Dance of the Headless Bourgeoisie
| Dance of the Headless Bourgeoisie | ||||
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| Studio album by Nomeansno | ||||
| Released | June 9, 1998 | |||
| Studio | Lemon Loaf Studios | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length |
60:46 (original CD); 72:09 (double LP, CD and LP reissue) |
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| Label | Alternative Tentacles, Wrong Records, Southern Records | |||
| Producer | Nomeansno | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Louder Than War |   |
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| Rock Hard | |
Dance of the Headless Bourgeoisie is the eighth full-length album released by Canadian punk rock band Nomeansno. It was initially released on Alternative Tentacles in 1998 as a 10-track CD and 12-track double LP. The band's own label Wrong Records, along with distributors Southern Records, re-released the 12-track version of the album in 2007, 2010, and 2014 with modified track order and art.
Although Nomeansno's music was "always as indebted to avant-garde as to hardcore,"Dance of the Headless Bourgeoisie is one of their most varied and experimental records. Critics generally received it well, although some were frustrated by the band's experimentation, and drummer John Wright later called the album "very obscure" and "not our greatest album."
In 1993, Nomeansno became a four-piece, with guitarist Tom Holliston and second drummer Ken Kempster joining founding brothers John and Rob Wright. The band released The Worldhood of the World (As Such) in 1995, two years before Kempster departed due to the expenses of touring with two drummers.
Holliston and the Wright brothers began working on new Nomeansno material in 1997 after touring in support of their second record with their side project The Hanson Brothers. They amassed a set of diverse and often experimental tracks which composed the new album. Writing for MusicOHM, critic Sam Shepherd later assessed the batch of songs as including "straightforward" punk (with influence from the Dead Kennedys and the The Minutemen), sea shanty influences, forays in jazz experimentation, and moments recalling Krautrock. The album was recorded at Lemon Loaf Studios with engineer Marc L'Esperance, the first of three albums which Nomeansno would record at Lemon Loaf at least in part. Brian Else mixed the album at Greenhouse Studios.
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