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Paranoid Visions, formed in 1981 were part of the early anarcho punk stable of bands...what made them different was that they were from Dublin in Ireland and this isolation resulted in them developing a unique sound. Their debut 7” The Robot Is Running Amok and their debut LP Schizophrenia were released on The Mob’s All The Madmen label. During the 1980s Paranoid Visions became a very succesful and borderline mainstream crossover act in their home country turning down several advances from major labels in order to keep the moral highground. Their track Beauty Queen appeared in the 1991 BAFTA winning and Oscar nominated movie The Commitments. In 2005 the band reformed (having previously reformed for an offered slot on the Sex Pistols Filthy Lucre tour and later for a slot on The Damned's 25th anniversary tour) and since then have been very prolific releasing three singles, two new albums and two back catalogue albums along with a live recording from the early 1990s. 2009 saw their last album Beware Of The God building on their commercial success in Ireland and expanding their fanbase worldwide. The album was voted the 107th best album in the history of Irish music by the Irish music industry. This year will also see the band’s music appear in two films: 3 Crosses and Little Foxes (Cottbus Film Festival winner). Black Operations In The Red Mist is a 30+ track 2 x CD retrospective packed in a 20 page booklet with detailed band history, included six previously unreleased versions.
 
1. Strobelight And Torture
2. Asleep At The Wheel
3. Autonomy
4. Second Hand Daylight
5. Missing In Action
6. Ignore It
7. Strange Girl
8. Acts Of Love
9. I Will Wallow
10. TV Ads
11. Sex Kills
12. Don’t Vote For Freedom
13. Lies
14. Revolution
15. Look At Me
16. Creeping
17. An Bfhuil Tu Sasta
18. Home Sweet Home
19. Fritzl’s Basement
20. Visions
21. Cycles Of Christs
22. Politician
23. Braindance
24. The Feast
25. The Bombsong
26. War Is Over
27. Fan The Flames
28. Time Bomb
29. I Will Wallow (’96 Version)
30. Rhythm Of Injustice
31. Something More
32. Newtownism
33. Adventure Playground
34. Detention
35. City Of Screams
36. Against The Wall
37. Fences
38. Bondage (When We Get Out)

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