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The Audacity of Hype is an album released on October 20, 2009 by Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine on Alternative Tentacles. The name is a parody of Barack Obama's book The Audacity of Hope.

Song origins

Some of the songs have previously been played by Biafra with other collaborators:

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mr. Biafra

No.TitleLength
1."The Terror of Tinytown"4:36
2."Clean As A Thistle"4:14
3."New Feudalism"2:38
4."Panic Land"4:21
5."Electronic Plantation"5:45
6."Three Strikes"6:05
7."Strength Thru Shopping"3:54
8."Pets Eat Their Master"5:03
9."I Won't Give Up" (the song "I Won't Give Up" ends at 7:11. After 6 minutes of silence, at minute 13:11, starts a hidden track featuring all of the songs played at the same time)21:13

Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Ani Kyd – Back-up vocals on "Electronic Plantation" and "Pets Eat Their Masters"
  • Pat Wynne – Back-up vocals
  • Anne-Marie Anderson – Back up vocals

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