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Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today

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| artist = McCarthy

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| released = August 1990

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| genre = Indie pop

| length = 45:19

| label = Midnight Music

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| prev_title = The Enraged Will Inherit the Earth

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Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today was the third and final album by the band McCarthy.{{Cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/banking-violence-and-the-inner-life-today-mw0001160777 | title=Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today – McCarthy | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic | publisher=AllMusic }} It was released in August 1990.

Track listing

  1. "I'm on the Side of Mankind as Much as the Next Man" – 4:19
  2. "And Tomorrow the Stock Exchange Will Be the Human Race" – 5:33
  3. "Now Is the Time for an Iron Hand" – 4:27
  4. "The Drinking Song of the Merchant Bankers" – 5:55
  5. "Write to Your MP Today" – 3:53
  6. "Use a Bank I'd Rather Die" – 4:27
  7. "I Worked Myself Up from Nothing" – 3:40
  8. "The Well-Fed Point of View" – 3:07
  9. "Get a Knife Between Your Teeth" – 3:05
  10. "Take the Shortest Way with the Men of Violence" – 4:39
  11. "You'll Have to Put an End to Them" – 2:23

Re-releases

In 1999, the album was re-released on CD with I Am a Wallet. The track listing is:

  1. "An MP Speaks" – 2:10
  2. "Monetaries" – 1:57
  3. "The International Narcotics Traffic" – 2:25
  4. "The Way of the World" – 2:28
  5. "Antinature" – 1:42
  6. "Charles Windsor" – 1:38
  7. "The Vision of Peregrine Worsthorne" – 2:50
  8. "The Well of Loneliness" – 2:29
  9. "The Wicked Palace Revolution" – 2:32
  10. "God Made The Virus" – 1:40
  11. "The Funeral" – 1:51
  12. "A Child Soon in Chains" – 1:46
  13. "In The Dark Times" – 1:44
  14. "The Procession of Popular Capitalism" – 3:07
  15. "I'm on the Side of Mankind as Much as the Next Man" – 4:19
  16. "And Tomorrow the Stock Exchange Will Be the Human Race" – 5:33
  17. "Now Is the Time for an Iron Hand" – 4:27
  18. "The Drinking Song of the Merchant Bankers" – 5:55
  19. "Write to Your MP Today" – 3:53
  20. "Use a Bank I'd Rather Die" – 4:27
  21. "I Worked Myself Up from Nothing" – 3:40
  22. "The Well-Fed Point of View" – 3:07
  23. "Get a Knife Between Your Teeth" – 3:05
  24. "Take the Shortest Way with the Men of Violence" – 4:39
  25. "You'll Have to Put an End to Them" – 2:23

Singles

"Get a Knife Between Your Teeth"

Personnel

;McCarthy

References

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Category:1990 albums

Category:McCarthy (band) albums

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