Plastic Surgery Disasters
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = Plastic Surgery Disasters |
Type = [[Album]] |
Artist = the [[Dead Kennedys]] |
Cover = DK Plastic Surgery Disasters.jpg |
Released = November 1982 |
Recorded = Hyde St. Studios and Möbius Music, June 1982 |
Genre = [[Hardcore punk]]<br />[[Thrashcore]]<br />[[Anarcho-punk]]<br />[[Skate punk]]|
Length = 42:56 |
Label = [[Alternative Tentacles]] |
Producer = [[East Bay Ray]], [[Thom Wilson]] |
Reviews =
*[[Allmusic]]{{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hxkbikv6bb69 link] |
Last album = ''[[In God We Trust, Inc.]]''<br /> (1981)|
This album = '''''Plastic Surgery Disasters''''' <br /> (1982)|
Next album = ''[[A Skateboard Party]]''<br /> (1983) |}}
'''''Plastic Surgery Disasters''''' is the second album released by the [[Dead Kennedys]]. It has been reissued with the EP ''[[In God We Trust, Inc.]]'', which are the last eight tracks on the CD. The cover photo is "Hands" by photographer Michael Wells. The inside cover art features [[Winston Smith (artist)|Winston Smith]]'s [[collage]]s.
Musically, many different elements bubble to the surface on ''Plastic Surgery Disasters'', including surf-rock, oddly psychedelic guitar textures, and traditional film music, including sections and guitar fills that resemble [[Ennio Morricone]] [[spaghetti western]] scores. These elements are not always immediately apparent under the high-speed thrash of music, but they are an indication of the Kennedys' musical uniqueness. The DKs would further these elements, to some extent, on their next release, 1985's ''[[Frankenchrist]]''.
On the 2001 Manifesto release of the album, the beginning of "Government Flu" is a separate track entitled "Advice from Christmas Past". There is also a typing error on the Manifesto CDs so that "Bleed for Me" is entitled "Bleed for". On the original vinyl version, Side A was tracks 1-8 and Side B was tracks 9-13. Some vinyl versions have Side One as tracks 1-9 and Side Two as tracks 10-14.
A music video was made for "Forest Fire" [http://youtube.com/watch?v=pwpJam_Dqkk].
==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Jello Biafra]] except when stated.
# "Government Flu" – 2:59
# "Terminal Preppie" – 1:30
# "Trust Your Mechanic" – 2:55
# "Well Paid Scientist" – 2:21
# "Buzzbomb" (Jello Biafra/East Bay Ray) – 2:21
# "Forest Fire" – 2:22
# "[[Halloween (Dead Kennedys song)|Halloween]]" (Dead Kennedys) – 3:35
# "Winnebago Warrior" (Dead Kennedys) – 2:09
# "Riot" (Dead Kennedys) – 5:57
# "[[Bleed for Me]]" (Dead Kennedys) – 3:24
# "I Am the Owl" (Dead Kennedys) – 4:51
# "Dead End" – 3:56 ([[East Bay Ray]])
# "[[Moon Over Marin]]" (Jello Biafra/East Bay Ray) – 4:29
== Credits ==
* [[Jello Biafra]] - lead vocals, artwork
* [[East Bay Ray]] - guitar, producer
* [[Klaus Flouride]] - bass, backing vocals, clarinet <!-- sic -->
* [[D.H. Peligro]] - drums
* Dave Barrett - saxophone
* Bruce Askley - saxophone
* Ninotchka - backing vocals
* Melissa Webber - backing vocals
* Geza X - backing vocals
* Mark Wallner - backing vocals
* John Cuniberti - backing vocals
* Thom Wilson - producer
* Norm - mixer
* Oliver Dicicco - engineer
* [[Winston Smith (artist)|Winston Smith]] - artwork
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