[MTN 04 - February 1995 - 3000 copies]
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Track List: DEVOID OF FAITH - I'll Keep You Safe From Me BLEED - Better Days KISSES AND HUGS - Lessons 1-3 HORACE PINKER- You Know BENCHMARK - Knowledge Is Power ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR - Monday COLEMAN - Homage OX - Channel 1 FLOODGATE - Ruler SILENCE EQUALS - How Does It Feel To Be The Last One Picked? THREE STUDIES FOR A CRUCIFIXION - To Some Degree RAZE - Blackboard DEAD INSIDE - Natural Selection POLICY OF THREE - Twelve Years Down |
PRESSING INFO:
out of print
"The Education compilation was Mountain's first release to focus not just on music but also address a particular social issue. The booklet that came with the LP contained liner notes for the LP as well as lengthy essays by various educators and educatees addressing the titular issue. It examined the complicated relationship that politically-minded, idealistic individuals have to education as it is and should be. All proceeds from the comp, which has now sold all 3,000 copies, went to the East Harlem Tutorial Program.
Musically, this comp is (for me) one of the key records from that period of time between the great wave of HC that spawned bands like Born Against, Rorschach, Econochrist, and the like - and the time when the word "emo" showed up on every page of every hardcore zine applied to every kind of music. Some of these bands are probably familiar to most people: Devoid of Faith, Policy of Three, and Floodgate are all fairly seminal groups. The rest of the comp is no slouch either. Coleman, one of my all time favorites, gives a slower song that spews venom and mucas. Kisses and Hugs offer a spazzcore (emoviolence?) tripcych that is nothing short of great, three short blasts of total fury. The rest of the music ranges from rocking quiet/loud stuff to more simple punk with an emphasis on screaming, bile chucking mid-tempo hardcore. As if the material in the booklet wasn't enough, all these songs address issues of education as well. " - JEFF, MTNCIA
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