Anarchy (Chumbawamba album)

Anarchy

Studio album by Chumbawamba

Released

1 May 1994

Recorded

January 1994

Genre

Pop^[1]

Length

41:32

Label

One Little Indian/London

Producer

Chumbawamba, Neil Ferguson

Chumbawamba chronology

Shhh
(1992)

Anarchy
(1994)

Showbusiness!
(1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	^[2]

Anarchy is the sixth studio album by anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba. Many of the tracks address specific social issues, such as homophobia, strikes or fascism.

Its graphic cover, depicting a baby's head emerging from a vagina caused the record to be banned from some shops and stocked in plain sleeves in others.^[3] The iTunes version of the album replaces the baby picture with a painting of several flowers.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Chumbawamba except where indicated

"Give the Anarchist a Cigarette" – 4:07
"Timebomb" – 3:40
"Homophobia" – 2:31 (Melody trad.)
"On Being Pushed" – 0:31
"Heaven/Hell" – 2:26 (Melody trad., from Hungarian folk tune "Hidegen")
"Love Me" – 3:51
"Georgina" – 2:26
"Doh!" – 0:20
"Blackpool Rock" – 0:28
"This Year's Thing" – 4:04
"Mouthful of Shit" – 3:45
"Never Do What You Are Told" – 1:22
"Bad Dog" – 4:31
"Enough Is Enough" – 4:34 (Chumbawamba/MC Fusion)
"Rage" – 2:50

Secret track "Timebomb" (vocals by Jimmy Echo)

All songs produced and engineered by Chumbawamba and Neil Ferguson

Song details

Give The Anarchist A Cigarette is a song about Bob Dylan. The title comes from a scene in the Bob Dylan documentary Dont Look Back where Dylan's manager, Albert Grossman tells Dylan "They're calling you an anarchist now", to which Dylan replies "Give the anarchist a cigarette".^[4]
The line "give the fascist man a gunshot" from Enough is Enough was referenced by Asian Dub Foundation in their song "TH9".
The lyrics to Georgina reference the Peter Greenaway movie The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The title to the track "Doh!" is named after the catchprase used by the fictional character Homer Simpson. The catchphrase is heard at the end of the track.

Personnel

Harry Hamer
Danbert Nobacon
Paul Greco
Lou Watts
Dunstan Bruce
Boff Whalley
Alice Nutter
Mavis Dillon

With

Neil Ferguson
MC Fusion

'Others

Simon "Commonknowledge" Lanzon - Accordion
Kerry and Casey - "Georgina" intro
Geoff Reid - Mandolin

References

Chumbawamba

Boff Whalley Danbert Nobacon Lou Watts Dunstan Bruce Alice Nutter Harry Hamer Dave Dillon Paul Greco Jude Abbott Neil Ferguson Phil Moody

Albums	Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records (1986) Never Mind the Ballots (1987) English Rebel Songs 1381–1984 (1988) Slap! (1990) Shhh (1992) Anarchy (1994) Swingin' with Raymond (1995) Tubthumper (1997) WYSIWYG (2000) Readymades (2002) Un (2004) A Singsong and a Scrap (2005) The Boy Bands Have Won (2008) ABCDEFG (2010)

Compilations and soundtracks	Uneasy Listening (1998) Shhhlap! (2003) Revengers Tragedy (2003)

Live albums	Showbusiness! (1995) Get On with It (2006)

Singles and EPs	"Revolution" (1985) "Smash Clause 28! Fight the Alton Bill!" (1988) "(Someone's Always Telling You How To) Behave (1992)" "Enough is Enough" (1993) "Timebomb" (1993) "Homophobia" (1994) "Ugh! Your Ugly Houses!" (1995) "i - Portraits of Anarchists" (1996) "Just Look at Me Now" (1996) "Tubthumping" (1997) "Amnesia" (1998) "Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)" (1998) The ABCs of Anarchism (1999) "Tony Blair" (1999) "She's Got All the Friends That Money Can Buy" (2000) "Enough Is Enough (Kick It Over)" (2000) "Her Majesty" (2002) "Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)" (2002)

Related	Discography Agit-Prop Records One Little Indian Records No Masters Records Credit to the Nation The Ex Oysterband Coope, Boyes & Simpson Noam Chomsky Negativland

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