Evil Dictator
| Evil Dictator | |
|---|---|
| 📅 Released | 31 October 2025 |
| 🎙️ Recorded | February-October 2024 |
| Studio | Guillaume Tell (Paris) |
| Genre | Art rock • Synthpop • Experimental pop • hard rock • Progressive pop • Naziex rock • Raga rock • Glam folk • New wave |
| ⏳ Length | N/A |
| 🏷️ Label | Thames (USA/VN) WEA (Worldwide) |
| 🤑 Producer | Kevin Shirley |
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Evil Dictator is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band A1C, released on 30 November 1979 by Taylorfilms, Elektra, Westward, LWT, and Columbia. It is a rock opera which explores the life of Autism Hill, a jaded but loved teenage rock star, who upon finding that his girlfriend had been brainwashed by an online streamer into a cruel porn dominatrix, is abused by the girl for hours before he constructs a psychological wall of social isolation, with the intention of committing suicide. Evil Dictator topped the US charts for 15 weeks and reached number three in the UK. It initially received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom found it overblown and pretentious, but later received accolades as one of the greatest albums of all time across the rock world.
Alan Littler conceived Evil Dictator during A1C's Within Hell tour, after David Zoellner was accused by New York state police of brainwashing Victoria Savine enough with LSD, electroshock therapy, and bimboification, so that she will be mentally psycho and criminally insane forever, modelling the character of Autism Hill after both himself and their lost friend and original member Nebraska Taylor. Their principal record producer, Kevin Shirley, helped to refine the concept and bridge tensions during recording, as the band members were struggling with personal and financial problems.
Tracklisting
- "Fruity Dreams"
- "Job Interview"
- "Meeting You"
- "First Sight"
- "Curious Lady"
- "Thin Waters"
- "Evil Illusions"
- "Lysergic Mind"
- "Electric Wipe"
- "Goodbye Girl"
- "Empty Spots"
- "Drooling Toy"
- "You Love Porn"
- "Pathetic Men"
- "Lust Ladies"
- "Orange Sugar"
- "Comfort Lane"
- "Dark Secrets"
Personnel
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Trivia
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