Slap! is a 1990 album by anarchist punk band 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...

. It was a radical redefinition of the band's sound and attitude. The songs now inspired dancing more than moshing, and the lyrics were celebratory as opposed to victimist.

Track listing

#	Song Name	Length	Notes
1	"Ulrike"	6:06	Ulrike Meinhof Ulrike Meinhof Ulrike Marie Meinhof was a German left-wing militant. She co-founded the Red Army Faction in 1970 after having previously worked as a journalist for the monthly left-wing magazine Konkret. She was arrested in 1972, and eventually charged with numerous murders and the formation of a criminal...  was Red Army Faction founder and left wing author; Contains a sample from the song "Can't Help Falling in Love With You" performed by Elvis
2	"Tiananmen Square"	5:23	About the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989; Contains a sample from Philip Glass Philip Glass Philip Glass is an American composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public .His music is often described as minimalist, along with... ' song "Serra Pelada" from Powaqqatsi Powaqqatsi Powaqqatsi , or Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation, is the 1988 sequel to the experimental 1982 documentary film Koyaanisqatsi, by Godfrey Reggio. It is the second film in the Qatsi trilogy....
3	"Cartrouble"	4:47	About American novelist Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance...
4	"Chase PC's Flee Attack by Own Dog"	4:14
5	"Rubens Has Been Shot!"	3:56	About an incident in 1921 Dresden Dresden Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....  when fighting between workers and the German army lead to damage to a Peter Paul Rubens painting in the Zwinger Gallery Zwinger The Zwinger is a palace in Dresden, eastern Germany, built in Baroque style. It served as the orangery, exhibition gallery and festival arena of the Dresden Court.... , as the reaction was more critical of the damage to artwork than the loss of life
6	"Rappaport's Testament: I Never Gave Up"	7:10	Different version, titled "I Never Gave Up" released as single in 1992; Inspired by the Primo Levi novel Moments of Reprieve Moments of Reprieve Moments of Reprieve is a book of autobiographical character studies/vignettes by Primo Levi.The book features fifteen character studies of people the author met during his time in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Some of the vignettes feature characters who have already appeared in If This is a... , about life in Nazi concentration camps
7	"Slap!"	6:10	About former MP Bernadette Devlin's assault on MP Reginald Maudling Reginald Maudling Reginald Maudling was a British politician who held several Cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had been spoken of as a prospective Conservative leader since 1955, and was twice seriously considered for the post; he was Edward Heath's chief rival in 1965...  whose policies towards Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...  contributed towards the Bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday (1972) Bloody Sunday —sometimes called the Bogside Massacre—was an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, in which twenty-six unarmed civil rights protesters and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British Army...  incident
8	"That's How Grateful We Are"	6:16	About the bad working conditions in Soviet-era Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...  that lead to the short-lived Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and the destruction of a statue of Stalin, as a metaphor for the conditions of the working class Working class Working class is a term used in the social sciences and in ordinary conversation to describe those employed in lower tier jobs , often extending to those in unemployment or otherwise possessing below-average incomes...  around the world
9	"Meinhof"	2:14	Instrumental reprise of "Ulrike"

Personnel

• Lou: vocals, guitar
• Dunst: vocals, percuassion, soprano saxophone
• Harry: drums, percussion
• 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...
  
  : vocals
• Danbert Nobacon
  Danbert Nobacon
  Danbert Nobacon was a vocalist and occasional keyboard player in the Leeds based anarchist band Chumbawamba...
  
  : vocals
• 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...
  
  : guitar, vocals, clarinet
• Cobie Laan: live recording
• Mavis Dillan: bass, trumpet, vocals
• Simon "Commonknowledge" Lanzon: keyboards, accordion, piano

with:

• Alan Wilkinson: also and baritone saxophones
• Neil Ferguson: keyboards
• Dill: whine
• Derek: woof
• Mia: vocals
• Tanja (formerly Tania): mouth organ, vocals
• Elvis Presley
  Elvis Presley
  Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
  
  : quaalude, placidyl

also appearing on this record are:
Carl Douglas

Carl Douglas

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, Mark E. Smith

Mark E. Smith

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, Dagmar Krause

Dagmar Krause

Dagmar Krause is a German singer, best known for her work with avant-rock groups like Slapp Happy, Henry Cow and Art Bears. She is also noted for her coverage of songs by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler...

, Philip Glass

Philip Glass

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, Adam Ant

Adam Ant

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, Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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, George Gershwin

George Gershwin

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, Penny Rimbaud

Penny Rimbaud

Jeremy John Ratter , better known under his pseudonym of Penny Rimbaud, is a drummer, writer, poet, former member of performance art groups EXIT and Ceres Confusion, and co-founder of the anarchist punk band Crass with Steve Ignorant in 1977.-Biography:Rimbaud Jeremy John Ratter (born 8 June 1943,...

, Jake Burns

Jake Burns

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, Rob 'n' Raz, Lenny Bruce

Lenny Bruce

Leonard Alfred Schneider , better known by the stage name Lenny Bruce, was a Jewish-American comedian, social critic and satirist...

, Muszikas Ensemble, Mark Perry

Mark Perry (musician)

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, Gang of Four

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, and Poly Styrene.