Citizen Zombie

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{{Infobox album

| name = Citizen Zombie

| type = studio

| artist = The Pop Group

| cover = The Pop Group - Citizen Zombie.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2015|2|23|df=yes}}

| recorded = {{Start date|2012}}–{{Start date|2014}}

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Dance-punk|post-punk|art punk|experimental rock|avant-funk|noise rock}}

| length = 39:53

| label = Freaks R Us

| producer = Paul Epworth

| prev_title = Cabinet of Curiosities

| prev_year = 2014

| next_title = The Boys Whose Head Exploded

| next_year = 2016

}}

{{Music ratings

|MC = (74/100){{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/citizen-zombie/the-pop-group |title=Citizen Zombie – The Pop Group |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=February 23, 2015}}

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Fred |last=Thomas |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002791773|pure_url=yes}}|title=Citizen Zombie |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=February 23, 2015}}

|rev2 = Drowned in Sound

|rev2score = (7/10){{cite web |first=Mark |last=Ward |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18648/reviews/4148715 |title=The Pop Group: Citizen Zombie |publisher=Drowned in Sound |date=February 23, 2015 |access-date=February 23, 2015 |archive-date=February 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221201315/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18648/reviews/4148715 |url-status=dead }}

|rev3 = Mojo

|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite journal|first=Andrew |last=Perry |url=http://www.mojo4music.com/19126/pop-group-citizen-zombie/ |title=The Pop Group: Citizen Zombie |journal=Mojo |date=February 23, 2015 |access-date=February 23, 2015}}

|rev4 = Pitchfork Media

|rev4score = (2.4/10){{cite web |first=Stephen M. |last=Deusner |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20217-citizen-zombie/ |title=The Pop Group: Citizen Zombie |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date=February 26, 2015 |access-date=February 27, 2015}}

|rev5 = PopMatters

|rev5Score = (7/10){{cite web |first=Ian |last=King |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/190867-the-pop-group-citizen-zombie/ |title=The Pop Group: Citizen Zombie |publisher=PopMatters |date=February 26, 2015 |access-date=February 27, 2015}}

|rev6 = Q

|rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |last=columnist |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/citizen-zombie/the-pop-group |title=The Pop Group: Citizen Zombie |journal=Q |date=April 2015 |page=10 |access-date=February 27, 2015}}

|rev7 = Uncut

|rev7score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite journal |last=columnist |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/citizen-zombie/the-pop-group |title=The Pop Group: Citizen Zombie |journal=Uncut |date=March 2015 |page=74 |access-date=February 23, 2015}}

}}

Citizen Zombie is the third studio album by The Pop Group, released on 23 February 2015 by Freaks R Us. It marks the first album of new studio material by the band since For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?, released thirty-five years prior in 1980.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Citizen Zombie

| writer1 = Gareth Sager, Bruce Smith, Mark Stewart

| length1 = 3:52

| title2 = Mad Truth

| writer2 = Gareth Sager, Mark Stewart

| length2 = 3:47

| title3 = Nowhere Girl

| writer3 = Gareth Sager, Mark Stewart

| length3 = 3:26

| title4 = Shadow Child

| writer4 = Gareth Sager, Bruce Smith, Mark Stewart

| length4 = 2:45

| title5 = The Immaculate Deception

| writer5 = Gareth Sager, Mark Stewart

| length5 = 4:24

| title6 = S.O.P.H.I.A.

| writer6 = Dan Catsis, Gareth Sager, Bruce Smith, Mark Stewart

| length6 = 3:55

| title7 = Box 9

| writer7 = Dan Catsis, Gareth Sager, Bruce Smith, Mark Stewart

| length7 = 3:37

| title8 = Nations

| writer8 = Gareth Sager, Mark Stewart

| length8 = 3:11

| title9 = St. Outrageous

| writer9 = Gareth Sager, Mark Stewart

| length9 = 3:44

| title10 = Age of Miracles

| writer10 = Gareth Sager, Mark Stewart

| length10 = 4:11

| title11 = Echelon

| writer11 = Gareth Sager, Mark Stewart

| length11 = 3:01

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Versions Galore – Deluxe Edition bonus disc

| title1 = Zombie [Land]

| length1 = 3:05

| title2 = The Immaculate

| length2 = 3:28

| title3 = Shadow [Master]

| length3 = 2:45

| title4 = Echelon [Instro-Mental]

| length4 = 3:01

}}

Personnel

The Pop Group

Additional musicians

Technical

Release history

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! Date

! Label

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! Catalog

United Kingdom

| 2015

| Freaks R Us

| CD, LP

| Freak 8/9

References

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