electronic, experimental, rock 48 min 9 tracks SST Records
Helter Stupid is Negativland's fifth studio album, released in 1989. It is a concept album focused on the media coverage of a hoax formulated by the band claiming that "Christianity Is Stupid" from their previous album, Escape from Noise, had inspired David Brom to murder his family in Rochester, Minnesota, as well as other moral panics related to popular music.
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Spare, open-ended, cool and ironic.
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- A1Prologue4:03
- A2Helter Stupid18:01
- B1The Perfect Cut (Canned Music)3:28
- B2The Perfect Cut (Rooty Poops)2:20
- B3The Perfect Cut (Good as Gold)3:20
- B4The Perfect Cut (Piece of Meat)3:21
- B5The Perfect Cut (White Rabbit and a Dog Named Gidget)2:42
- B6The Perfect Cut (11 Minutes)4:53
- B7The Perfect Cut (48 Hours)5:39
9 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Negativland
- Label
- SST Records
- Released
- 1989-10
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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