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Their System Doesn't Work for You,Anti-Flag

- Their System Doesn't Work for You
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Anti-Flag
Released 1998

I Don't Want to Be Like You
03:30
8,366 plays

Born to Die
02:05
4,173 plays

Anti-Violent
03:05
3,100 plays

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songs

- 1
- I Can't Stand Being With You
- 02:05
- 2,354 plays

- 2
- Their System Doesn't Work for You
- 02:31
- 2,690 plays

- 3
- We've Got His Gun
- 02:25
- 2,261 plays

- 4
- Born to Die
- 02:05
- 4,173 plays

- 5
- The Truth
- 02:40
- 2,150 plays

- 6
- You'll Scream Tonight
- 05:15
- 2,262 plays

- 7
- Indie Sux, Hardline Sux, Emo Sux, You Suck!
- 02:05
- 15,316 plays

- 8
- Anti-Violent
- 03:05
- 3,100 plays

- 9
- 20 Years of Hell
- 02:32
- 3,060 plays

- 10
- I'm Having a Good Day
- 02:41
- 2,305 plays

- 11
- I Don't Want to Be Like You
- 03:30
- 8,366 plays

- 12
- Too Late
- 02:50
- 1,946 plays

- 13
- I Don't Need Anybody
- 03:49
- 1,893 plays

- 14
- Betty Sue Is Dead
- 03:14
- 2,217 plays

- 15
- If Not for You
- 03:16
- 1,814 plays

- 16
- Meet Your Master
- 03:57
- 1,842 plays

- 17
- We Won't Take No
- 02:34
- 1,723 plays

- 18
- Save Me
- 03:00
- 1,725 plays

- 19
- I'm Feeling Slightly Violent
- 03:29
- 2,060 plays

album review

2000's Their System Doesn't Work for You resurrects the nine tracks from 1998's limited-edition EP, North America Sucks, and adds ten previously-unreleased, later-vintage tracks for good measure. The songs from the EP are prime Anti-Flag, political punk that never loses its sense of humor even when making its most important points. "Indie Sux, Hardline Sux, Emo Sux, You Suck!" decries the Balkanization of the D.I.Y. scene in the '90s to the album's catchiest chorus, while the title track and "Anti-Violent" take aim at the usual suspects. Unfortunately, with only a couple of exceptions, the later tracks sound like half-baked filler; indeed, the beyond-lo-fi sound suggests that they might be rough demos not originally intended to be heard outside the band, a supposition backed up by the lazy, sluggish performances, and meandering song structures. There are a few promising tracks among the dross, particularly "Betty Sue Is Dead," which makes incredibly effective use of an old-school punk-reggae middle section in the style of the Ruts, but overall, the second half of Their System Doesn't Work for You doesn't work for anybody. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide