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Unacceptable Face of Freedom

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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.

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.

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