Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent

This article is about the Refused album. For the IWW songbook, sometimes subtitled Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent, see Little Red Songbook.

Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent is the second full-length album by Swedish hardcore punk band Refused. It was released in 1996 through Victory Records, Startrec and We Bite on CD, tape and 12" vinyl; and reissued by Burning Heart Records and Victory in 1997. A remastered version of the album was released in 2004.

Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent
Studio album by Refused
Released	7 June 1996
Recorded	December 1995
Genre	Hardcore punk[1] metallic hardcore[2]
Length	30:30
Label	Victory (US), Startrec (Sweden), We Bite (Germany)
Producer	Pelle Gunnerfeldt
Refused chronology
Everlasting (1994) Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent (1996) The E.P. Compilation (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Punk News	[4]

The album is the band's first where Dennis Lyxzén uses screamed vocals as opposed to the shouting vocals he used on the debut This Just Might Be... the Truth and features several metal influences.^[3] The techniques, motives and musical ideas found on this album in their rudimentary form developed into what was heard on their next album, The Shape of Punk to Come. The name of the album is taken from an early edition of the Little Red Songbook published by a committee of Spokane, Washington locals of the Industrial Workers of the World in 1909,^[5][6] which included songs by Sweden-born IWW activist Joe Hill.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rather Be Dead"	3:14
2.	"Coup D'Etat"	2:40
3.	"Hook, Line and Sinker"	2:44
4.	"Return to the Closet"	3:49
5.	"Life Support Addiction"	2:27
6.	"It's Not O.K..."	1:02
7.	"Crusader of Hopelessness"	2:50
8.	"Worthless is the Freedom Bought..."	1:32
9.	"This Trust Will Kill Again"	2:22
10.	"Beauty"	2:30
11.	"Last Minute Pointer"	2:55
12.	"The Slayer"	2:16
Total length:		30:30

Personnel

Refused

• Dennis Lyxzén – vocals
• Kristofer Steen – guitar, bass guitar
• Jon Brännström – guitar
• David Sandström – drums
• Magnus Björklund – bass guitar

Production

• Eskil Lövström – recording, intro on "Rather Be Dead"
• Pelle Henricsson – recording
• Pelle Gunnerfeldt – production
• D. Erixon – Cover Graphics
• Eilert Andersson – Band photo
• Published by Startrec Music/Songs and Stories Publishing