Let Them Eat Jellybeans!

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Let Them Eat Jellybeans!
Compilation album by
Various Artists
Released1981
RecordedVarious Dates
GenreHardcore punk
Length37:43
LabelAlternative Tentacles
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
[1]

Let Them Eat Jellybeans!, subtitled "17 Extracts From America's Darker Side", is a

LP features songs by a number of bands that formed the canon of American hardcore punk in the 1980s, while the second side features more of an art rock
sound.

The album's title comes from the phrase "

jellybeans is in reference to Ronald Reagan
, who was known to consider them his favorite candy.

At least two of the cuts on the punk side of the album have never been issued in the same form heard on Let Them Eat Jellybeans!. The version of Black Flag's "Police Story" heard on ...Jellybeans! was recorded during the sessions for the

Nazi Punks Fuck Off!" is a wholly different recording than the versions heard on both In God We Trust, Inc. and the "Nazi Punks Fuck Off!" single. The version of Bad Brains' "Pay to Cum" is the original version first heard on their self-released 7" single, and differs from the version on their self-titled debut album
.

According to Alternative Tentacles, it has not reissued the album because Black Flag would not give permission to use their track and because there has been "a falling out" between Biafra and another unnamed band on the record. Biafra would not re-release the album unless it is in its full, original form.[2] Despite this, the album has been in widespread circulation on peer to peer file sharing networks and on the internet, plus used copies can be found in record stores.

Track listing

Side One:

  1. "Ha Ha Ha" – Flipper
  2. "The Prisoner" – D.O.A.
  3. "Police Story" – Black Flag
  4. "Pay to Cum" – Bad Brains
  5. "
    Nazi Punks Fuck Off!" – Dead Kennedys
  6. "Paid Vacation" – Circle Jerks
  7. "Prostitution" – Really Red
  8. "Jesus Entering from the Rear" – The Feederz
  9. "Slave to My Dick" –
    Subhumans

Side Two:

  1. "Isotope Soap" – Geza X
  2. "Persecution-That's My Song" – BPeople
  3. "An Object" – Wounds
  4. "Everyone's A Bigot" – The Offs
  5. "Corporate Food" – Anonymous (Steve Fisk)
  6. "Fun Again" – Half Japanese
  7. "Joke's On You" – Christian Lunch
  8. "Sleep" – Voice Farm

See also

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Alternative Tentacles Frequently Asked Questions Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine". AlternativeTentacles.com. Retrieved July 8, 2008.
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