The Demo Compilation Explained

The Demo Compilation
Type:	Compilation album
Artist:	Refused
Cover:	Refused - The Demo Compilation album cover.jpeg
Released:	8 July 1997
Recorded:	1992 at Hortlax Hardcore Studio, Hortlax, Sweden
Genre:	Hardcore punk, heavy hardcore, thrashcore
Length:	56:00
Label:	Burning Heart Records, Startracks
Producer:	Pelle Gunnerfeldt
Prev Title:	The E.P. Compilation
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	The Shape of Punk to Come
Next Year:	1998

The Demo Compilation is the second compilation of old songs by Swedish hardcore punk band Refused. It was released in 1997 through Burning Heart Records. It is also known as This Album Contains Old Songs & Old Pictures Vol. 2.

Track listing

Tracks 1–15 collect the EPs First Demo: Refused (1992, self-released) and Second Demo: Operation Headfirst (1992, Umeå Hardcore Records). Tracks 16–21 are bonus songs.

1. "Re-fused" – 2:41
2. "Another One" – 2:19
3. "Enough Is Enough" – 2:07
4. "Fusible Front" – 2:25
5. "Reach Out" – 2:07
6. "Fudge" – 2:33
7. "Blind" – 3:05
8. "Back in Black" (Young/Young/Johnson) – 3:36
9. "The New Deal" – 2:13
10. "I Wish" – 2:55
11. "Where Is Equality?" – 2:17
12. "Who Died?" – 1:51
13. "Burn" – 3:32
14. "Racial Liberation" – 2:30
15. "Hate Breeds Hate" – 3:28
16. "I'll Choose My Side" – 2:51
17. "The Marlboro Man Is Dead" – 3:02
18. "Defeated" – 2:21
19. "Live Wire" – 3:02 (Mötley Crüe cover)
20. "Gratitude" – 2:39 (Beastie Boys cover)
21. [untitled] – 2:20 (Gorilla Biscuits cover; the song is called "No Reason Why" and this is a live recording)

Personnel

• Dennis Lyxzén – lead vocals, layout (all tracks)
• Pär Hansson – guitar (all tracks)
• Henrik Jansson – guitar (tracks 9–15)
• Jonas Lidgren – bass (tracks 1–8)
• Magnus Flagge – bass (tracks 9–15)
• David Sandström – drums, percussion, liner notes (all tracks)
• Jon Brännström – layout
• Pelle Gunnerfeldt – production
• Eskil Lövström – mastering
  • Tracks 16–21 are unknown personnel