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Consolidated | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 22, 1992)
• Original Release Date: September 22, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000000QGH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,643 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Industrial Music Is Fascism

2. Tool and Die

3. Praxis (Bold as Love)

4. Accept Me for What I Am

5. Veggie Beat Manifesto

6. Why I'm in the Klan

7. Guerrillas in the Mist

8. Hello Are You There

9. Infomodities 92

10. Animal Rights/Abortion Rights

11. Wendy O Matik

12. He

13. You Suck

14. The Men's Movement

15. Gone Fishing

16. Labor Vs. Leisure

17. A Day on the Green

18. Industry Corporate

19. Crackhouse

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MeltingPot Production, January 3, 2005

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Edward Abbey (Ithaca, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Play More Music (Audio CD)

Consolidated is one of those groups that you will love or hate. They have a huge political agenda and throw it right in your face much like Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy or more recently System of a Down. The MAJOR difference is two-fold: First they love to piss off their fans. They expose their political views like a raw nerve and then let people who have bought tickets to their shows get up to the mike and either rant or rave. And Consolidated is happy to instigate arguments. You'll find a lot of that on this album. This is pretty interesting as it represents a wide swath of viewpoints from around the world. The second major difference is that the album is musically as diverse as the people they talk to. They have put together (with their own twist) a compilation of rock, rap, electronica, punk, and a plethora of sound bytes on the twenty-seven plus tracks within the album. While normally most critics would hound on a group for a lack of consistency, because of their strong political agenda and wit, the album is held together well and flows from one track to another seamlessly. Part of that is because of the "live" feeling of the album. Most major tracks have a live sound byte inserted between them leading you to the next song or finishing off the thoughts of the previous one. They are masters of mixing.

If you are a person that buys music for the sound and never listens to the lyrics then don't buy this album. You won't be able to get by its strong vocal personality. While the music holds a little something for everyone, (this album is much like a sound-track in some respects with many genres represented) you have accept (or bear to hear) alternative viewpoints in respects to religion, environment, politics, gays and lesbians, drugs, consumerism, capitalism and much more. They profess, for example on the "Hip O Crits" track (number 23) "...yeah, we are hypocrites: For the left." Generally speaking, folks from the blue states will LOVE this album and those from the red states will HATE it. For those of us in-between it's a hilarious harsh mix of bashing with a great beat that you can dance to. And that's another good point. They do have a great mix of comedy ranging from the Beastie Boys parody "Yeasty Girls" singing "You Suck", to track 18 "The Men's Movement" with great bytes from the old WWF "Summer Slam" woven into angry concert-goers comments.

When rating albums I consider originality first and lyrics and music second (but equally important). In the end this album gets five stars because of how unique and original it is more than anything else. While I like the sounds and the vibe you will be hard-pressed to find another album anything like this one. This may be the reason why it constantly finds its way to the front of the list of the thousands of albums I own. It's a real classic.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Play More Consolidated!, February 23, 2004

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"hewovy" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Play More Music (Audio CD)

This is one of my favorite albums. Although the audience clips seem to annoy some of the reviewers, I found them interesting and at times, hilarious. It gives the ambience of "being there" without the feel of a live record.

The high points on this album are "Veggie Beat Manifesto," "The Men's Movement" (which juxtaposes chauvanism and professional wrestling), "Industry Corporate" (in which they take on their detractors and happily announce "We're not Fugazi!"), and the club-friendly female empowerment song, "You Suck" with the Yeastie Girls.

Like your industrial music with a side order of politics and tongue-in-cheek humor? This is definately the album for you.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an inspiring album, December 23, 2002

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Giles T. O'Dell (Olympia, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Play More Music (Audio CD)

This is an important album as it documents a segment of sample-based music that should take a space in music history alongside the politically and socially relevant compositions of Public Enemy and KRS-ONE. In the early 90s, when most so-called "alternative" and "punk" music had dozed off into an apolitical stupor, Consolidated was one of the most intriguing bands. They invited debate with live audiences and passed mics around -- probably the only real innovation in live rock in decades. Their political focus was well-documented. But most often overlooked by the squeamish white press was the fact that the instrumental aspect of Consolidated's music is accomplished and exhilarating. In their heyday, no one was indifferent to Consolidated. With the latest Bush administration, their early 90s music has, sadly, become equally relevant in 2002.