Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come (A Chimerical Bombination In 12 Bursts) download mp3 flac

Does anyone know what the numbers after the track names refer to on the back? They don't appear to refer to seconds.

Still kind of a masterpiece. In response to an earlier review stating that it's not punk as its title states and that punk didn't end up sounding like this, the title is an homage to Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz to Come, which similarly, was not what jazz ended up sounding like. That album was more like "The Shape of Ornette Coleman's Jazz to Come" because he carved such a unique niche for himself that even the most similar artists were not so similar. This album cover too is an homage to jazz album covers from the late 50s and early 60s which was a major turning point in the genre. The title signifies change, transformation, progression.

They can call it punk in the title, but this is NOT a punk record. It's one thing to have some cross genre fusion elements injected into it for the sake of the evolution of sound, but it's an entirely different thing to throw the baby out with the bathwater, drop even the simplest most basic foundations of punk music and then act like this is how punk is from now on. If it was truly "future" punk as they so boldly implied, it certainly didn't catch on, because even now no real punk sounds anything like that. It's got to look like a duck and talk like a duck to be a duck.I like the album, but it's not the punk revolution it promised to be. I'm all for musicians breaking the mold and innovation in general but if you call a minivan a sports car, gear heads are going to still call it a minivan despite their advertisements.

  AnalogueLight Regarding "punk rock, if it were to remain threatening and potent, couldn’t keep sounding like punk rock"Threatened and potent is the inherent sound of punk you cannot remove those elements. That's like saying "Blues music, if it remained about being down and out and embraced it's improvised blues twang, couldn't keep sounding like blues."These elements that make punk punk once gone make the music not punk. You cannot make chocolate cake with vanilla.

  J.C.L - Respectfully, I just clicked on your profile to see how much of a "good grasp" you have "on music history" and quite frankly all I saw was lowest common denominator basics. Clearly I have more music knowledge in my pinkie toenail than you do in your entire head and my collection, experience, and knowledge of music history is vastly more in depth with all genres than your quaint little collection of Offspring and Beastie Boys basics. Maybe click on my profile and try to wrap your head around the bigger picture before fronting like you have the official exclusive valid opinion as to what constitutes punk.This Refused album we're debating mere opinion over is in hindsight a forgettable novelty record not even worth mentioning compared to actual influential punk album staples that stand the test of time. "The Shape of Punk to Come" is a footnote anomaly, an experiment that never influenced anyone or changed minds. But after browsing the pleb picks you accumulated and rank, I can see how you're confused about even these obvious fundamentals.

This is old, but I can't resist. They wanted it to remain threatening and potent, and thus it had to change from what people had become comfortable with. Somehow you've misread that %100 and concluded that they wanted to take those factors out of the equation. Markpotato knows what's up regarding the rest of your inaccuracies(The title was an homage, not a promise). I hope you had a chance to read that over the years. Not that everyone is expected to have a good grasp of music history, but if you intend to make statements... probably best that you do.

Well, first of all: This is hardcore and hardcore has drastically changed over time. Punk and hardcore do not sound so much like they've used to in the beginning. Secondly: "because even now no real punk sounds anything like that." That's because most nowadays punk bands haven't learned the lesson or have fully understood the point Refused have made. Oddly enough many "punk" bands are influenced by Refused but sadly picked up on the wrong things. "The thesis of 'The Shape of Punk to Come' – outlined clearly throughout the record – is that punk rock, if it were to remain threatening and potent, couldn’t keep sounding like punk rock."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but there haven't been any remastered CD releases of this album, have there? There's a 96kHz/24bit download of the album from the 2010 remaster available from Pono, HDTracks, etc., but I just wanted to confirm that outside of the LP reissues the 2010 remaster isn't available on a physical format?

there was a dvd release of TSOPTC in 2004. Remastered (and remixed) in 5.1 surround.https://www.discogs.com/Refused-The-Shape-Of-Punk-To-Come-A-Chimerical-Bombination-In-12-Bursts/release/615740

Quite possibly the most influential release in the 90's on the current main stream hard rock/metal sound, which can be heard in bands such as The Used, Hawthorne Heights and countless others. This album combined elements of traditional breakdown hardcore with screamo while retaining song composition, the likes that hasnt been seen since the early days of Bad Brains. While "humble" wouldnt describe the bands effort here, they certainly werent above stepping outside the boundaries of the traditional format of the days hardcore elements. This sociopolitical laden concept album sacrifices nothing in the way of auditory complexity. Songs like "The Shape of Punk to Come" reveal layer after layer of sonic depth. Tracks flow into each other and create a non-stop experience that makes it hard to listen to just one song. The album provides a great commentary on the current climate that is still relevant 10 years after the fact.