Hanson aka MC Fusion , with his dancers, Tyrone and Kelvin , Credit to the Nation released their first single through Chumbawamba's label Agit Pop in September 1991 entitled "Pay...
    
    )
15. "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
  Bob Dylan
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  . The title comes from a scene in the Bob Dylan documentary Dont Look Back
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   where Dylan's manager, Albert Grossman
  Albert Grossman
  Albert Bernard Grossman was an American entrepreneur and manager in the American folk music scene and rock and roll. He was most famous as the manager of Bob Dylan between 1962 and 1970.-Biography:...
  
   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
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   in their song "TH9".
• The lyrics to Georgina reference the Peter Greenaway
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   movie The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
  The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
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Personnel

• Harry
• Danbert Nobacon
  Danbert Nobacon
  Danbert Nobacon was a vocalist and occasional keyboard player in the Leeds based anarchist band Chumbawamba...
  
  
• Paul Greco
• Louise Mary Watts
• Dunst
• Boff
  Boff Whalley
  Allan Mark "Boff" Whalley is the lead guitarist for the band Chumbawamba.-Early life and education:Whalley was born Allan Mark Whalley in 1961 in Burnley, Lancashire...
  
  
• Alice Nutter
  Alice Nutter (writer)
  -Early life:She was born Anne Nutter in Burnley, Lancashire and attended Towneley High School.-Writing:Nutter is currently a scriptwriter for theatre, radio and TV. Her theatre work includes Foxes at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and Where's Vietnam? for Red Ladder theatre company at West...
  
  
• Mavis Dillon

With

• Neil Ferguson
• MC Fusion
  Credit to the Nation
  Credit to the Nation are an English hip hop outfit, who had chart success in the 1990s.-Career:Formed by Matthew David Hanson aka MC Fusion , with his dancers, Tyrone and Kelvin , Credit to the Nation released their first single through Chumbawamba's label Agit Pop in September 1991 entitled "Pay...
  
  

'Others

• Simon "Commonknowledge" Lanzon - Accordion
• Kerry and Casey - "Georgina" intro
• Geoff Reid - Mandolin