How to Clean Everything [Vinyl] [Explicit Lyrics]

Propagandhi | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (June 20, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Fat Wreck Chords
• ASIN: B0000007PH
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,800 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent punk album with great songs, exciting lyrics, March 13, 2001

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Tom M (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Clean Everything (Audio CD)

Propagandhi are a welcome relief from throwaway, `humorous', so-called `punk' bands, in both their hard style and their intelligent lyrics. They have a less polished, more jagged, and indeed more original sound than most of their Fat Wreck labelmates, which provides the canvas for some of the most edgy and angry vocals you'll hear on any punk album. Propagandhi's furious lyrics and dissenting opinions are probably as well known as their music itself; for me, the anger and bile adds greatly to the feel of the record. The band convey their thoughts in the most forthright, uncompromising manner, preferring wordy verses to instantly memorable slogans (see Rage Against the Machine). As melodramatic as it may sound, Propagandhi have the passion, intelligence and inspiration to make you change the way you look at the world - and that is a very, very rare quality for a band these days. I don't think that this is as good as `Less Talk, More Rock', which gets their political ideas and message across much clearer, but it is still worth owning. There are too many good songs on `How to Clean Everything' to mention here - but if you like punk rock at all you should listen to this.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Propagandhi for President., September 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Clean Everything (Audio CD)

Propagandhi are perhaps the most politically-savvy band ever, which in itself is not a bad thing. Pair those smarts with catchy music and satirical lyrics and you have one hell of a band. In my opinion, "Less Talk..." is better, but this CD is a must-have. Check out their very own G7 Welcoming Committee record label for many other beautiful things.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Might be the best "punk" album ever made..., October 2, 2007

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TheTruthHurts (Boston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Clean Everything (Audio CD)

That might be a bold statement, in light of releases by greats such as The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, and NOFX, just to name a few; however, this is a bold album, and it deserves proper recognition. I listened to it tonight for the first time in oh, about ten years, and remembered instantly why I loved it so much (as a rebellious teenager); it f___ing rules, end of story. The music is perfect; incredibly ingenuitive considering the style (as good as or better than comparable metal music (which I associate it most closely with, rather than "punk"...though it's technically "hardcore punk," "popcore," or "punkcore," I suppose) of its time), relentlessly a__-kicking, and flawlessly performed by highly talented musicians (especially considering the genre). All of this is a perfect background for the highly volatile lyrics that anti-preach everything from saluting the (Canadian) flag to Rastafarian culture to capitalism/consumerism to homophobia. There was a time when I listened to this album virtually non-stop...basically between the ages of 13 and 18. It just never got old...and listening to it again now, I could easily continue doing so endlessly again. It's simply flawless, easily the best Fat Wreck Chords release ever, and probably one of the top three punk albums ever, if not number one (I'd say it most evenly competes with NOFX's "Punk in Drublic" and Lagwagon's "Duh"...ok, maybe "Nevermind the Bollocks..." was more important, in retrospect, but come on...musically, its simplicity was overstated (and overrated)). If you've never experienced any "punkcore" (call it whatever you want, really...I don't care), this is the perfect place to start...why save the best for last? I myself am a die-hard metalhead, and generally don't like "punk" music because it's not musically challenging and is generally nothing more than pre-teen rage unleashed upon the world specifically for other raging pre-teenagers...but this album far exceeds the typical boundaries of the "punk" genre it resides in, and deserves to be...no, must be recognized as what it is: a simply fantastic album!

P.s. Ska Sucks!