People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World explained

People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World
Type:Studio
Artist:Andrew Jackson Jihad
Cover:AJJ_People_That_Can_Eat_People.jpg
Released:September 11, 2007
Studio:Audioconfusion in Mesa, Arizona
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Length:25:17
Label:Asian Man Records
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People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World is the second studio album by American folk punk band Andrew Jackson Jihad. The album was released by Asian Man Records on September 11, 2007.

Production

The title is derived from a line in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Hocus Pocus[2] which itself is a reference to Barbra Streisand's song "People."[3] Sean Bonnette, AJJ's frontman and co-founder, told the Phoenix New Times the band was "heavily into Kurt Vonnegut Jr. at the time of the recording."

The album was recorded and mixed by Jalipaz Nelson at Audioconfusion in Mesa, Arizona.[4] This was a change for the band which had primarily done home recordings previously.

Ten years after its release, Ben Gallaty, AJJ's bassist and co-founder, observed the album's tempo was "really fucking fast" and that they "rarely had a spare moment in a song," especially when compared to the band's subsequent music.

The album artwork was illustrated by Ryan Piscitelli.

"People Ii: The Reckoning" features an interpolation of Simon and Garfunkel's song "Mrs. Robinson," and "Survival Song" features lyrics from Woody Guthrie’s "Do Re Mi."

Personnel

Andrew Jackson Jihad

Additional Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andrew Jackson Jihad - People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World. April 25, 2008 . January 13, 2021. punknews.org . John.
  2. News: Young . Amy . 10 Years Later, A Look Back at AJJ's People Who Eat People... . 31 August 2023 . . August 16, 2017 . en.
  3. News: AJJ's Sean Bonnette talks sophomore record's ten year anniversary tour. Aguilera. Selena. Detroit Metro Times. September 12, 2017. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20170912234421/https://www.metrotimes.com/city-slang/archives/2017/08/25/ajjs-sean-bonnette-talks-inspiration-from-vonnegut-to-meat-bees-for-sophomore-records-ten-year-anniversary-tour. September 12, 2017. 2020-05-04.
  4. Web site: People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People In the World, by AJJ. Bandcamp. 2020-05-04.