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Album Review: Dead Yuppies

  • Artist: Agnostic Front
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: October 09, 2001
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

By the time of this, their third release for Epitaph Records, Agnostic Front was entering their third decade together. It's more than impressive for a punk outfit to last so long -- it's nearly a miracle. Not quite a miraculous collection, Dead Yuppies lacks the immediacy of Agnostic Front's best work. There are enough good moments, however, to outshine the many Generation-X upstarts and also-rans. At first glance, Dead Yuppies projects the image of an Agnostic Front who's living in the past. The choruses are familiar, and even the term "yuppie" sounds a little dated. In the days of this release, it was the high-tech professionals and dot-bomb dreamers rubbing all the underground class warriors the wrong way. So the names might have changed, but that didn't concern Agnostic Front, as the message remained the same. Tracks like "Out of Reach" and "Politician" are staunch reiterations of 20-year themes, like the value of personal freedom, middle-class angst, and the mistrust of the power elite. Familiar in every way, Dead Yuppies will neither disappoint nor astonish fans of Agnostic Front's classic hardcore identity. ~ Vincent Jeffries, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
I Wanna Know (Lyrics) Agnostic Front Agnostic Front (2:21)
Out of Reach (Lyrics) Agnostic Front Agnostic Front (2:01)
Everybody's a Critic (Lyrics) Agnostic Front Agnostic Front (1:15)
Liberty (Lyrics) Agnostic Front Agnostic Front (2:44)
Club Girl (Lyrics) Agnostic Front Agnostic Front (1:41)
Uncle Sam (Lyrics) Agnostic Front Agnostic Front (1:48)
Urban Decadence (Lyrics) Agnostic Front Agnostic Front (1:56)
Love to Be Hated (Lyrics) Agnostic Front Agnostic Front (2:13)
No Mercy (Lyrics) Agnostic Front Agnostic Front (1:34)
Politician (Lyrics) Agnostic Front Agnostic Front (2:08)
Pedophile (Lyrics) Agnostic Front Agnostic Front (2:27)
Alright Agnostic Front Agnostic Front (2:31)
Dead Yuppies (Lyrics) Agnostic Front Agnostic Front (2:47)
Standing on My Own (Lyrics) Agnostic Front Agnostic Front (1:45)

Credits

Agnostic Front (Main Performer), Mike Gallo (Bass), Dave Stein (Vocals (Background)), Tim Gilles (Engineer), Tim Gilles (Mastering), Vinnie Stigma (Guitar), Steve Gallo (Vocals (Background)), Roger Miret (Vocals), Roger Miret (Producer), Jimmy Colletti (Drums), C.F. Martin (Artwork), C.F. Martin (Layout Design), Erin Farley (Engineer)
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Dead Yuppies
Studio album by Agnostic Front
Released September 25, 2001
Recorded Big Blue Meenie Studios,
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Genre Hardcore punk
Length 29:11
Label Epitaph Records
Producer Roger Miret
Professional reviews
Agnostic Front chronology
Riot, Riot, Upstart
(1999)
Dead Yuppies
(2001)
Working Class Heroes
(2002)

Dead Yuppies is the seventh full-length studio album from New York hardcore band, Agnostic Front. It was released in September, 2001 on Epitaph Records and follows 1999's Riot, Riot, Upstart. Due to the title, the release of the album was delayed in America and a sticker was placed on the cover by the record company in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack.

The track "Love to be Hated" appears on a volume of Epitaph Records' Punk-O-Rama compilation series, but the band left the label shortly after release and recorded a split album with Discipline, Working Class Heroes, in 2002 before signing to Nuclear Blast Records in 2004.

Track listing

  1. "I Wanna Know" – 2:21
  2. "Out of Reach" – 2:01
  3. "Everybody's a Critic" – 1:15
  4. "Liberty" – 2:44
  5. "Club Girl" – 1:41
  6. "Uncle Sam" – 1:48
  7. "Urban Decadence" – 1:56
  8. "Love to be Hated" – 2:13
  9. "No Mercy" – 1:34
  10. "Politician" – 2:08
  11. "Pedophile" – 2:27
  12. "Alright" – 2:31
  13. "Dead Yuppies" – 2:47
  14. "Standing on My Own" – 1:45

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