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Millions of Dead Cops (album)

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Millions of Dead Cops
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1982
June 1988
RecordedDecember 1981 in Houston, Texas
GenreHardcore punk
Length20:31
LanguageEnglish
LabelAlternative Tentacles, R Radical, Twisted Chords, Beer City
ProducerGeza X
MDC chronology
Millions of Dead Cops
(1982)
Chicken Squawk
(1984)

Millions of Dead Cops is the debut studio album by the American hardcore punk band MDC. It was originally self-released in February 1982, being reissued/remixed through their own label R Radical with help from Alternative Tentacles later that year. Today it is considered a hardcore punk classic. The album was re-released by Twisted Chords in June 1988 as Millions of Dead Cops/More Dead Cops with 13 bonus tracks including both tracks from the "John Wayne Was a Nazi" single, the Multi-Death Corporations EP, the Millions of Dead Children EP and four previously-unreleased songs. The original mix of the album was re-released for Record Store Day in 2014 through Beer City Records.

Kurt Cobain listed it in his top 50 albums of all time.[1][2]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Dave Dictor, except where noted; all music is composed by Ron Posner, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Business on Parade"music: Posner, Dictor1:26
2."Dead Cops"/"America's So Straight" 1:59
3."Born to Die" 1:57
4."Corporate Deathburger"lyrics: Dictor, Al Schvitz1:16
5."Violent Rednecks" 0:39
6."I Remember"lyrics: Dictor, Schvitz, David Alpert; music: Schvitz, Alpert1:59
7."John Wayne Was a Nazi"lyrics: Dictor, Schvitz2:01
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dick for Brains"music: Dictor1:03
2."I Hate Work"music: Posner, Dictor0:55
3."My Family is a Little Weird"music: Dictor1:54
4."Greedy & Pathetic"lyrics: Dictor, Schvitz1:23
5."Church & State"lyrics: Dictor, Schvitz0:30
6."Kill the Light"lyrics: Dictor, Schvitz1:14
7."American Achievements" 2:13
Total length:20:31
CD reissue bonus tracks ("John Wayne Was a Nazi" single)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."John Wayne Was a Nazi" (original version)lyrics: Dictor, Schvitz2:20
16."Born to Die" (original version) 2:34
CD reissue bonus tracks (Multi-Death Corporations EP)
No.TitleLength
17."Multi-Death Corporations"1:51
18."Selfish Shit"2:06
19."Radioactive Chocolate"0:57
20."No Place to Piss"1:00
CD reissue bonus tracks (Millions of Dead Children EP)
No.TitleLength
21."Kleptomaniac"1:56
22."Chicken Squawk"2:37
23."Pecking Order" (re-recording of "Death of a Nun")1:06
CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
24."Pay to Come Along" 1:04
25."Evolution in Rock" 1:01
26."Spanish Castle Magic"written and originally performed by Jimi Hendrix2:04
27."Born Under a Bad Sign"William Bell, Booker T. Jones; originally performed by Albert King3:02

Personnel

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Additional performers

  • Buxf Dicks; Tammy Cleveland; J.J. – backing vocals

Production

References

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  1. ^ "Top 50 by Nirvana [MIXTAPE]". Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. ^ Cross, Gaar, Gendron, Martens, Yarm (2013). Nirvana: The Complete Illustrated History. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-7603-4521-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)