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* Audio CD (September 11, 2001)
* Original Release Date: 1982
* Number of Discs: 1
* Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
* Label: Manifesto Records
* ASIN: B00005NT4G
* Average Customer Review: based on 56 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,022 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
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2. Goverment Flu Listen Listen
3. Terminal Preppie Listen Listen
4. Trust Your Mechanic Listen Listen
5. Well Paid Scientist Listen Listen
6. Buzzbomb Listen Listen
7. Forest Fire Listen Listen
8. Halloween Listen Listen
9. Winnebago Warrior Listen Listen
10. Riot Listen Listen
11. Bleed For Listen Listen
12. I Am The Owl Listen Listen
13. Dead End Listen Listen
14. Moon Over Marin Listen Listen
15. Religious Vomit Listen Listen
16. Moral Majority Listen Listen
17. Hyperactive Child Listen Listen
18. Kepone Factory Listen Listen
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20. Nazi Punks Fuck Off Listen Listen
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'Plastic Surgery Disasters / In God We Trust, Inc' is the best selling DK's album. This Manifesto digitally remastered (by original sound engineer) reissue couples their 1982 'Plastic Surgery Disasters' LP with the highly controversial 1981 12 inch EP 'In God We Trust, Inc'. Finally available again and sounding better than ever!
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
Never Mind The Soap Opera, This Is Some Good Music, July 23, 2002
Reviewer: Patrick T. Grady (Wheeling, IL) - See all my reviews
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This is my favorite Dead Kennedy's release. I will side-step the DK's current soap opera for a moment to review this disc. First of all, the Dead Kennedys were probably one of the most well-round, musically talented bands to emerge from the punk scene in the early '80's. East Bay Ray, Klaus Flouride, and D.H. Peligro were some of the best musicians ever to be called punk rock. No one else sounded like the Dead Kennedys. The "In God We Trust, Inc." EP was the DK's nod to DC-style hardcore. Its filled with hyperspeed jams that, unlike much of the hardcore that was emerging, is filled with great riffs and, despite the speed, just a great sense of what makes a good song,not just simple 3 chord verses and sing-along chorus. The jazz into to "We Got A Bigger Problem Now". "Plastic Surgery Disasters" is again filled with hyperspeed thrash, but its also tempered with influences of surf (especially "Moon Over Marin") and spaghetti western music (just listen to "Winnebago Warrior"). The fact that the group wrote much of this album as a whole is probably to a big reason for that. All throughout, Jello Biafra's lyrics are smart and funny.

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35 of 53 people found the following review helpful:
Why?, November 28, 2001
Reviewer: Zeus "beardedwindbreaker" (Lancaster, Ohio) - See all my reviews
It seems that ever since a censored version of DK's "Police Truck" appeared on the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater a few years ago, Jello's former bandmates have been desperate to make a quick buck off their new ex-quarterback fans who got their first DK album circa '99. As far as I'm concerned, the original pressings of these records were perfect. The production on them was thicker than the earlier DK stuff, while still maintaining an obnoxious abrasive quality that firmly rooted the music in punk rock. I have memories of listening to Plastic Surgery Disasters while pushing shopping carts for minimum wage in subzero weather, singing along with "You've gotta punch the clock / why don't you punch your boss?" Though I doubt that the Warped Tour crowd will ever form any sort of emotional connection with this music, at least the cleaned up sound will make it easier for them to blast it in their SUVs without blowing the speakers. *sigh*

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The beggining of Hardcore I wish they had 4 and a halfs, February 18, 2006
Reviewer: voodoochild "random person" (long island,us) - See all my reviews
A note to the reviwer who said that this music will never reach anyone at Warped Tour. My best friend went there twice, yet he has all the albums and 3 bottlegs "Skateboard Party" ect. Now we're becoming huge DK fans. This just shows how two 15 year-olds could be different from a crowd, because I'm probably the only person in the world who'l listen to this, the Bonzo Dog Band, the Beatles, Tupac, Firesign Theatre, Neopolean XIV, and collect Who bootlegs to name a few...

Advice From Christmas Past - Bizzare narraration over feedback noise, don't know what it all means... 5/10
Government Flu - Really kicks from start to finish, very strong opener. 9/10
Terminal Preppie - Very cool, and the first track I really liked on first listen. 10/10
Trust Your Mechanic - Brilliant, love this hardcore-ish track about how doctors and mechanics get all yor money and control your life.
Well Paid Scientist - A weaker track on the album, but they start showing some ska influence here. 7/10
Buzzbomb - Very cool song, with a very good opening. 9/10
Forest Fire - The fourth line is a line I use in everyday conversation. Good but not great. 7/10
Halloween - What a song, definatley a highlight in the DK catalog. 10/10
Winnebeg Warrior - Another weaker track. 7/10
Riot - Another definate highlight. 10/10
Bleed For Me - Highlight again. This is clearly the "good" part of the album. 10/10
I am the Owl - Pretty good, but doesn't reach as high as the last two. 8/10
Dead End - Cool, but a little lacking. They can't all be a winner. 8/10
Moon Over Marin - Love this one. Actually fairly romantic if you think about it. "There will always be a Moon over Marin." 10/10

I'm gonna mush the IGWT Inc. songs to gether and say their cool and the first hardcore I ever listened to really. 9/10
We've Got a Bigger Problem Now - A remake of California Uber Alles but in a cheesy nightclub fashion. Great satire. Except Jello kinda makes the lyrics more incoherent and unpleasantly sung. The "bigger problem" is I guess Ronald Regan being a bigger problem the Jerry Brown was. 9/10
Rawhide - The second odd cover to end an album. Not as cool a choise as Viva Las Vegas, but still interesting and worth a listen.