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Ranked: Dead Kennedys Albums Ranked From Worst To Best
Let’s get things straight at the beginning of this article. Dead Kennedys have no bad albums at all. Each full-length is good on its terms, but of course, some are better than others. After putting that aside, let’s dive straight into ranking releases by this crucial San Francisco hardcore punk band. 05. FRANKENCHRIST I have… Read More Ranked: Dead Kennedys Albums Ranked From Worst To Best
02. BEDTIME FOR DEMOCRACY
The fact Bedtime For Democracy emerged after the least favorite Frankenchrist places it in the second place on our list. Dead Kennedys finally nailed in by combining their original sound with hardcore punk aesthetics. The band also speeded up songs a little bit more to fit the remainder of the mid-eighties hardcore scene. Jello Biafra’s criticism over every impossible thing that pissed him off at the moment also gave Bedtime For Democracy a whole new shape compared to the preceding albums. Not to forget the iconic cover artwork that vividly illustrated the state of the US policy in the mid-eighties. This album is all around one of the sonically/visually best works Dead Kennedys ever done.
Favorite tracks: Take This Job And Shove It, Hope With The Jet Set, Dear Abby, Rambozo The Clown, Fleshdunce, The Great Wall, Shrink, Triumph Of Swill, Macho Insecurity, I Spy, Cesspools In Eden, One Way Ticket To Pluto, Do The Slag, Gone With My Wind, When You Draw The Line, and Lie Detector
01. FRESH FRUIT FOR ROTTING VEGETABLES
Perhaps Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables doesn’t have a perfect sound, but the fact this album isn’t sonically pleasing due to high-pitched/overly distorted chord progressions and Jello’s irritating singing technics adds up to the overall listening experience. Somehow every song resonates with sheer aggression, dynamics, and energy. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables is a flawless punk rock album that could singlehandedly surpass albums by much greater bands at the time, and even some punk rock classics popping up every single time as special deals on Record Store Day. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables came out just in time when the scene needed a political punk rock band who knows how to articulate its thoughts, and this album skyrocketed Dead Kennedys to fame they still maintain today.
Favorite tracks: Kill The Poor, Forward To Death, When You Get Drafted, Let’s Lynch The Landlord, Drug Me, Your Emotions, Chemical Warfare, California Uber Alles, Stealing People’s Mail, Funland At The Beach, Ill In The Head, and Holiday In Cambodia
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