The Chemistry of Common Life is the second full-length studio album by Canadian hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 band Fucked Up

Fucked Up

Fucked Up is a hardcore punk band from Toronto, Canada. The band won the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for the album The Chemistry of Common Life.-History:The band formed and played their first shows in early 2001...

. It was released on October 7, 2008 on Matador Records

Matador Records

Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of indie rock artists and bands.-History:Matador was started by Chris Lombardi in 1989 in his New York City apartment. The following year, Lombardi was joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy, and the two of them have...

 in CD and double LP

LP album

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 formats and on Welfare Records in Reel-to-reel Audio Tapes

Reel-to-reel audio tape recording

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. The statement on the label's site describes it as "an expansive epic about the mysteries of birth, death, and the origins of life (and re-living)".

The album is named after a book by James F. W. Johnston

James Finlay Weir Johnston

James Finlay Weir Johnston, FRS was a Scottish agricultural chemist.Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Johnston was educated at University of Glasgow, acquired a fortune by his marriage in 1830, and devoted himself to studying chemistry. He visited the chemist J. J...

, which (among other things) describes hallucinogenic properties of mushrooms and plants. The title for the track "The Peaceable Kingdom" is taken from a famous painting by American folk-painter Edward Hicks

Edward Hicks

Edward Hicks was an American folk painter, a distinguished minister of the Society of Friends, and he also became a Quaker icon because of his paintings.-Early life:...

. The cover art depicts the phenomenon of Manhattanhenge

Manhattanhenge

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The album won the 2009 Polaris Music Prize

2009 Polaris Music Prize

The 2009 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 21, 2009 in Toronto at the Masonic Temple and broadcast live online for the first time in its short history...

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Track listing

1. "Son the Father" – 6:32 (guest vocals by Lullabye Arkestra)
2. "Magic Word" – 3:21
3. "Golden Seal" – 3:35
4. "Days of Last" – 4:31
5. "Crooked Head" – 5:55
6. "No Epiphany" – 4:19 (guest vocals by Vivian Girls
   Vivian Girls
   Vivian Girls are an American band from Brooklyn, New York.- History :Vivian Girls, named after the magnum opus of outsider author Henry Darger, started in Brooklyn, NY in March 2007 as the trio of Cassie Ramone ; Katy "Kickball Katy" Goodman; and Frankie Rose...
   
   )
7. "Black Albino Bones" – 4:14 (guest vocals by Dallas Green
   Dallas Green (musician)
   Dallas Green is a Canadian musician who releases music as City and Colour. He is also known for his work as the former vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire.-Name:...
   
   )
8. "Royal Swan" – 4:49 (guest vocals by Katie Stelmanis
   Katie Stelmanis
   Katie Stelmanis is a Toronto-based Latvian-Canadian musician, who has performed and recorded both as a solo artist and with the band Austra.Stelmanis identifies herself as queer.-Solo career:...
   
   )
9. "Twice Born" – 4:26 (guest vocals by Sebastien Grainger
   Sebastien Grainger
   Sebastien Alexandre Grainger from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada is a Canadian singer and musician, best known as drummer and singer of the dance-punk duo Death from Above 1979 and the singer and guitarist for his current band, Sebastien Grainger and The Mountains...
   
   )
10. "Looking for God" – 3:15
11. "The Chemistry of Common Life" – 7:23

The track "The Peaceable Kingdom" - 4:25 is only available on the vinyl (as track 7)/iTunes

ITunes

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Music Store releases.

Lineup

• Pink Eyes – vocals
• 10,000 Marbles – guitar
• Gulag – guitar
• Young Governor – guitar
• Mustard Gas – bass
• Mr. Jo – drums

External links

• The Chemistry of Common Life at Matador Records site