Confederacy of Ruined Lives

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{{Infobox album

| name = Confederacy of Ruined Lives

| type = studio

| artist = Eyehategod

| cover = Eyehategod - Confederacy of Ruined Lives.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 19, 2000

| recorded = June–July 2000

| venue =

| studio = Balance Productions, Mandeville, Louisiana

| genre = Sludge metal

| length = 40:19

| label = Century Media

| producer = Dave Fortman
Eyehategod

| prev_title = Southern Discomfort

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = 10 Years of Abuse (and Still Broke)

| next_year = 2001

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r498205|pure_url=yes}}|title=Confederacy of Ruined Lives – Eyehategod|publisher=Allmusic}}

| rev2 = Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles

| rev2Score = 9/10{{Cite web |last=Pratt |first=Greg |date=September 25, 2000 |title=EYEHATEGOD - Confederacy of Ruined Lives |url=https://bravewords.com/reviews/eyehategod-confederacy-of-ruined-lives |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=bravewords.com |language=en}}

| rev3 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev3score = 7/10{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |last2=Perri|first2=David|author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s |publisher=Collector's Guide Publishing |year=2011 |location=Burlington, Ontario, Canada |isbn=9781-926592-20-6 |pages=161–162}}

| rev4 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book |url= |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=MUZE |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-19-531373-4 |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-link=Colin Larkin |edition=4th |volume=3 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0003unse_w1c2/page/350 350–351] |chapter=Eyehategod |via=Internet Archive}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Confederacy of Ruined Lives is the fourth studio album by sludge metal band Eyehategod, released on September 19, 2000. The track "Jack Ass in the Will of God" is a reworking of the title track to Southern Discomfort.

Track listing

{{track listing

| all_music = Jimmy Bower, Joe LaCaze, Brian Patton, Danny Nick and Mike IX Williams

| all_lyrics = Mike IX Williams

| total_length = 40:09

| title1 = Revelation / Revolution

| length1 = 4:17

| title2 = Blood Money

| length2 = 4:10

| title3 = Jack Ass in the Will of God

| length3 = 2:46

| title4 = Self Medication Blues

| length4 = 4:45

| title5 = The Concussion Machine Process

| length5 = 2:19

| title6 = Inferior and Full of Anxiety

| length6 = 3:18

| title7 = .001%

| length7 = 6:22

| title8 = 99 Miles of Bad Road

| length8 = 3:47

| title9 = Last Year (She Wanted a Doll House)

| length9 = 4:52

| title10 = Corruption Scheme

| length10 = 3:33

}}

Personnel

Eyehategod

Production

  • Dave Fortman – producer, mixing
  • Tom Bejgrowicz – artwork, design, layout

References

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Category:2000 albums

Category:Eyehategod albums

Category:Century Media Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Dave Fortman

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