Bedtime for Democracy | 
| Artist: Dead Kennedys
Label: Manifesto Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 5132
Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 42903
UPC: 766481619826
EAN: 0766481619826
ASIN: B00005NT4J
Release Date: September 11, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | Take This Job and Shove It | | • | Hop With the Jet Set | | • | Dear Abby | | • | Rambozo the Clown | | • | Fleshdunce | | • | Great Wall | | • | Shrink | | • | Triumph of the Swill | | • | Macho Insecurity | | • | I Spy | | • | Cesspools in Eden | | • | One-Way Ticket to Pluto | | • | Do the Slag | | • | Commercial | | • | Gone With My Wind | | • | Anarchy for Sale | | • | Chickenshit Conformist | | • | Where Do Ya Draw the Line | | • | Potshot Heard 'Round the World | | • | D.M.S.O. | | • | Lie Detector |
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Album Description
Digitally remastered (by the original sound engineer) reissue of the DK's final studio album features 21 tracks, including 'Chickshit Conformist', 'Hop With The Jet Set', Anarchy For Sale'. A 2001 Manifesto release.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 not the best, but still pretty good October 13, 2004
distortion15 (santa cruz, ca usa)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
there have been some reviews that just bash this last album, however it's not that bad. obviously, compared with their previous albums, this final CD does not do the dead kennedys justice. however, it still flows very well and it's enjoyable. this cd has a whole different feel than their previous ones. but then again "fresh fruit" has a different feel as well. for the first time listener, this CD should not be the one you start with, if you want their hits get "give me convenience or give me death" but i'd say "plastic surgery" gives the overall mix of the dead kennedys even if it's not usually a fan's favorite album since it does not contain "california uber alles" nor "holiday in cambodia", but that's what makes it unique. all their cds are unique however.
in conclusion, this wasn't a bad last effort, there's better but this cd is still essential to the collector.
definitely recommended.
a rocky transition to jello's spoken word era May 27, 2000
charley hardman (occupied US)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
this album was too far removed from the classic dk 'throw up some mics and do it' recipe, and it smells of the same disease which zaps many songs -- great words slapped into tunes which don't fit. words aren't enough; they should kick the music. scribbling bon mots on a napkin and asking somebody to thwack guitar chords to them doesn't always work (ever hear of a thing called 'rap'?). you can practically see jello reading off his lyric sheets into the mic, happy to have any sort of backing tracks to accompany his diamond thoughts. apart from the music/lyrics problem, the sound of this cd is hack. it sucked to see the gods of clear thinking succumb to an affected, dated studio sound which didn't fit dk's at all.unless you have money to burn, buy the old dk's and the spoken word albums first; this is a bad attempt to mix both. 'bedtime for democracy' should've been shot for disobeying -- it wouldn't start. wanted to love it. couldn't. dk's rule.
 Some of the greatest lyrics ever written August 1, 2004
J. Beaver (Lutz, FL USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This album is the pinnacle of the DKs creative expression. Tight, fast-paced performances are highlighted, and the lyrics on this disc put Jello Biafra among the elite of lyrical genius alongside the likes of Roger Waters, Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, Ian Anderson, Neil Peart. This is the best example of what real hardcore punk is about. Buy it; you won't be sorry.
For the hardcore DK fans September 1, 2005
A threat only minor (Seattle)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The prior negative reviews are bringing out the stereotype, that punks are narrowminded and only prefer one type of sound, and they should in no way be taken seriously. When Dead Kennedys experiment with the issues that mattered instead of their old realistic horror punk, with minor hints at some pressing issues, it brings a new refreshing look thst any hardcore DK fan will love this CD.
the best dk's album September 28, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
this is the first dead kennedy's album i ever heard and it is still one of my favorite albums ever almost 4 years later. it has great lyrics and music. i like it a hell of alot. i would recomend that you buy this while you still cant because apparently they can print the dk albums anymore because all of the bandmates sued jello biafra or something like that.
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