Unacceptable Face of Freedom

Test Dept. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 21, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Thirsty Ear
• ASIN: B0000057O8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #488,853 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fuckhead

2. 51st State of America

3. Comrade Enver Hoxha

4. Fist

5. Statement

6. The Crusher

7. Victory

8. Corridor or Cells

9. The Unacceptable Face of Freedom - Face 1

10. The Unacceptable Face of Freedom - Face 2

11. The Unacceptable Face of Freedom - Face 3

Editorial Reviews

2007 digitally remastered reissue in a digipak of this 1986 release from the groundbreaking British Industrial outfit. Some Bizarre. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This album is among Test Dept's most cohesive albums, September 8, 1999

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Tribippy "tribippy" (South Euclid, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unacceptable Face of Freedom (Audio CD)

The Unacceptable Face of Freedom is an unrelenting and exhaustive album, with very dirty textures augmented by forceful rhythms. It is rife with political cynicism and disillusionment, as well as artistic expression and innovation. I've always felt that Test Department was among the more intelligent and focused industrial bands, expressing more than maudlin misery, and targeting specific issues in their presentation of their vision of the Reagan-Bush/Thatcher era.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly a monumental album!!, January 28, 2003

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4Bin_Projekt (NYC, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unacceptable Face of Freedom (Audio CD)

This is one of the most astounding and groundbreaking albums ever released. Really the zenith of true industrial music. If I had to choose one album to represent Industrial this would be it hands down. A must have. Intelligent, challenging and primal music for modern homo sapians. Captures the true meaning of the term "Decline of Western Civilization". A must have. I would put this one on the greatest recordings ever.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent.... get it asap, December 29, 1999

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John Hall (Ft. Lauderdale) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unacceptable Face of Freedom (Audio CD)

I have been looking for this album since 1988, I have just finished listening to it and it is as great now as it was then. If you like 80's industrial like Skinny Puppy but more intense. Hard hitting gloom and doom with political undertones (check out track 5). A must for anyone who likes industrial.... John Hall