We Hate You South African Bastards! Explained

We Hate You South African Bastards!
Type:compilation
Artist:Microdisney
Cover:Microdisney--Love Your Enemies.jpg
Released:1984, re-issued 1996
Genre:Post-punk
Length:40:40 (re-issue CD)
Label:Rough Trade, Rev-Ola (re-issue CD)
Producer:Dave Freely; Terry Cromer on "Pink Skinned Man"
Prev Title:Everybody Is Fantastic
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
Next Year:1985

We Hate You South African Bastards! is the second album by the Irish band Microdisney. It was re-issued on CD with the title Love Your Enemies to reflect post-Apartheid South Africa. The album consists of early recordings of Microdisney before they moved from Cork to London.[1]

The cover art was designed by the Welsh musician and artist Jon Langford, a founding member of the Mekons and the Three Johns.[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Cathal Coughlan and Sean O'Hagan

  1. "Helicopter of the Holy Ghost" (3:53)
  2. "Michael Murphy" (2:08)
  3. "Love Your Enemies" (3:12)
  4. "Fiction Land" (2:28)
  5. "Pink Skinned Man" (4:08)
  6. "Patrick Moore Says You Can't Sleep Here" (2:23)
  7. "Hello Rascals" (2:46)
  8. "Pretoria Quickstep" (4:50)
  9. "Loftholdingswood" (5:30)
  10. "Teddy Dogs" (3:28)
  11. "464" (5:58)

9–11 are CD bonus tracks, taken from the 12" EP In the World, released in 1985 by Rough Trade.

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Young, p 79
  2. [Paul McDermott (documentarian)|McDermott, Paul]

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