Editing Bedtime for Democracy

{{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>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| total_length    = 48:40
| all_writing     = [[Jello Biafra]], except when stated
| title1          = [[Take This Job and Shove It]]
| writer1         = [[David Allan Coe]]
| length1         = 1:25
| title2          = Hop with the Jet Set
| length2         = 2:05
| title3          = Dear Abby
| length3         = 1:09 
| title4          = Rambozo the Clown
| length4         = 2:25 
| title5          = Fleshdunce
| length5         = 1:29 
| title6          = The Great Wall
| length6         = 1:32 
| title7          = Shrink
| length7         = 1:44
| title8          = Triumph of the Swill
| length8         = 2:17 
| title9          = Macho Insecurity
| length9         = 1:30 
| title10         = I Spy
| writer10        = [[D.H. Peligro]]
| length10        = 2:30
| title11         = Cesspools in Eden
| writer11        = Dead Kennedys
| length11        = 5:56 
| title12         = One-Way Ticket to Pluto
| length12        = 1:38 
| title13         = Do the Slag
| writer13        = [[East Bay Ray]]
| length13        = 1:36
| title14         = A Commercial
| length14        = 1:33
| title15         = Gone with My Wind
| length15        = 1:43 
| title16         = Anarchy for Sale
| length16        = 1:18 
| title17         = Chickenshit Conformist
| length17        = 5:58 
| title18         = Where Do Ya Draw the Line
| length18        = 2:39
| title19         = Potshot Heard 'Round the World
| writer19        = Biafra, Ray
| length19        = 2:10 
| title20         = D.M.S.O.
| writer20        = Dead Kennedys
| length20        = 2:09 
| title21         = Lie Detector
| writer21        = Biafra, Ray
| length21        = 3:43 
}}

==Personnel==
;Dead Kennedys
* [[Jello Biafra]] - lead vocals, producer, mixer
* [[East Bay Ray]] - guitar
* [[Klaus Flouride]] - bass, backing vocals
* [[D.H. Peligro]] - drums, backing vocals
;Additional performers
* Tim Jones - synthesizer on "One-Way Ticket to Pluto" 
* Jayed Scotti - timbales on "Dear Abby"
* Cal - backing vocals on "Fleshdunce", "Where Do Ya Draw The Line?" and "Chickenshit Conformist"
* Andrew - backing vocals on "Fleshdunce", "Where Do Ya Draw The Line?" and "Chickenshit Conformist"
* Blaze - backing vocals on "Fleshdunce", "Where Do Ya Draw The Line?" and "Chickenshit Conformist"
* P. O'Pillage - the voice of Rambozo on "Rambozo The Clown", artwork
;Production
* [[John Cuniberti]] - engineer, mixer
* [[Winston Smith (artist)|Winston Smith]] - artwork

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Chart (1986)
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
|-
!scope=row|[[UK Indie Chart|UK Independent Albums]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite book |first=Barry |last=Lazell |url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/d.htm |title=Indie Hits 1980-1989 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |date=1997 |accessdate=September 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605132747/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/d.htm |archivedate=June 5, 2011 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}

==Certifications==
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Dead Kennedys|title=Bedtime for democracy|award=Silver|relyear=1986|certyear=2008|id=768-476-2}}
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==Related==

The East Bay punk band [[Isocracy (band)|Isocracy]] parodied the name in their 1988 EP, ''[[Bedtime for Isocracy]]''. The cover art depicted the band together in a bed, accompanied by Jello Biafra. After the record's release, Isocracy split up, with two members forming the group [[Samiam]] and another joining [[Green Day]].<ref name="Livermore, 2015">{{cite book|last1=Livermore|first1=Larry|title=How to Ru(i)n a Record Label: The Story of Lookout Records|date=2015|publisher=BookBaby|isbn=9780989196369|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UrRaDQAAQBAJ&q=isocracy+green+day+samiam&pg=PT93|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References==
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