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| Artist: Fugazi
Label: Dischord
Category: Music
List Price: £8.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 57314
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 60
UPC: 718751796027
EAN: 7187517960270
ASIN: B000000JOM
Release Date: June 7, 1998
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Condition: Ships from the USA, please allow 10-14 days for delivery. Region 1 encoding requires a North American or multi-region DVD player and NTSC compatible TV. Over 2,000,000 satisfied customers worldwide.
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| Tracks:
| • | Exit Only | | • | Reclamation | | • | Nice New Outfit | | • | Stacks | | • | Latin Roots | | • | Steady Diet Of Nothing | | • | Long Division | | • | Runaway Return | | • | Polish | | • | Dear Justice Letter | | • | KYEO |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
These sober, literate punk rockers from America's capital, Washington, DC, get points for being such staunch supporters of indie rock and for their refusal to either compromise their sound or rest on their laurels. This commitment and artistic integrity has garnered them legions of devoted fans and has made them into latter-day punk heroes. Steady Diet Of Nothing is a full plate of hard-hitting, power-chord-driven, thinking man's punk. Aggressive in most places, flirting with melody in some, the band more than delivers on its promise and even manages to mature a bit. "Reclamation" deals with self-empowerment whilst "Nice New Outfit" and "Runaway Return" attack such closely held tenets of American society as consumerism and conformity. --Mike Corrigan
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 one of the best albums ever May 27, 2007
The tracks on this album are either sublime or magnificent, it is syncopated like jazz-funk but it is most definitely punk / DC hardcore / straightedge.
If you are a fan of Tom Jones or any other soppy music for cocktail parties, if you're looking for something to sit next to your Dido and Pet Shop Boys' CDs then don't come here.
If on the other hand you are looking for something a little spunkier, punkier and less over-produced than Blink 182 or Linkin Park then you have struck gold.
 Very good, but not their best May 8, 2007
Being a long time fan of Fugazi, this was one of the later albums of theirs I bought. I find this a more involved listen than most of their other releases, by no means a bad thing, but it feels a bit slower and mellower than In on the Killtaker and not as immediate as 13 Songs or Repeater. Having said that if you have the chance to get this, do. It is still a great introduction to one of the most original and musical alternative bands that ever existed. The dual vocals between Ian Mackaye and Guy Piccioto give Fugazi such a signature sound and really complement eachother in an unlikely way. There is a distinctive personality to Fugazi's music, and if that isn't unique enough set against today's trend-led music industry then I may as well give up writing these reviews.
With reference to the previous reviewer who questioned whether Fugazi's record label had heard their 'awful racket' (or however you termed it), well, fugazi are their own record label. Wow! A world where people control their own destiny. How surreal. Hope you enjoyed Tom Jones......Now his would be a record label that recognises easy prey.
Rock and roll. May 31, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think the main problem that a lot of people have with Fugazi is that a lot of their music isn't instant-it's very subtle and takes a while to sink in and get into. Today most of the music people listen to teaches them to be impatient and all in need of a quick catchy chorus to hook them in. You won't get them with Fugazi (generally) or with this album. I would say this is my least favourite Fugazi outing-but after owning it for a few years you'll really start to treasure it and only then will you understand the music fully.
Where would rock be today without a Steady Diet of Fugazi? July 3, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Queens of the Stone Age, Pearl Jam, At The Drive In, Rage Against The Machine....you can hear there influence everywhere yet seldom is it acknowledged.
Not a breakthrough album like 'Nevermind' but then Fugazi had been making this kind of awesome, textured sound for years before 'Steady Diet'. It's not all shouting either in fact this album contains a lot more subtlety (well, subtle for Fugazi!) than you might expect namely in 'Exit Only' and 'Long Division'. The uncompromising lyrics and simultaneously angry yet heartfelt music made sure it didn't trouble the mainstream charts or have the impact that bands like Metallica or even Henry Rollins did back in 1991. The problem is bands like Pearl Jam, etc. badly wanted to identify not only with the sound of Fugazi but also with the ethics and attitude but realised you don't make money or friends in the music business by doing so. Surely that's the very reason you should track down everything they've ever recorded and just educate yourself in the REAL 'alternative'. You owe them that much....
What can I say, it's Fugazi! January 15, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After reading a few of the other reviews I decided I had to review this album to try and bring up it's average score! As with all Fugazi's work, this is an intelligent, original album with thought provoking lyrics. Many people were slightly disapointed with this album as it had a lot to live up to following the awesome repeater, but in my opinion with repeated listens this is an equally good (if not even better) record.
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