Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
by
Dead Kennedys
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Release type:What's this?
compilation
First released:
May 1987

Overview Edit

Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death is a compilation album by the Dead Kennedys. The album is made up of songs (or in some cases, different versions of songs) that did not appear on the band's studio albums. The original vinyl version had tracks 16 and 17 on an extra flexi disc. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in December 2007. The title is a play on the famous ultimatum by Patrick Henry, "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!", and is intended as a commentary on American consumerism. This album had explicit lyrics but it never had a Parental Advisory sticker.

This is the last Dead Kennedys album that Jello Biafra approved the production of, which also led to it being the last one released on Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label.

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Record label:
unknown
Catalog number:
VIRUS 57
Release dates:
  • May 1987 in United States

Genres

Classic Rock, Hardcore Punk, Punk. Vote on Genres

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5 stars This is not the Dead Kennedys' Greatest Hits...
... but there are hit's nonetheless. Don't be discouraged after seeing many familiar titles in the track listing. Any "hits" from other albums that appear on this album have been rerecorded for this album. This album is more like a collection of b-sides and rerecordings that are not available on any other album. It doesn't have the continuity of a regular album, but it is still very good.

Of course I'm not going to review every song one-by-one like some people do, but I will tell you about a few…
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Written by Tony Hall "If the movie stinks, just don't go!"
1 stars do not buy
go to the alternative tentacles web site to see why manifesto/decay music is destroying the dk's legacy. the album itself is great (i have the original alt ten press).
Written by chris lea

Track listing Edit

  • CD

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Police Truck
    2:24
    2
    Too Drunk to Fuck
    2:40
    3
    California über alles
    3:27
    4
    The Man with the Dogs
    3:02
    5
    Insight
    1:40
    6
    Life Sentence
    2:40
    7
    A Child and His Lawnmower
    0:55
    8
    Holiday in Cambodia
    3:44
    9
    I Fought the Law
    2:18
    10
    Saturday Night Holocaust
    4:20
    11
    Pull My Strings
    5:52
    12
    Short Songs
    0:28
    13
    Straight A's
    2:13
    14
    Kinky Sex Makes the World Go 'round
    4:17
    15
    The Prey
    3:48
    16
    Night of the Living Rednecks
    5:10
    17
    Buzzbomb from Pasadena
    2:22

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15 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: 1987 in United Kingdom
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Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death 16 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: VIRUS 57
release dates: Apr 13 2010
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