- Invalid Litter Dept.
Infobox Single
Name = Invalid Litter Dept.
Artist =At the Drive-In
from Album =Relationship of Command
B-side =
Released =12 March 2001 (UK)
Format = 7", CD
Recorded =
Genre =Post-hardcore
Length = 6:07
Label =Grand Royal / Virgin
VUS193 (UK, 7")
VUSCD193 (UK, CD1)
VUSDX193 (UK, CD2)
Writer =At the Drive-In
Producer =Ross Robinson
Chart position =
* #50 (UK singles chart)
Last single = "Rolodex Propaganda "
(2000)
This single = "Invalid Litter Dept."
(2001)
Next single ="Invalid Litter Dept." was the third single released from
At the Drive-In 's album "Relationship of Command ". The CD release in March 2001 came in a variety of international formats, including the standard two CDs in theUnited Kingdom . The Australian release included theUnited Kingdom b-sides from the two CD releases.The song's lyrics and music video deal with the
Juárez murders , a series of rapes and murders inCd. Juárez of young women who worked in factories calledmaquiladora s. Cd. Juárez is located just across theU.S.-Mexican border fromEl Paso, Texas , ATDI's home town. The song explicitly criticizes thefederales , or Mexican police, for their lack of response to these cases."Lamacq version" tracks originally broadcast on
BBC Radio 1 's "The Evening Session" withSteve Lamacq , week beginning11 September 2000 , and produced/mixed by Simon Askew.Track listing
U.S. / Australia CD
# "Invalid Litter Dept."
# "Initiation" (Lamacq Version)
# "Quarantined" (Lamacq Version)
# "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk "
# "Metronome Arthritis"UK 7"
# "Invalid Litter Dept." – 6:07
# "Initiation" (Lamacq version) – 3:36UK CD1
# "Invalid Litter Dept." – 6:07
# "Initiation" (Lamacq version) – 3:36
# "Quarantined" (Lamacq version) – 5:54UK CD2
# "Invalid Litter Dept." – 6:07
# "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" – 5:05
# "Metronome Arthritis" – 4:03
# "At the Drive-In TV Ad" (video starringMichael Diamond )External links
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