Album · Consolidated
Business of Punishment by Consolidated
Business of Punishment is an album by Consolidated, released in 1994. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Butyric Acid”, on 1 list with a best position of #82.
Business of Punishment, Consolidated's fourth full-length album, came out in 1994, the one and only record the radical activist crew made for London Records. It caps a restless stretch: between 1989 and 1994 their sound had mutated from industrial clank through hip-hop and on into funk and hard rock, with live instruments shoved up against the machines, and the band had built a name on sonic collages that jammed industrial and hip-hop together.
The politics are as loud as the beats. Consolidated went after capitalism, American nationalism, racism and homophobia, with animal rights, vegetarianism and women's rights on the agenda too, and they preached hard enough to get called strident, though they kept puncturing it with jokes at their own expense. Barbara Kruger did the cover. The album reached 53 on the UK albums chart and 28 on the CMJ Radio Top 150, and "Butyric Acid" is the track that made the countdowns.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Business of Punishment on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Butyric Acid | 1 | #82 | – | 1994 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.