Refused (album)
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| Released | December 15 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 - 1999 | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde, experimental rock | |||
| Label | Ralph America | |||
| Producer | The Cryptic Corporation | |||
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Refused, also known as Santa Dog '99, is an album released by the Residents in 1999 to celebrate the end of the millennium. It collects the 1972 Santa Dog EP as well as every re-recording of the title track (also known as "Fire") that had been made up to that point, as well as new recordings made especially for the album. It was originally released by Ralph America in a limited run of 1333 copies (in reference to the Number of the Beast, given that 1999 minus 1333 equals 666).[1]
The album cover shows Richard Nixon's refused copy of the original EP, which was mailed to him alongside other celebrities and close friends by the Residents.[2]
The track "Santa Dog '84 (A Work in Progress)" is a new version of the original, although still incomplete, with overdubs and vocals by Molly Harvey and Carla Fabrizio.
Track listing[]
All tracks are written by The Residents.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Santa Dog '84 (unfinished) (a work in progress)" | 3:05 |
| 2. | "Fire" | 1:45 |
| 3. | "Lightning" | 3:19 |
| 4. | "Explosion" | 2:17 |
| 5. | "Aircraft Damage" | 3:51 |
| 6. | "Flood" | 2:43 |
| 7. | "Santa Dog '78 (Fire)" | 1:53 |
| 8. | "Famine" | 0:45 |
| 9. | "Santa Dog '88" | 5:15 |
| 10. | "Plague" | 1:36 |
| 11. | "Santa Dog NYE (live)" | 3:44 |
| 12. | "Pestilence" | 4:09 |
| 13. | "Where are your Dogs? Show us your Ugly!" | 12:55 |
| 14. | "Fire '99 / Santa Dog 2nd Millennium" | 9:52 |
The album was updated and re-released by Klanggalerie in 2019 to commemorate its 20th anniversary. It excludes the other three tracks from the 1972 EP but includes all subsequent re-recordings made since the release of the original album, and also the original "Santa Dog '84" and an instrumental of "Santa Dog '88" titled "Santa Cow".
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Fire" | 1:45 |
| 2. | "Santa Dog '78" | 1:53 |
| 3. | "Santa Dog '84 (original version)" | 2:56 |
| 4. | "Santa Dog '84 (unfinished - a work in progress)" | 2:59 |
| 5. | "Santa Dog '88" | 5:14 |
| 6. | "Santa Dog NYE (live on New Year's Eve 1989)" | 3:39 |
| 7. | "Santa Dog '92" | 12:52 |
| 8. | "Famine" | 0:46 |
| 9. | "Pestilence" | 4:07 |
| 10. | "Flood" | 2:44 |
| 11. | "Plague" | 1:37 |
| 12. | "Fire '99 / Santa Dog 2nd Millennium" | 9:54 |
| 13. | "Santa Dog 2006" | 2:46 |
| 14. | "Santa Dog 2012" | 6:05 |
| 15. | "Santa Dog 2017" | 4:36 |
| 16. | "Santa Dog for Gamelan Orchestra" | 5:13 |
| 17. | "Santa Cow" | 5:08 |
| 18. | "Santa Dog (Live 2013)" | 4:00 |
References[]
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- 1999 albums
- The Residents albums