The Anarchy and the Ecstasy is an album released by the World/Inferno Friendship Society on March 15th, 2011. It is their fifth full length album. Three members left the group between the previous release and Anarchy.

Before the album's release, many demos were available online. Jack Terricloth commented, "I couldn't care less about the demos. Songs want to be free. Songs want you to whistle them!" Musically, this album is more eclectic than most of their previous work, with significant bluegrass

Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...

 influence.

The title of the album was taken from a William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms...

 poem.

Track listing

1. "I Am Sick of People Being Sick of My Shit"
2. "The Disarming Smile"
3. "Canonize Philip K. Dick
   Philip K. Dick
   Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist whose published work is almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments and altered...
   
   , Ok"
4. "Thirteen Years Without Peter King"
5. "They Talk of Nora's Badness"
6. "The Politics of Passing Out"
7. "Jake and Eggars"
8. "Lean Times for Heroes"
9. "The Apple Was Eve"
10. "The Mighty Raritan"