Name: The General Strike by Anti-flag
Brand: Anti-Flag
SKU: 603967147667
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3.5 (84 reviews)

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Perennial rabble-rousers Anti-Flag come back to throw sand in the face of the establishment on their ninth studio album, The General Strike. Combining blunt, no-nonsense political ideals with driving punk rock into an anti-establishment steamroller, the album finds Anti-Flag once again sticking with the direct approach as they comment on the Occupy Wall Street movement and the ever widening gap in America's class system. While lyrics like "They're sleeping between satin sheets while huddled masses sleep in the streets/Tucked in at night they lay and dream of Corporate State Theocracy," from "Nothing Recedes Like Progress," don't allow much in the way of misinterpretation, they do root a lot of the songs in a very specific time and place. This kind of timeliness gives The General Strike the feeling that, though inspiring in its day, it doesn't have that special something that makes a song like the Clash's "Know Your Rights" an enduring anthem for the oppressed and disenfranchised. Despite this, it's still worth pointing out that at least Anti-Flag are standing up to say something at all, and every movement needs its fight songs to keep people going in the face of adversity. For all the people camping out in the cold, The General Strike definitely has enough fire to keep you warm. ~ Gregory Heaney

1. Controlled Opposition

by Anti-flag

Primary Artist: Anti-flag; Main Performer
Composer: Anti-flag; Composer
Producer: Anti-flag; Production

2. The Neoliberal Anthem

by Anti-flag

Primary Artist: Anti-flag; Main Performer
Composer: Anti-flag; Composer
Producer: Anti-flag; Production

3. 1915

by Anti-flag

Primary Artist: Anti-flag; Main Performer
Composer: Christopher Barker
Christopher Head
Justin Geever
Patrick Bollinger; Composer
Producer: Anti-flag; Production

4. This Is the New Sound

by Anti-flag

Primary Artist: Anti-flag; Main Performer
Composer: Anti-flag; Composer
Producer: Anti-flag; Production

5. Bullshit Opportunist

by Anti-flag

Primary Artist: Anti-flag; Main Performer
Composer: Anti-flag; Composer
Producer: Anti-flag; Production

6. The Ranks of the Masses Rising

by Anti-flag

Primary Artist: Anti-flag; Main Performer
Composer: Anti-flag; Composer
Producer: Anti-flag; Production

7. Turn a Blind Eye

by Anti-flag

Primary Artist: Anti-flag; Main Performer
Composer: Anti-flag; Composer
Producer: Anti-flag; Production

8. Broken Bones

by Anti-flag

Primary Artist: Anti-flag; Main Performer
Composer: Christopher Barker
Christopher Head
Justin Geever
Patrick Bollinger; Composer
Producer: Anti-flag; Production