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The Curse of the Mekons

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Download links and information about The Curse of the Mekons by The Mekons. This album was released in 1991 and it belongs to Rock, Alternative genres. It contains 12 tracks with total duration of 51:01 minutes.

Artist: The Mekons
Release date: 1991
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Tracks: 12
Duration: 51:01
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Tracks

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No. Title Length
1. The Curse 3:43
2. Blue Arse 2:51
3. Wild & Blue 2:53
4. Authority 5:00
5. Secrets 5:18
6. Nocturne 4:55
7. Sorcerer 4:34
8. Brutal 4:36
9. Funeral 3:28
10. Lyric 3:55
11. Waltz 4:26
12. 100% Song 5:22

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It's amazing that as down and out as the Mekons were at this point, they could manage to summon up the emotional wherewithal to make a record as excellent as Curse, but they did. The title most definitely reflects the band's mindset at this time, but this is not the music of self-pity and despair ("We're right in all we distrust," yelps Greenhaigh on the title track); in fact, if it weren't for The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll, this might be the Mekons' finest moment. Politically charged songs despairing about communism and capitalism, a return to C&W (Sally Timms' passionate reading of John Anderson's "Wild and Blue"), and a dig at America's status as the world's only post-Cold War superpower ("100% Song"). Heady stuff, and not all happy, but remarkably assured and very rewarding.