The Dead 60s is the eponymous debut album

Album

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 by British

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 rock

Rock music

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 band

Musical ensemble

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 The Dead 60s

The Dead 60s

The Dead 60s were an English ska punk band from Liverpool. The band's sound is a mixture of punk rock, ska, dub and reggae. They have taken influences from artists such as King Tubby, Jackie Mittoo, Gang of Four and A Certain Ratio.-Band members:...

. It was first released in the United States

United States

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 on 31 May 2005. The office building on the album cover is Concourse House, which currently stands next to Liverpool Lime Street railway station

Liverpool Lime Street railway station

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. It has been proposed for demolition as part of plans to regenerate the area around the station.

Track listings

All tracks written by The Dead 60s

The Dead 60s

The Dead 60s were an English ska punk band from Liverpool. The band's sound is a mixture of punk rock, ska, dub and reggae. They have taken influences from artists such as King Tubby, Jackie Mittoo, Gang of Four and A Certain Ratio.-Band members:...

.

US version ('Yellow Album')

1. "Riot Radio" - 2:22
2. "A Different Age" - 1:33
3. "Nowhere" - 3:13
4. "Red Light" - 3:07
5. "Just Another Love Song" - 3:10
6. "Control This" - 2:40
7. "Loaded Gun" - 2:47
8. "Nationwide" - 2:19
9. "We Get Low" - 3:41
10. "Horizontal" - 1:56
11. "New Town Disaster" - 3:08
12. "The Last Resort" - 2:54
13. "You're Not the Law" - 2:53

    Bonus tracks on the Japan CD:

14. "Control This" [Dub]
15. "TV & Magazines"
16. "Cold Soul"

UK version ('Red Album')

1. "Riot Radio"
2. "A Different Age"
3. "Train to Nowhere"
4. "Red Light"
5. "We Get Low"
6. "Ghostfaced Killer"
7. "Loaded Gun"
8. "Control This"
9. "Soul Survivor"
10. "Nationwide"
11. "Horizontal"
12. "The Last Resort"
13. "You're Not the Law"

"Space Invader" Bonus Dub Album (by Central Nervous System)

1. "Too Much TV Dub"
2. "Invader Dub"
3. "D-60 Fights the Evil Force"
4. "No Control Dub"
5. "Tower Block Dub"
6. "CNS Lazer Attack D-60"
7. "Police Radio Dub"
8. "Flight Mission Dub"
9. "No Good Town Dub"
10. "Game Over"

Bonus DVD

A bonus, 3-video DVD was given out with initial sales of the American CD at indie record shops, and was also distributed at US gigs. It includes the music videos for the band's first 2 singles, plus a video montage of their Japan tour.

1. "Riot Radio"
2. "You're Not the Law"
3. "Japan in Dub"

"Riot Radio" is featured on the soundtrack of the video game Burnout Revenge

Burnout Revenge

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and also on the soundtrack of the film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is a 2008 romantic comedy film directed by Peter Sollett and starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings. Written by Lorene Scafaria and based on the novel of the same name by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, the story tells of teenagers Nick and Norah , who meet when...

Album release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Cover Colour	Catalog Number
US	31 May 2005	Epic	CD (with XCP)	Yellow	EK94453
Japan	8 Jun. 2005	Sony Music Japan	CD (Limited Edition)	Yellow	EICP517
Japan	10 Aug. 2005	Sony Music Japan	CD	Yellow	EICP548
UK	26 Sep. 2005	Deltasonic	CD	Red	DLTCD038
UK	26 Sep. 2005	Deltasonic	2CD	Red	DLTCDLE038
UK	26 Sep. 2005	Deltasonic	2LP	Red	DLTLPLE038
US	22 Nov. 2005	Epic	CD (without XCP)	Yellow	82876776752
Japan	21 Dec. 2005	Sony Music Japan	2CD	Red	EICP586~7

Extended Copy Protection

In November 2005, it was revealed that the US CD contained Extended Copy Protection

Extended Copy Protection

Extended Copy Protection is a software package developed by the British company First 4 Internet, and sold as a copy protection or digital rights management scheme for Compact Discs...

 (XCP), a controversial feature that automatically installed rootkit

Rootkit

A rootkit is software that enables continued privileged access to a computer while actively hiding its presence from administrators by subverting standard operating system functionality or other applications...

 software on any Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

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 machine upon insertion of the disc. The CD was withdrawn and a new version without XCP was issued on November 22, 2005.

UK LP

Another product-related problem for the band was the mis-pressing of the UK vinyl

Gramophone record

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album, which lists on both the label and sleeve the same tracklisting as the UK CD, but in fact plays the tracklisting of the US version. The LP was re-pressed and distributed with the same catalogue number. The original issue has a blue starburst sticker on the cover, and the reissue does not.

Singles

External links

• Sony BMG XCP Help Page.
• Listen to samples of "The Dead 60s".