Dispepsi

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Dispepsi
Studio album by Negativland
Released	July 29, 1997
Genre	Experimental
Length	42:43
Label	Seeland
Producer(s)	Negativland
Negativland chronology
Fair Use: The Story of the Letter U and the Numeral 2 (1995)	Dispepsi (1995)	Negativ(e)land: Live On Tour 1997

Dispepsi is an album by the band Negativland. It was released on July 29, 1997 by Seeland Records, Negativland's record label. The album was an attack on the highly competitive soft drink companies Coca-Cola and Pepsi, who flood the air waves with commercials. Interestingly, the title "Dispepsi" doesn't appear anywhere on the album, but a toll-free telephone number (1-800) was set up to provide the proper title. It is mangled into things like Pedissip and such, as the band originally feared being sued for trademark infringement. However, once Pepsi lawyers indicated that they had no intention of ever suing Negativland, they began referring to it by its actual title.[1]

One pressing of the album was inadvertently manufactured with a gospel recording inside (including the Christian anti-homosexual hit "It's Not Natural"), although the disc was silkscreened with the Dispepsi artwork.

[edit] Track listing

1. The Smile You Can't Hide
2. Drink It Up
3. Why Is This Commercial?
4. Happy Hero
5. A Most Successful Formula
6. The Greatest Taste Around - this song had a music video made for it, incorporating many Pepsi commercials that synced with the song.
7. Hyper Real
8. All She Called About
9. I Believe It's L
10. Humanitarian Effort
11. Voice Inside My Head
12. Aluminum Or Glass: The Memo
13. Bite Back

[edit] Notes on samples

"All of the cola commercials that were appropriated, transformed, and reused in this recording attempted to assault us in our homes without permission. Other sources reused include: talk radio, MOMMIE DEAREST, tabloid TV, Pepsi and Shirlie, documentary TV, Bryan Ferry, the news, Ice-T, public service announcements, Asha Bhosle, MC Lyte, The Clio Awards, traditional Burmese music, the O.J. Simpson murder case, motivational marketing tapes by advertising executives." [2]