Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today explained

Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today
Type:	Album
Artist:	McCarthy
Cover:	Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today.jpg
Released:	August 1990
Genre:	Indie pop
Length:	45:19
Label:	Midnight Music
Prev Title:	The Enraged Will Inherit the Earth
Prev Year:	1989

Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today was the third and final album by the band McCarthy.^[1] It was released in August 1990.

Track listing

1. "I'm on the Side of Mankind as Much as the Next Man" – 4:19
2. "And Tomorrow the Stock Exchange Will Be the Human Race" – 5:33
3. "Now Is the Time for an Iron Hand" – 4:27
4. "The Drinking Song of the Merchant Bankers" – 5:55
5. "Write to Your MP Today" – 3:53
6. "Use a Bank I'd Rather Die" – 4:27
7. "I Worked Myself Up from Nothing" – 3:40
8. "The Well-Fed Point of View" – 3:07
9. "Get a Knife Between Your Teeth" – 3:05
10. "Take the Shortest Way with the Men of Violence" – 4:39
11. "You'll Have to Put an End to Them" – 2:23

Re-releases

In 1999, the album was re-released on CD with I Am a Wallet. The track listing is:

1. "An MP Speaks" – 2:10
2. "Monetaries" – 1:57
3. "The International Narcotics Traffic" – 2:25
4. "The Way of the World" – 2:28
5. "Antinature" – 1:42
6. "Charles Windsor" – 1:38
7. "The Vision of Peregrine Worsthorne" – 2:50
8. "The Well of Loneliness" – 2:29
9. "The Wicked Palace Revolution" – 2:32
10. "God Made The Virus" – 1:40
11. "The Funeral" – 1:51
12. "A Child Soon in Chains" – 1:46
13. "In The Dark Times" – 1:44
14. "The Procession of Popular Capitalism" – 3:07
15. "I'm on the Side of Mankind as Much as the Next Man" – 4:19
16. "And Tomorrow the Stock Exchange Will Be the Human Race" – 5:33
17. "Now Is the Time for an Iron Hand" – 4:27
18. "The Drinking Song of the Merchant Bankers" – 5:55
19. "Write to Your MP Today" – 3:53
20. "Use a Bank I'd Rather Die" – 4:27
21. "I Worked Myself Up from Nothing" – 3:40
22. "The Well-Fed Point of View" – 3:07
23. "Get a Knife Between Your Teeth" – 3:05
24. "Take the Shortest Way with the Men of Violence" – 4:39
25. "You'll Have to Put an End to Them" – 2:23

Singles

"Get a Knife Between Your Teeth"

Personnel

McCarthy

• Malcolm Eden – voice, guitar
• Tim Gane – lead guitar
• John Williamson – bass guitar
• Gary Baker – drums
• Lætitia Sadier – vocals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today – McCarthy | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic . .