Popaganda

Popaganda
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Studio album by Head Automatica
Released	6 June 2006
Genre	Power pop, pop punk, alternative rock
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Howard Benson
Head Automatica chronology
Decadence (2004)Decadence2004 Popaganda (2006)

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Popaganda is the second album by rock group Head Automatica. Released on June 6, 2006, it was produced by Howard Benson and reached a peak position of #87 on the UK Albums Chart.

The video for "Graduation Day" made it to #4 on the MTV2 Rock Countdown in the summer of 2006, and was also #2 on the Sirius Alternative Nation TOP 21 countdown.

Track listing

1. "Graduation Day" – 3:42
2. "Laughing at You" – 2:45
3. "Lying Through Your Teeth" – 3:29
4. "Nowhere Fast" – 3:00
5. "Scandalous" – 4:10
6. "Curious" – 2:43
7. "God" – 3:01
8. "Shot in the Back (The Platypus)" – 3:43
9. "Million Dollar Decision" – 4:04
10. "She's Not It" – 3:29
11. "Egyptian Musk" – 3:53
12. "Cannibal Girl" – 3:10
13. "K HORSE" – 4:48
14. "Beating Heart Baby (Chris Lord-Alge Mix)" – 3:26

Personnel

• Daryl Palumbo – vocals, guitar, programming
• Larry Gorman – drums, backing vocals
• Craig Bonich – guitar
• Jarvis Morgan Holden – bass
• Jessie Nelson – keyboards
• Gerard Way – backing vocals on "Graduation Day"
• Howard Benson – production, mixing
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing

The Vipen Sessions

A collection of demos recorded in 2005 during the pre-production of Popaganda leaked online some time after the release of the album. Labelled as The Vipen Sessions, it features the following songs

1. Surely
2. Chip a Tooth on Love
3. Loaded Gun
4. Scandalous
5. Shot in the Back
6. Cigarettes in Purple Reign
7. Secret Warz
8. She's Not It
9. Breakdown
10. Egyptian Musk
11. Boy Crazy
12. Farmer's Daughter
13. Granada
14. Covered in Your Best Friend
15. Oxycotton
16. Shot in the Back (Version 2)
17. There Is a Pill
18. Vanishing Man
19. Graduation Day
20. The Million Dollar Decision
21. Continental Divide
22. Hard as Mud (KROCK2 radio rip)
23. Chantel
24. Adore
25. Sweet 16
26. Chip a Tooth on Love (Alternate Ending and Mix)
27. A Wasp on the Tip of My Tongue (actually a much older track that dates back to as early as 2003 and was included in the archive with the rest of the demos most likely by mistake)
28. You Do

External links

• Article on the upcoming album