Potemkin City Limits

Propagandhi | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 18, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fat Wreck Chords
• ASIN: B000AP2ZMQ
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,341 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. A Speculative Fiction

2. Fedallah's Hearse

3. Fixed Frequencies

4. Cut Into the Earth

5. Bringer of Greater Things

6. Die Jugend Marschiert

7. Rock For Sustainable Capitalism

8. Impending Half-Head

9. Life at Disconnect

10. Name and Address Withheld

11. Superbowl Patriot Xxxvi

12. Iteration

Editorial Reviews

The long awaited new full-length album from Canadian punk rock heavyweights Propagandhi, the band's first new album in four years. Ten bar-raising tracks of smart, social, political, and humorous punk magic. Fat Wreck Chords. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Punk album of the year?, December 25, 2005

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Jonny Danger - See all my reviews

This review is from: Potemkin City Limits (Audio CD)

Definately top 5 material. I'd say their best release. This deserves more than 4 stars.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly Surprised, October 24, 2005

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Adam Singer (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Potemkin City Limits (Audio CD)

Being a Propagandhi fan for circa 10 years, I always find I am pleasantly surprised whenever they release a new album. By this I mean I find it hard to believe that they can top their effort on their last released album, but they always do.

Although it took the better part of 5 years to release, Potemkin City Limits is finally here and it has surprised once again. I think the main reason for their continued success as a band is their lack of recycling chords/melodies/phrases/lyrics/etc unlike most "punk" bands out there. Maybe it's the expansive distances between releases but every new Propagandhi album has a different "feel" and style that separates it from other Propagandhi albums and the rest of the generic "punk" bands.

Anyways, on to the actual album. The music is fantastic. Although I loved TETA it lacked dynamics. Sure the loud, shredding guitar riffs were great but that comprised most of the album. This is how PCL differs significantly from TETA. It still has fast and heavy tracks/passages but they are not superfluous and are much more dynamical. The album still has all the force and aggression of TETA, if not even more, but it is just brought forth in a different way. Todd's tracks which were great on TETA are excellent now. On most of his vocal tracks he sings instead of yells, although the yell is still present on a couple tracks (not a bad thing). Although many people dislike his singing I find it fantastic and a great compliment to Hannah's high, sarcastic and fast vocals.

On to the lyrics. The are by far the best they've ever been. They're smart, witty and frighteningly accurate. Chris's and Todd's lyrics touch on many important social and political issues such as the Iraq war, aboriginals and how we treat them, the modern music scene, immigration, amongst many other issues. My favourite track "A Speculative Fiction" is a fantasy of Chris's about Canada cutting off all ties with the US and the extradition of all Americans from Canada. Rather far-fetched but interesting non-the-less.

Overall I believe this is Propagandhi's best album to date. I hate to use the word but they've thoroughly "matured" as a band. The lyrics are accurate and poignant. The music covers wide ranges, from fast and heavy to quiet and reflective. The production is by far their best, especially concerning the drum production which had been lacking in all their previous records. This is just an exceedingly competent album that makes you take a moment and think and look at the world in a different way.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this is about as good as music gets, October 20, 2005

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life_as_art (Prescott, Arizona United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Potemkin City Limits (Audio CD)

first off, its AMAZING that people actually believed that "glen" replaced chris. LISTEN TO THE VOICE!!! and not only that, you should know by now that the only thing you should take seriously from this band is the lyrics. thats it. yes, he does hit some really high notes on the new album, but come on. cant you tell?? haha, chris must be so amused by this. anyways onto the album. this album is so unique, its like nothing i have ever heard. they really took the "today's empires, tomorrow's ashes" sound to the next level. these songs are so incredibly well written, lyrically and musically. for hard, agressive music, this is really as good as it gets in my opinion. one thing i like a lot about the lyrics on this album is that a lot of them more or less tell a story, as opposed to their past approach which was more laying a foundation for their beliefs and ideas, now they expand on them by incorprating that into stories. its so amazing. at first i wasnt so into it, but now its consuming me!!! this is some of the most sincere music out there. so in conclusion, buy this!!! and prepare to be thrashed.