The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified
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The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified is an album by The Dismemberment Plan
The Dismemberment Plan
The Dismemberment Plan is a Washington D.C. based indie rock band formed on January 1, 1993. Also known as D-Plan or The Plan, the name comes from a stray phrase uttered by insurance salesman Ned Ryerson in the popular comedy Groundhog Day. The band members included Eric Axelson , Jason Caddell ,...

. It was released on March 17, 1997 on Desoto.

Track listing

  1. "Tonight We Mean It"
  2. "That's When the Party Started"
  3. "The Ice of Boston"
  4. "Academy Award"
  5. "Bra"
  6. "Do The Standing Still"
  7. "This is the Life"
  8. "One Too Many Blows to the Head"
  9. "It's So You"
  10. "Manipulate Me"
  11. "Respect Is Due"

Other Facts

  • The 1st track, "Tonight We Mean It" makes references to the popular apparel fiber Rayon
    Rayon
    Rayon is a manufactured regenerated cellulose fiber. Because it is produced from naturally occurring polymers, it is neither a truly synthetic fiber nor a natural fiber; it is a semi-synthetic or artificial fiber. Rayon is known by the names viscose rayon and art silk in the textile industry...

    , existentialism
    Existentialism
    Existentialism is a term applied to a school of 19th- and 20th-century philosophers who, despite profound doctrinal differences, shared the belief that philosophical thinking begins with the human subject—not merely the thinking subject, but the acting, feeling, living human individual...

    , and postmodernism
    Postmodernism
    Postmodernism is a philosophical movement evolved in reaction to modernism, the tendency in contemporary culture to accept only objective truth and to be inherently suspicious towards a global cultural narrative or meta-narrative. Postmodernist thought is an intentional departure from the...

    .
  • The 3rd track, "The Ice of Boston" references the Gladys Knight and the Pips song "Midnight Train to Georgia
    Midnight Train to Georgia
    "Midnight Train to Georgia" is a 1973 number-one hit single by Gladys Knight & the Pips, their second release after departing Motown Records for Buddah Records...

    ".
  • The 4th track on the album, "Academy Award", is featured as a remix on the band's final non-studio album A People's History of the Dismemberment Plan
    A People's History of the Dismemberment Plan
    A People's History of the Dismemberment Plan is a 2003 album by Washington D.C. indie band The Dismemberment Plan, issued on DeSoto Records. The album is a compilation of songs from three of the band's previous releases, The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified, Emergency & I and Change, remixed by...

     http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17033/Dismemberment_Plan_A_Peoples_History_of_The_Dismemberment_Plan. This remix was actually created by close friend Cex
    Cex
    Cex is a musical project run by Rjyan Claybrook Kidwell and started in 1998 at the age of 16. Although Cex and Kidwell are frequently used interchangeably, Cex occasionally expands to several people at sporadic points, such as particular tours or albums...

    for his Role Model album, released in 2001.
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