To Sir With Hate

To Sir With Hate
Studio album by Fifth Column
Released 1985
Genre Post-punk
Label Hide Records
Producer Michael Phillip Wojewoda
Fifth Column chronology
To Sir With Hate
(1986)
All Time Queen of the World
(1991)

To Sir With Hate is the debut album by Canadian queercore band Fifth Column, released in 1985 on Hide Records.[1] Considered a classic of Canadian music, at the 2016 Polaris Music Prize it was named a shortlisted nominee in the 1976-1985 category for the Polaris Heritage Prize.[2]

The album was produced by Michael Phillip Wojewoda.[3]

Critical reaction

Liam Lacey reviewed the album favourably for The Globe and Mail in 1986, writing "Let these rude girls loose in England, and they'd be the heroines of the alternative charts in six weeks."[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Fifth Column. 

No.TitleLength
1."Kangaroo Court"  2:14
2."The Fairview Mall Story"  4:00
3."Hit the Roof"  4:07
4."To Sir With Hate"  6:09
5."Modern Diseases"  7:31
6."Right Hook"  2:58
7."Ghost of a Buffalo"  5:44
8."Where Are They Now?"  4:04
9."Late Last Night"  4:14

References

  1. "Fifth Column young and restless". The Globe and Mail, September 8, 1986.
  2. "Polaris Heritage Prize: Neil Young, Alanis Morissette and Arcade Fire Make Short List for Pre-2005 Prize". Billboard, September 20, 2016.
  3. Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-992-9.
  4. "To Sir With Hate: Fifth Column". The Globe and Mail, July 24, 1986.
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