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{{Infobox album| | name = Bedtime for Democracy | type = studio | artist = [[Dead Kennedys]] | cover = Dead Kennedys - Bedtime for Democracy cover.jpg | border = yes | alt = | released = November 1986 | recorded = April and July 1986 | studio = City Sound Recording and Hyde St. Studios | venue = | genre = {{hlist|[[Hardcore punk]]|}} | length = 48:40 | label = [[Alternative Tentacles]] | producer = [[Jello Biafra]] | prev_title = [[Frankenchrist]] | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = [[Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death]] | next_year = 1987 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000189623|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref> | rev2 = | rev2Score = | rev3 = ''[[NME]]'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[https://www.nme.com/reviews/dead-kennedys/4230.html NME review]</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]'' | rev4score = 4/10<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Dead Kennedys|first=Gina|last=Arnold|title=Spin Alternative Record Guide|title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide|editor1-first=Eric|editor1-last=Weisbard|editor2-first=Craig|editor2-last=Marks|publisher=[[Vintage Books]]|year=1995|isbn=0-679-75574-8|pages=106-107}}</ref> | noprose = yes }} '''''Bedtime for Democracy''''' is the fourth and final studio album by American punk rock band [[Dead Kennedys]]. Released in 1986, songs on this album cover common punk subjects often found in [[punk rock]] lyrics of the era such as [[Conformity (psychology)|conformity]], [[Reaganomics]], the [[U.S. military]], and critique of the [[hardcore punk]] movement. The album's title refers to the 1951 comedy film, ''[[Bedtime for Bonzo]]'' starring [[Ronald Reagan]] and also reflects the band's weary bitterness from the trial they were undergoing at the time over the [[Penis Landscape|controversial art]] included with their [[Frankenchrist|previous album]]. By the time recording of ''Bedtime for Democracy'' had begun, the Dead Kennedys had already played what would be their last concert with [[Jello Biafra]] and announced their breakup immediately after the release of the record, whose opening track is a cover of [[David Allan Coe]]'s "[[Take This Job and Shove It]]."<ref name="Cleary: AllMusic">{{cite web|last1=Cleary|first1=David|title=Bedtime for Democracy - Dead Kennedys {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bedtime-for-democracy-mw0000189623|website=AllMusic|accessdate=26 August 2017}}</ref>
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