______ _______ _______ ______ _____ _______ | __ \ | | | | __ \ |_| ___| | < | | | __ < | ___| proudly presents... |___|__|_______|__|_|__|______/_______|_______| ............................................................................ Artist...... Utopia Now Album....... In the Mirror Label....... Genre....... Punk Releasedate 2010-06-25 Encoder..... Lame Source...... WEB (MP3) Bitrate..... 320kbps Size........ 111.44 mb Duration.... 45:41 WWW......... http://www.deezer.com/album/180767762 .Tracklist ................................................................. 01 Regicide [ 1:38] 02 The Fifth Ape [ 2:17] 03 What You Are [ 2:22] 04 Terra Incognita [ 1:56] 05 Afraid of Nothing [ 2:18] 06 Shallow Water [ 3:04] 07 Everyone's Disease [ 3:05] 08 Argumentum Ad Consequentiam [ 2:53] 09 Perpetual Emotion Machine [ 3:17] 10 Beyond Anthropic Dreams [ 2:47] 11 Monochrome [ 3:31] 12 Hubris [ 2:14] 13 Brave Open Eyes [ 2:56] 14 Youniverse [ 1:50] 15 Daisy Chain [ 3:16] 16 Soliloquy [ 3:00] 17 Epilogue [ 3:17] .Releasenotes .............................................................. "Man in the mirror" was a project that I knew was potentially going to be controversial. It has a dual purpose. 1. It stands as a tribute to Michael Jackson (thus the title, and a few songs on the album are talking about him or were at least inspired by his death). Tragically, even in the punk rock community, where people claim to be celebrating individual and critical thinking, he has been demonized severely, and people were just as ideologically blind as the general public when it came to the person, the outrageous claims made against him, and even the disgraceful way the media dealt with him throughout much of his life. Thus, it was clear to me that this was going to be met with skepticism by the audience. There arguably is more to be known (in terms of documented, neutral facts, not only rumor) about Michael Jackson than about any other person in history. And so anyone who dispassionately investigates the facts cannot help but conclude, as many honest individuals have done, that essentially all the outlandish claims ever brought forth against him were ridiculous and false, and I'm not only talking about the child molestation rumors. My conclusion û and I personally believe that it is irrefutable to anyone who is intellectually honest and has any sense of compassion û is that this person was possibly the most misunderstood and certainly the most distorted and betrayed person in pop culture history. 2. On a more typical note, it's a concept album about the human condition (this the ambiguous title - remember, "man" in English can also mean "mankind"!). All the non-Michael Jackson songs are very typical lyrically in that they talk about human weakness, particularly intellectual weaknesses. ............................................................................ LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLEEEEE!