Tragic Figures

{{Infobox album

| name = Tragic Figures

| type = album

| artist = Savage Republic

| cover = Savage Republic Tragic Figures.jpeg

| alt =

| released = June 1982

| recorded = July 1981–March 1982

| venue =

| studio = Radio Tokyo, Venice, CA

| genre = Post-punk, experimental rock

| length = 37:05

| label = Independent Project

| producer =

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Tragic Figure

| next_year = 1984

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |first=Richie |last=Unterberger |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000840272|pure_url=yes}}|title=Savage Republic: Tragic Figures > Review |website=AllMusic |accessdate=July 20, 2015}}

|rev2 = Robert Christgau

|rev2Score = {{Rating-Christgau|B}}{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Christgau |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=3649 |title=Savage Republic |publisher=Robert Christgau.com |date= |accessdate=July 20, 2015}}

}}

Tragic Figures is the debut studio album by American post-punk band Savage Republic, released in 1982 by Independent Project.{{cite magazine |first1=Andrea |last1=Enthal |first2=Ira |last2=Robbins |url=http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=savage_republic |title=Savage Republic |magazine=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=July 20, 2015}} The reissue version was augmented with the 1982 single "Film Noir" and the 1984 EP Tragic Figure, among other bonus tracks.

The sleeve design, by Bruce Licher, features a photograph of the revolutionary government executing Iranian Kurds on August 24, 1979. The photographer, Jahangir Razmi, won a Pulitzer Prize anonymously but was able to reveal himself in 2006.

Track listing

{{track listing

| headline = Side one

| all_writing = Philip Drucker, Mark Erskine, Bruce Licher and Jeff Long

| title1 = When All Else Fails

| length1 = 3:03

| title2 = Attempted Coup : Madagascar

| length2 = 2:55

| title3 = The Ivory Coast

| length3 = 3:12

| title4 = Next to Nothing

| length4 = 3:23

| title5 = Exodus

| length5 = 5:47

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side two

| title1 = Machinery

| length1 = 3:16

| title2 = Zulu Zulu

| length2 = 0:32

| title3 = Real Men

| length3 = 3:15

| title4 = Flesh That Walks

| length4 = 3:19

| title5 = Kill the Fascists!

| length5 = 2:12

| title6 = Procession

| length6 = 6:05

}}

{{track listing

| headline = 1987 CD reissue bonus tracks

| title1 = When All Else Fails

| length1 = 3:03

| title2 = Attempted Coup : Madagascar

| length2 = 2:55

| title3 = The Ivory Coast

| length3 = 3:12

| title4 = Next to Nothing

| length4 = 3:23

| title5 = Exodus

| length5 = 5:47

| title6 = On the Prowl

| length6 = 1:38

| title7 = Machinery

| length7 = 3:16

| title8 = Zulu Zulu

| length8 = 0:32

| title9 = Real Men

| length9 = 3:15

| title10 = Flesh That Walks

| length10 = 3:19

| title11 = Kill the Fascists!

| length11 = 2:12

| title12 = Procession

| length12 = 6:05

| title13 = Film Noir

| note13 = from Film Noir 7"

| length13 = 3:30

| title14 = O Andonis

| note14 = from Film Noir 7"

| writer14 = Mikis Theodorakis

| length14 = 2:08

| title15 = Mobilization

| note15 = from The Best of the Radio Tokyo Tapes compilation

| length15 = 3:21

| title16 = Tragic Figure

| note16 = from Tragic Figure EP

| length16 = 4:12

| title17 = The Empty Quarter

| note17 = from Tragic Figure EP

| length17 = 1:47

| title18 = The Ivory Coast

| note18 = from Tragic Figure EP

| length18 = 2:53

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Tragic Figures liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Tragic Figures |others=Savage Republic |year=1982 |type=sleeve |publisher=Independent Project Records |location=Bishop, California}}

;Savage Republic

Philip Drucker (as Jackson Del Rey) – guitar, percussion, vocals
Mark Erskine – drums, vocals
Bruce Licher – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, percussion
Jeff Long – bass guitar, guitar, percussion, vocals

;Production and additional personnel

John Golden – mastering
Ethan James – engineering

Release history

class="wikitable"

! Region

! Date

! Label

! Format

! Catalog

rowspan="5"| United States

| 1982

| Independent Project

| CS, LP

| IP 004

1987

|rowspan="2"| Fundamental

| CD, LP

|rowspan="2"| SAVE 21

1990

|rowspan="3"| CD

1994

| Independent Project

| IP 004

2002

| Mobilization

| MOB 101

In other media

The song Real Men is used in the Silence of the Lambs (film) when Catherine Martin captures Jame Gumb's pet dog and threatens to kill it before Clarice Starling arrives.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102926/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd|title=The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - IMDb|website=IMDb}}

References

External links

{{Discogs master |master=51372 |name=Tragic Figures |type=album}}

Category:1982 debut albums

Category:Savage Republic albums