Socialismo e Barbarie

Infobox Album
Name = Socialismo e Barbarie
Type = Studio album
Artist = CCCP


Released = 1987
Recorded = 1987
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 38:24
Label = Attack Punk Records
Producer = Ignazio Orlando and CCCP Fedeli alla linea
Last album = "1964/1985 Affinità-Divergenze fra il Compagno Togliatti e Noi - Del Conseguimento della Maggiore Età"
(1985)
This album = "Socialismo e Barbarie"
(1987)
Next album = "Canzoni, Preghiere, Danze del II Millennio - Sezione Europa"
(1989)

"Socialismo e Barbarie" (Socialism and Barbarism) is the second studio album released by the Italian punk rock band CCCP Fedeli alla linea in 1987. It is a less cohesive work, that ran the gamut from Middle Eastern music to the Soviet anthem, from Catholic hymns to feedback workouts. The title turn over the phrase ""Socialisme ou Barbarie" (Socialism or Barbarism) from Rosa Luxembourg used in a 1916 essay, 'The Junius Pamphlet'.

"Manifesto" and the remake of the National Anthem of the Soviet Union "A ja ljublju SSSR" (with different lyrics) are strongly influenced by their pro-Soviet ideologism.

"Sura", "Radio Kabul" about the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979-1989), and "Inch'Allah ça va" are influenced by the Islamic culture and the Middle Eastern music.

"Tu menti" is an attack to the nihilist punk rock of the Sex Pistols with an explicit reference to "Anarchy in the UK", and mimics the riff from the song "Liar".

"Libera me Domine" opens a new series of songs dedicated to Religion, Christianity and Catholic hymns.

The album was re-released on CD by Virgin Records in 1988 with two additional songs, both from the 1987 7" single "Oh! Battagliero".

Track listing

Original version

# "A ja ljublju SSSR"
# "Per me lo so"
# "Tu menti"
# "Rozzemilia"
# "Stati di agitazione"
# "Libera me Domine"
# "Manifesto"
# "Hong Kong"
# "Sura"
# "Radio Kabul"
# "Inch'Allah ça va"

Virgin Records version

# "A ja ljublju SSSR"
# "Per me lo so"
# "Tu menti"
# "Rozzemilia"
# "Stati di agitazione"
# "Libera me Domine"
# "Manifesto"
# "Hong Kong"
# "Sura"
# "Radio Kabul"
# "Inch'Allah ça va"
# "Oh! Battagliero"
# "Guerra e pace"

Personnel

* Giovanni Lindo Ferretti - vocals
* Massimo Zamboni - guitar
* Ignazio Orlando - bass, keyboards, drum machine
* Carlo Chiapparini - guitar
* Danilo Fatur - “Artista del popolo”People's Artist]
* Annarella Giudici - “Benemerita soubrette”Well-deserved soubrette]

See also

* CCCP discography
* Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti (C.S.I.)
* Per Grazia Ricevuta (PGR)

References and footnotes

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/zvezda_krasnaya/cccp/cccptesti/social.html Lyrics]