Popaganda
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| Studio album by Head Automatica | ||||
| Released | 6 June 2006 | |||
| Genre | Power pop, pop punk, alternative rock | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Howard Benson | |||
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| AbsolutePunk.net | 69% link |
| Allmusic |    link |
| Rocknworld.com | link |
Popaganda is the second album by rock group Head Automatica. Released on June 6, 2006, it was produced by Howard Benson and reached a peak position of #87 on the UK Albums Chart.
The video for "Graduation Day" made it to #4 on the MTV2 Rock Countdown in the summer of 2006, and was also #2 on the Sirius Alternative Nation TOP 21 countdown.
Track listing
- "Graduation Day" – 3:42
- "Laughing at You" – 2:45
- "Lying Through Your Teeth" – 3:29
- "Nowhere Fast" – 3:00
- "Scandalous" – 4:10
- "Curious" – 2:43
- "God" – 3:01
- "Shot in the Back (The Platypus)" – 3:43
- "Million Dollar Decision" – 4:04
- "She's Not It" – 3:29
- "Egyptian Musk" – 3:53
- "Cannibal Girl" – 3:10
- "K HORSE" – 4:48
- "Beating Heart Baby (Chris Lord-Alge Mix)" – 3:26
Personnel
- Daryl Palumbo – vocals, guitar, programming
- Larry Gorman – drums, backing vocals
- Craig Bonich – guitar
- Jarvis Morgan Holden – bass
- Jessie Nelson – keyboards
- Gerard Way – backing vocals on "Graduation Day"
- Howard Benson – production, mixing
- Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
The Vipen Sessions
A collection of demos recorded in 2005 during the pre-production of Popaganda leaked online some time after the release of the album. Labelled as The Vipen Sessions, it features the following songs
- Surely
- Chip a Tooth on Love
- Loaded Gun
- Scandalous
- Shot in the Back
- Cigarettes in Purple Reign
- Secret Warz
- She's Not It
- Breakdown
- Egyptian Musk
- Boy Crazy
- Farmer's Daughter
- Granada
- Covered in Your Best Friend
- Oxycotton
- Shot in the Back (Version 2)
- There Is a Pill
- Vanishing Man
- Graduation Day
- The Million Dollar Decision
- Continental Divide
- Hard as Mud (KROCK2 radio rip)
- Chantel
- Adore
- Sweet 16
- Chip a Tooth on Love (Alternate Ending and Mix)
- A Wasp on the Tip of My Tongue (actually a much older track that dates back to as early as 2003 and was included in the archive with the rest of the demos most likely by mistake)
- You Do
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