Chief Thinker "A Fridge Full of Ideas" LP (colored)

19 songs in 31 minutes, that's an average of 1.631578947368421 minutes per song. It sounds like a lot at first, but if you round it down, it's only 1.6 minutes per song. As always, things get erratic: Right at the beginning and at the very end, the masterminds pay homage to the Beach Boys without filling this arbitrarily set framework with surf content. Surprisingly, the song "Schweine im Weltall" (Pigs in Space) isn't about Elon Musk, but instead, with genuine fun punk, answers the question of whether art these days has to be political at all costs. "Schnubbi" is a beautiful, but also sad song; other people have problems too in "Die schwer Kindheit der künstlichen Intelligenz" (The Difficult Childhood of Artificial Intelligence), and "Impfen und Wurst" (Vaccinations and Sausages) finally heralds a proper reckoning with the Corona years. "Was soll allein aus dir werden" (What is going to happen to you) is a parenting advice song without any fact-checking, while "Lass die Sau raus" (Let's Get Rid of It) illuminates the ridiculous culture war technique of deliberate misunderstanding. Musically, there are occasional wellness passages, a bit of bossa nova, and the occasional stadium rock. Sepp Herberger would say: The LP is well-rounded, with a running time of 31 minutes.

 

1 GOOD MORNING

2 SONGS FROM HELL

3 THE BETTER GOD

4 chest pouches

5 IT CAN'T GET ANY GREENER

6 SCHNUBBI

7 PIGS IN SPACE

8 THE DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

9 FAVORITE SONG

10 THE APPLE DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE

11 TAX

12 VACCINATIONS AND SAUSAGES

13 COMMUNICATION SQUARE

14 ROY BLACK

15 WHAT WILL BECOME OF YOU?

16 EGGNOG

17 AMNESIA & OPPORTUNISM

18 LET THE PIG OUT

19 AWESOME CHASSIS

 

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