Indifference (album)

Indifference
Studio album by the Proletariat
Released 1985
Studio Radiobeat
Genre
Length 43:27
Language English
Label Homestead
Producer Lou Giordano
Frank Michaels
The Proletariat chronology
"Marketplace"
(1985)		 Indifference
(1985)		 Voodoo Economics and Other American Tragedies
(1998)
Singles from Indifference
  1. "Marketplace"
    Released: 1985

Indifference is the second studio album by the American punk rock band the Proletariat.

The album title was inspired by the photography of David Henry of the homeless in Boston.[1][2] One of Henry's photos serves as front cover for the record.[3]

Roger Miller of Mission of Burma makes a guest appearance playing the piano in the track "An Uneasy Peace",[4][5] which is an alternate version from that contributed to the hardcore punk compilation P.E.A.C.E.,[nb 1][5][6] released a year earlier on R Radical Records.[7]

Indifference was accompanied by the single play record "Marketplace".[nb 2][8]

Production and release

Produced by Lou Giordano and Frank Michaels, Indifference was recorded at Radiobeat Studios in Boston, Massachusetts. It was mixed at White Dog Studio in Newton, Massachusetts. George "Porky" Peckham was in charge of the audio mastering.[nb 3]

The album was released in 1985 by Homestead Records,[9] on LP[nb 4][10] and Compact Cassette.[nb 5][3]

Critical reception

Oliver Sheppard, contributor at the online magazine Souciant, was of the view that:

"... [Indifference] is every bit as good as Soma Holiday, yet still sorely overlooked. A mature mix of smart songwriting and deft, accomplished instrumentation, the album hints at the early “positive punk” of UK bands like Sex Gang Children or Furyo. The influence of bands like The Dils, the Mekons, and fellow Bostonite postpunkers Mission of Burma also courses strongly through the LP’s veins ... Like Middle Class’ Homeland LP, it seems an accident of geography (i.e. the band is from Boston, not London) that has resulted in the record languishing in obscurity."[11]

For his part, Ryan Foley, from The Music Museum of New England, commented:

"[In The Proletariat's second album] The sense of urgency was heightened, the threat of violence more pointed. On songs like “The Guns Are Winning” and “Homeland” the band tackled sociopolitical issues that are still relevant today."[2]

Suburban Voice wrote:

"... Texture and melody became an increasing part of the picture by the time [the Proletariat] had reached their second album, "Indifference", but it was without sacrificing the purity of rage."[12]

"Marketplace" 7"

"Marketplace"
Single by the Proletariat
B-side "Death of a Hedon" (3:29)
Released 1985
Format 7" single
Genre
Length 2:38
Label Homestead
Writer(s) Richard Brown
Peter Bevilacqua
Frank Michaels
Producer(s) Lou Giordano
Frank Michaels
The Proletariat chronology
Soma Holiday
(1983)		 "Marketplace"
(1985)		 Indifference
(1985)

"Marketplace", is a two-song 7-inch record released in 1985 on Homestead Records[nb 2][13] as a companion single to the Proletariat's second studio album Indifference.[nb 4][8]

The B-side, "Death of a Hedon", was not included on the album. However, it would be later re-released in 1998, on the band's anthology Voodoo Economics and Other American Tragedies.[nb 6][14]

The photo on the front cover, portraying a homeless man lying on a stairway, while he is ignored by the people passing by, was taken by photographer David Henry.[8]

Track listing

Music and arrangements by Peter Bevilacqua and Frank Michaels, lyrics[15] by Richard Brown.

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "Marketplace"   2:38
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "Death of a Hedon"   3:29
Total length:
 6:07

Reissues

Out of print after its original release,[3] Indifference would later resurface, in its entirety, as part of the band's 2-CD anthology Voodoo Economics and Other American Tragedies,[nb 6] compiled in 1998 on Taang! Records.[14]

Track listing

Music and arrangements by Peter Bevilacqua and Frank Michaels, lyrics by Richard Brown, except where noted.

Side A
No. TitleLyrics Length
1. "Indifference"    2:44
2. "Pride"    2:25
3. "Better Man"    3:13
4. "Homeland"  Frank Michaels 3:56
5. "Columns"    2:37
6. "Sins"  Peter Bevilacqua 2:25
7. "An Uneasy Peace"    3:25
Side B
No. TitleLyrics Length
1. "Recollections"  Michaels 2:43
2. "Instinct"    2:49
3. "Trail of Tears"    2:43
4. "The Guns Are Winning"  Michaels 3:40
5. "No Real Hope/Prelude"    2:38
6. "No Real Hope"    1:54
7. "Piecework"    3:34
8. "Marketplace"    2:41
Total length:
 43:27

Personnel

The Proletariat
Additional performers
Production

Notes

  1. ↑ R Radical #R.R.R. 1984
  2. 1 2 Homestead #HMS 037
  3. ↑ The mastering engineer, uncredited on the cover art, can be identified via the run-out etchings: HMS-52-A2 A PORKY PRIME CUT MT.1 (Side A) and HMS-52-B2 PRM. MT.1 (Side B).
  4. 1 2 Homestead #HMS 052
  5. ↑ Homestead #HMS 052-C
  6. 1 2 Taang! #TAANG! 127

References

  1. ↑ "The Proletariat Home Page: Biography". theproletariat.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Foley, Ryan. "The Music Museum of New England: The Proletariat". mmone.org. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "The Proletariat Home Page: Indifference". theproletariat.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ CMJ New Music Report (August 29, 1986). Indifference, review. CMJ New Music Report (99).
  5. 1 2 3 "The Proletariat". killfromtheheart.com. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Proletariat Home Page: P.E.A.C.E.". theproletariat.com. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ "R Radical Records". mdc-punk.com. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 "The Proletariat Home Page: "Marketplace"". theproletariat.com. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ Blush, Steven (2001). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Second ed., 2010. Feral House. ISBN 9781932595895. p. 187.
  10. ↑ "The Proletariat: Indifference LP". killfromtheheart.com. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  11. ↑ Sheppard, Oliver (September 10, 2012). "Pioneers of Postpunk". souciant.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  12. ↑ Suburban Voice (ca. 2000). The Proletariat, Voodoo Economics and Other American Tragedies, review. Suburban Voice (43).
  13. ↑ "The Proletariat: Marketplace 7"". killfromtheheart.com. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  14. 1 2 The Proletariat, Voodoo Economics and Other American Tragedies. allmusic.com. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  15. ↑ Blush, Steven (2001). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Second ed., 2010. Feral House. ISBN 9781932595895. p. 319.
  16. ↑ Laurel Bowman, obituary. whittier-porter.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.

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