The World as It Is Today

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The World as It Is Today
Studio album by Art Bears
Released	1981
Recorded	Switzerland, August–September 1980
Genre	Avant-progressive rock
Length	32:11
Label	Recommended Records
Producer(s)	Art Bears Etienne Conod
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Prog. Archives link
Art Bears chronology
Winter Songs (1979)	The World as It Is Today (1981)	The Art Box (2003)

The World as It Is Today is the third and last album by English avant-garde rock group Art Bears. It was recorded at Sunrise Studio in Kirchberg, Switzerland between 24 August and 7 September 1980, and was first released in 1981. The music was composed by Fred Frith and the song texts by Chris Cutler.

For technical reasons, the original release of this album on LP vinyl record was pressed on a 12" disc at 45-rpm, and not the usual 33⅓ rpm.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Sound and art work 3 CD reissues 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

Side 1

1. "The Song of Investment Capital Overseas" (Frith, Cutler) – 2:38
2. "Truth" (Frith, Cutler) – 2:56
3. "Freedom" (Frith, Cutler) – 3:25
4. "(Armed) Peace" (Frith, Cutler) – 2:30
5. "Civilisation" (Frith, Cutler) – 4:52

Side 2

1. "Democracy" (Frith, Cutler) – 2:22
2. "The Song of the Martyrs" (Frith, Cutler) – 4:09
3. "Law" (Frith, Cutler) – 0:51
4. "The Song of the Monopolists" (Frith, Cutler) – 1:48
5. "The Song of the Dignity of Labour Under Capital" (Frith, Cutler) – 2:27
6. "Albion, Awake!" (Frith, Cutler) – 4:08

[edit] Personnel

• Fred Frith – guitars, keyboards, viola, violin, xylophone
• Chris Cutler – drums, electric drums, noise
• Dagmar Krause – vocals

[edit] Sound and art work

• Produced by Art Bears and Etienne Conod
• Cover art by Art Bear IV

[edit] CD reissues

• The World as It Is Today and Art Bears' previous album, Winter Songs were reissued on a single CD in 1988, entitled 25 Songs.
• The album was also reissued in 2003 in The Art Box, a 6xCD box set of all Art Bears releases with live and unreleased tracks, plus remixes by other musicians.

[edit] External links

• The World as It Is Today at All Music Guide
• Art Bears – An unofficial reference. The World as It Is Today.
• Discography of Fred Frith
• Ground and Sky review, accessed May 14, 2006

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Chris Cutler  •  Fred Frith  •  Dagmar Krause Peter Blegvad  •  Marc Hollander
Discography
Hopes and Fears (1978)  •  Winter Songs (1979)  •  The World as It Is Today (1981) The Art Box (2003)  •  Art Bears Revisited (2004)
Related bands and movements
Henry Cow  •  News from Babel  •  Rock in Opposition