Potemkin City Limits
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Potemkin City Limits is the fourth full length album
by the Canadian band Propagandhi
, released on October 18, 2005. It was released on the band's own G7 Welcoming Committee Records
label in Canada, and Fat Wreck Chords
elsewhere.
The title of the album is an allusion to Potemkin village
, a political term referring to a false construct intended to hide an undesirable situation.
The opening track, "A Speculative Fiction," won the first annual ECHO Songwriting Prize from the Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada
(SOCAN). The band pledged to use the $5000 prize to make donations to the Haiti Action Network and The Welcome Place, an organization in Winnipeg (which they'd previously done volunteer work for) which helps refugees start new lives in Manitoba.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by the Canadian band Propagandhi
Propagandhi
Propagandhi is a Canadian punk band formed in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1986 by Chris Hannah and Jord Samolesky. The band is currently located in Winnipeg, Manitoba....
, released on October 18, 2005. It was released on the band's own G7 Welcoming Committee Records
G7 Welcoming Committee Records
G7 Welcoming Committee Records is a Canadian independent record label started by Chris Hannah and Jord Samolesky of punk band Propagandhi, and their friend Regal in 1997...
label in Canada, and Fat Wreck Chords
Fat Wreck Chords
Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock. It was started by Fat Mike and his ex-wife, Erin, in 1990....
elsewhere.
The title of the album is an allusion to Potemkin village
Potemkin village
Potemkin villages or Potyomkin villages is an idiom based on a historical myth. According to the myth, there were fake settlements purportedly erected at the direction of Russian minister Grigory Potemkin to fool Empress Catherine II during her visit to Crimea in 1787...
, a political term referring to a false construct intended to hide an undesirable situation.
The opening track, "A Speculative Fiction," won the first annual ECHO Songwriting Prize from the Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada
Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada
SOCAN is the Canadian copyright collective for the right to communicate to the public and publicly perform musical works...
(SOCAN). The band pledged to use the $5000 prize to make donations to the Haiti Action Network and The Welcome Place, an organization in Winnipeg (which they'd previously done volunteer work for) which helps refugees start new lives in Manitoba.
Track listing
- "A Speculative Fiction" – 4:14
- "Fixed Frequencies" – 3:58
- "Fedallah's Hearse" – 4:00
- "Cut into the Earth" – 3:41
- "Bringer of Greater Things" – 2:45
- "America's Army™ (Die Jugend Marschiert)" – 4:42
- "Rock for Sustainable Capitalism" – 4:12
- "Impending Halfhead" – 1:14
- "Life at Disconnect" – 3:23
- "Name and Address Withheld" – 3:21
- "Superbowl Patriot XXXVI (Enter the Mendicant)" – 0:36
- "Iteration" – 5:19
Personnel
- Chris Hannah - Guitar, Vocals
- Jord Samolesky - Drums
- Todd KowalskiTodd KowalskiTodd "The Rod" Kowalski is a Canadian electric bassist and singer, currently a member of hardcore punk band Propagandhi. Along with his band, he lives a vegan lifestyle and supports animal rights.-Career:...
- Bass, Vocals
Cover artwork
The artwork, a girl playing jump rope on a chalk-drawings covered street, is a piece of art called Children's Games from the anarchist artist Eric Drooker.External links
- Official Lyrics
- album information at G7 Welcoming Committee Records
- "americasarmy.ca", homepage for the song "America's Army (Die Jugend Marschiert)"
- "Children's Games", cover by Eric Drooker