The Dead 60s (album)

The Dead 60s is the eponymous debut album by British rock band The Dead 60s. It was first released in the United States on 31 May 2005. The office building on the album cover is Concourse House, which once stood next to Liverpool Lime Street railway station. It was demolished as part of a regeneration of the area surrounding the station.

The Dead 60s
Studio album by The Dead 60s
Released	31 May 2005
Recorded	The Ranch, Liverpool and Parr Street Studios, Liverpool
Genre	Ska punk
Length	38:19
Label	Deltasonic Epic
Producer	Central Nervous System
The Dead 60s chronology
The Dead 60s (2005) Time to Take Sides (2007)
Alternative Cover
UK Cover
Singles from The Dead 60s
"You're Not the Law" Released: 10 May 2004 "Riot Radio" Released: 4 October 2004 "The Last Resort" Released: 28 March 2005 "Loaded Gun" Released: 13 June 2005 "Riot Radio (re-release)" Released: 12 September 2005 "Ghostfaced Killer" Released: 21 November 2005

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Blender	[2]
The Guardian	[3]
Q Magazine
Pitchfork Media	{5.8/10}[4]
PopMatters	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
TMZ.com	[7]

Track listings

All tracks written by The Dead 60s.

US version ('Yellow Album')

1. "Riot Radio" – 2:22
2. "A Different Age" – 1:33
3. "Nowhere" – 3:13
4. "Red Light" – 3:07
5. "Just Another Love Song" – 3:10
6. "Control This" – 2:40
7. "Loaded Gun" – 2:47
8. "Nationwide" – 2:19
9. "We Get Low" – 3:41
10. "Horizontal" – 1:56
11. "New Town Disaster" – 3:08
12. "The Last Resort" – 2:54
13. "You're Not the Law" – 2:53

    Bonus tracks on the Japan CD:

14. "Control This" [Dub]
15. "TV & Magazines"
16. "Cold Soul"

UK version ('Red Album')

1. "Riot Radio"
2. "A Different Age"
3. "Train to Nowhere"
4. "Red Light"
5. "We Get Low"
6. "Ghostfaced Killer"
7. "Loaded Gun"
8. "Control This"
9. "Soul Survivor"
10. "Nationwide"
11. "Horizontal"
12. "The Last Resort"
13. "You're Not the Law"

"Space Invader" Bonus Dub Album (by Central Nervous System)

1. "Too Much TV Dub"
2. "Invader Dub"
3. "D-60 Fights the Evil Force"
4. "No Control Dub"
5. "Tower Block Dub"
6. "CNS Lazer Attack D-60"
7. "Police Radio Dub"
8. "Flight Mission Dub"
9. "No Good Town Dub"
10. "Game Over"

Bonus DVD
A bonus, 3-video DVD was given out with initial sales of the American CD at indie record shops, and was also distributed at US gigs. It includes the music videos for the band's first 2 singles, plus a video montage of their Japan tour.

1. "Riot Radio"
2. "You're Not the Law"
3. "Japan in Dub"

"Riot Radio" is featured on the soundtrack of the video game Burnout Revenge and also on the soundtrack of the film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Album release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Cover Colour	Catalog Number
US	31 May 2005	Epic	CD (with XCP)	Yellow	EK94453
Japan	8 Jun 2005	Sony Music Japan	CD (Limited Edition)	Yellow	EICP517
Japan	10 Aug 2005	Sony Music Japan	CD	Yellow	EICP548
Germany	23 Sep 2005	Deltasonic	CD	Red	DLTCD038
UK	26 Sep 2005	Deltasonic	CD	Red	DLTCD038
UK	26 Sep 2005	Deltasonic	2CD	Red	DLTCDLE038
UK	26 Sep 2005	Deltasonic	2LP	Red	DLTLPLE038
US	22 Nov 2005	Epic	CD (without XCP)	Yellow	82876776752
Japan	21 Dec 2005	Sony Music Japan	2CD	Red	EICP586~7
Germany	16 Mar 2007	Deltasonic	CD (re-release)	Red

Extended Copy Protection

In November 2005, it was revealed that the US CD contained Extended Copy Protection (XCP), a controversial feature that automatically installed rootkit software on any Microsoft Windows machine upon insertion of the disc. The CD was withdrawn and a new version without XCP was issued on 22 November 2005.

UK LP

Another product-related problem for the band was the mis-pressing of the UK vinyl album, which lists on both the label and sleeve the same track listing as the UK CD, but in fact plays the track listing of the US version. The LP was re-pressed and distributed with the same catalogue number. The original issue has a blue starburst sticker on the cover, and the reissue does not.

German re-release

In 2007 the album was re-released to include a remix of the song "Ghostfaced Killer". This version was used as the title track for the German comedy film Neues vom WiXXer.

Singles

Name	Released	Producer	Chart position
"You're Not the Law"	10 May 2004		Did not chart
"You're Not the Law" was the first single off the album and was released in limited edition. 1,000 copies of each format were sold.
"Riot Radio"	4 October 2004		#30 (UK)
This is the official second single from the album. It was re-released later in 2005 again. The 7" single came signed. It charted at No. 30 and dropped to No. 59 in the next week.
"The Last Resort"	28 March 2005	Central Nervous System	#24 (UK)
The third single off the album. It's their highest peaking single from the whole album. It charted at No. 24 in the UK and dropped to No. 49 the next week, dropping out of the chart after.
"Loaded Gun"	13 June 2005		#28 (UK)
The single was the fourth single off the album. It charted at No. 28 in the UK and dropped to No. 61 in the next week.
"Riot Radio" (re-release)	12 September 2005		#30 (UK)
The "Riot Radio" singles was re-released in 2005 after gaining some recognition. However the recognition, the singles charted at No. 30 in the UK again and dropped to No. 58 in the next week, almost the same as the original single.
"Ghostfaced Killer"	21 November 2005	Central Nervous System	#25 (UK)
It was officially not on the original album, however later included on the red coloured album.

References

1. The Dead 60s at AllMusic
2. "Blender review". Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2005.
3. The Guardian review
4. Pitchfork Media review Archived 31 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
5. PopMatters review
6. Rolling Stone review
7. TMZ.com review

External links

• Sony BMG XCP Help Page.
• Listen to samples of "The Dead 60s".