Plays Pretty for Baby

• Artist: The Nation of Ulysses
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1992
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rock

Review

This is genius. This is a revolution, of both thought and sound. The Nation of Ulysses is unmatchable by any band ever; they have created a dialectic, a movement, and a youthful assault of the mind and senses. Like Greek to a Caucasian child, most will never understand even partially the spirit that lurks in these movements for it is about something higher than mere music. There is something that moves beyond the lingoes of "The Aspirin Kid" Ian Svenonious, the complicated scriptures that fill the liner notes, the infamous reputations of insane and overwhelming live performance. A warped hybrid synthesis of trashy garage rock, spastic jazz, and creative freedoms. Languages created and swallowed amidst the words and discordant melodies. Full of fervor, anger, wit, and remorse. Solid spastic percussion, swirling distorted guitars, droning bass, and swollen horns. Rambling exploding vocals spitting words of animosity and love, of rebellion and unity, of awakening and medicine. The Nation of Ulysses must prevail." ~ Blake Butler, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
N-Sub Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(3:32)
A Comment on Ritual	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(2:27)
The Hickey Underworld	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(2:50)
Perpetual Motion Machine	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(2:33)
N.O.U. Future Vision Hypothesis	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(3:09)
50,000 Watts of Goodwill	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(4:05)
Maniac Dragstrip	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(2:59)
Last Train to Cool	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(3:27)
Shakedown	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(3:27)
Mockingbird, Yeah!	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(2:59)
Depression III	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(3:27)
S.S. Exploder	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(2:27)
The Kingdom of Heaven Must Be Taken by Storm	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(2:12)
The Sound of Jazz to Come	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(4:42)
N.O.U.S.P.T.D.A.	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(2:51)
Presidents of Vice	The Nation of Ulysses	The Nation of Ulysses	(2:35)

Credits

Peter Hayes (Graphic Assembly), Steve Gamboa (?), Ulysses (Design), Ian MacKaye (Producer), James Canty (?), Steve Kroner (?), John Falls (Photography), Tim Green (?), Ian Svenonius (?), Wild Don Lewis (Cover Photo), Steve Raskin (Graphic Assembly), Don Zientara (Engineer)

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