A Song to Ruin

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A Song to Ruin is Million Dead's debut full-length album.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was released in 2003 through Xtra Mile Recordings/Integrity Records.

Critical reception

BBC Music called the album "essential listening for anyone with an ear for uncompromising, politicised rock sounds."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> musicOMH called it "heady punk rock, some of it fairly standard, much of it anything but; lyrics that could start a plethora of post-pub debates; and, all in all, a fine debut album."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Track listing

• All words and music by Million Dead

1. "Pornography for Cowards" – 2:01
2. "Breaking the Back" – 3:12
3. "I Am the Party" – 2:56
4. "Charlie + the Propaganda Myth Machine" – 3:25
5. "A Song to Ruin" – 5:47
6. "Smiling at Strangers on Trains" – 2:55
7. "MacGyver" – 3:28
8. "Relentless” – 4:03
9. "The Kids Are Going to Love It" – 2:47
10. "The Rise and Fall" – 14:03
11. “Gnostic Front” – 3:55 (Japanese bonus track)
12. “Reformulating the Challenge to Archism” – 3:56 (Japanese bonus track)

Deluxe edition track listing

• All words and music by Million Dead

1. "Gnostic Front" – 3:55
2. "I Gave My Eyes To Stevie Wonder" – 3:10
3. "Medicine" – 4:10
4. "Tonight Matthew" – 3:05
5. "Asthma" – 4:47

Personnel

• Frank Turner – Vocals
• Ben Dawson – Drums, Bass on 'Asthma'
• Cameron Dean – Guitar
• Julia Ruzicka – Bass
• Joe Gibb – Production, mastering
• Alwyn Davies – Engineering
• Andrew Charnik – Engineering
• Kees Van Der Wiele – Photography