Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death is a compilation album by the American hardcore punk band the Dead Kennedys. It was released in June 1987 through frontman Jello Biafra's record label Alternative Tentacles. The album consists of songs (or in some cases, different versions of songs) that were not released on the band's studio albums. The original vinyl version had tracks 16 and 17 on an extra flexi disc. The album was certified gold by both BPI and the RIAA in December 2007. The title is a play on the famous ultimatum by Patrick Henry, "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!", and is intended as a commentary on American consumerism. Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death was the last Dead Kennedys album that Biafra approved the production of, which also led to it being the last album released through Alternative Tentacles.
Track listing
| Writer(s) |
Original appearance |
| 1. |
"Police Truck" |
East Bay Ray, Jello Biafra |
"Holiday in Cambodia" |
2:27 |
| 2. |
"Too Drunk to Fuck" |
Biafra |
"Too Drunk to Fuck" |
2:42 |
| 3. |
"California Über Alles" (single version) |
Biafra, John Greenway |
"California Über Alles" |
3:28 |
| 4. |
"The Man with the Dogs" |
Biafra |
"California Über Alles" |
3:04 |
| 5. |
"Insight" |
Biafra |
"Kill the Poor" |
1:42 |
| 6. |
"Life Sentence" |
Biafra |
"Bleed for Me" |
2:41 |
| 7. |
"A Child and His Lawnmower" |
Biafra |
Not So Quiet on the Western Front |
0:57 |
| 8. |
"Holiday in Cambodia" (single version) |
Bruce Slesinger, East Bay Ray, Biafra, Klaus Flouride |
"Holiday in Cambodia" |
3:46 |
| 9. |
"I Fought the Law" |
Sonny Curtis, new lyrics: Biafra |
Play New Rose for Me - Rose 100 |
2:21 |
| 10. |
"Saturday Night Holocaust" |
Biafra |
"Halloween" |
4:21 |
| 11. |
"Pull My Strings" (live) |
Biafra, Slesinger |
N/A |
5:47 |
| 12. |
"Short Songs" (live) |
6025 |
Can You Hear Me? Music from the Deaf Club |
0:29 |
| 13. |
"Straight A's" (live) |
Biafra, 6025 |
Can You Hear Me? Music from the Deaf Club |
2:15 |
| 14. |
"Kinky Sex Makes the World Go Around" |
D.H. Peligro, East Bay Ray, Biafra, Flouride |
Wargasm |
4:17 |
| 15. |
"The Prey" |
East Bay Ray, Biafra |
"Too Drunk to Fuck" |
3:50 |
| 16. |
"Night of the Living Rednecks" (live) |
Slesinger, Biafra, Flouride |
N/A |
5:14 |
| 17. |
"Buzzbomb from Pasadena" |
East Bay Ray, Biafra |
N/A |
2:22 |
Personnel
- Jello Biafra - vocals, producer, artwork, compiler
- East Bay Ray - guitar, echoplex, producer, mixer
- Klaus Fluoride - bass, backing vocals
- D.H. Peligro - drums, backing vocals
- Ted - drums, artwork
- 6025 - guitar
- Thom Wilson - producer
- Geza X - producer, backing vocals
- Norm - producer
- Elliot Mazer - producer
- Jim Keylor - engineer
- John Cuniberti - producer, engineer
- Oliver Dicicco - mixer, engineer
- Pippin Youth - mixer
- Dee Dee Graves - artwork
- Winston Smith - artwork
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