Dirty Money, Dirty Tricks is the second studio album by a polish thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

 band Acid Drinkers

Acid Drinkers

Acid Drinkers are Polish thrash metal band formed in September 1986 in Poznań. Acid Drinkers were formed on September 21, 1986 consisting of Tomasz "Titus" Pukacki and Robert "Litza" Friedrich . The band's style from back then to present is thrash metal, with influences of heavy metal...

. It was recorded in Studio Giełda in February 1991. Interestingly. the band's former album, Are You a Rebel?

Are You a Rebel?

-Bonus Tracks:-Personnel:* Tomasz "Titus" Pukacki - vocals, bass guitar* Robert "Litza" Friedrich - backing vocals , guitar* Dariusz "Popcorn" Popowicz - guitar* Maciej "Ślimak" Starosta - drums* Music - Acid Drinkers* Engineered - Piotr Madziar...

, was still to be released in Poland in April. What is more, similarly to their former act, also Dirty Money, Dirty Tricks met its first release in Europe in June 1991. It was made available in Poland three months later.

The original idea of the album's title was Street Metal, but it was then changed into Dirty Money, Dirty Tricks. Its cover presents a guy in a hat labelled ACID put by Tomasz Dziubiński into money-producing meat grinder

Meat grinder

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. Both the title and the cover art represent the band's lack of financial satisfaction from their label.

This album is softer and mellower than Are You a Rebel? It also features much more humour, eg. in Yahoo like The best known tracks from this album are Street Rockin' and a cover of Deep Purple

Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...

's classic, Smoke on the Water.

Track listing

1. "Are You A Rebel?" - 2:58
2. "Too Many Cops" - 3:14
3. "Acid Drinker" - 4:40
4. "Smoke On The Water" (Deep Purple
   Deep Purple
   Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...
   
    cover) - 4:26
5. "Yahoo" - 1:09
6. "Max - He Was Here Again" - 3:35
7. "Ziomas" - 4:11
8. "Traditional Birthday" - 0:27
9. "Dirty Money, Dirty Tricks" - 2:58
10. "Angry And Bloody" - 3:29
11. "Street Rockin" - 4:05
12. "W.G.F.S. Power" - 3:38
13. "Don't Touch Me" - 3:34
14. "Zorba" - 0:25
15. "Flooded With Wine" - 4:11

Personnel

• Tomasz "Titus" Pukacki - vocals
  Singing
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  , bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Robert "Litza" Friedrich - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Darek "Popcorn" Popowicz - guitar
• Maciej "Ślimak" Starosta - drums
  Drum kit
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