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| name       = Civilization and Its Discotheques
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[The Fibonaccis]]
| cover      = FIBScivilization.jpg
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| released   = October 1987
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| genre      = [[Art rock]], [[New wave music|new wave]], [[alternative rock]]
| length     = 36:41
| label      = Blue Yonder Sounds
| producer   = The Fibonaccis
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'''''Civilization and Its Discotheques''''' is the sole LP release of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] [[art rock]] band [[The Fibonaccis]], released in 1987 on Blue Yonder Sounds. The album's title is an obvious reference to [[Sigmund Freud]]'s 1929 book ''[[Civilization and Its Discontents]]''.

Like all of the Fibonaccis' work, ''Civilization and Its Discotheques'' is [[out of print]], though the album is currently available for download on the band's official website. The majority of its tracks were later featured on the band's 1992 retrospective compilation album, ''Repressed - The Best of the Fibonaccis''.

==Track listing==
{{Tracklist
| headline        = 
| total_length    = 36:41
| title1  = March to Heaven
| writer1 = Dentino
| length1 = 3:18
| title2  = Narcissist
| writer2   = Dentino, Stringer
| length2 = 3:17
| title3  = Had It with Girls
| writer3   = Stringer
| length3 = 3:57
| title4  = Crickets
| writer4   = music: Stringer, words: [[Emily Dickinson]]
| length4 = 4:21
| title5  = Leroy
| writer5   = Dentino, Stringer, Song
| length5 = 3:00
| title6  = The Thread
| writer6 = Dentino
| length6 = 3:26
| title7  = Stay Home
| writer7 = Dentino
| length7 = 2:30
| title8  = Medicine Waltz
| writer8 = Dentino
| length8 = 2:52
| title9  = Some Men
| writer9 = Dentino
| length9 = 2:37
| title10  = Old Mean Ed Gein
| writer10 = Dentino
| length10 = 3:17
| title11  = Romp of the Meiji Sycophants
| writer11 = Dentino, Corey, Song, Berardi
| length11 = 2:23
| title12  = The Snap
| writer12 = Dentino
| length12 = 3:43
}}

===Song information===
*"Narcissist" is based on the book ''[[The Culture of Narcissism]]'' by [[Christopher Lasch]].<ref>Dentino, John. [http://www.shadowsandclouds.com/index.php/music/fibfeed.xml Fibonaccis Video Podcast] www.shadowsandclouds.com - official Fibonaccis website</ref>
*"Crickets" is a [[spoken word]] rendition of an untitled [[Emily Dickinson]] poem.<ref>[http://www.fibonaccis.com/index.php/music/fibs/crickets/ 'Crickets'] www.fibonaccis.com</ref>
*"Leroy" is a spoken word piece composed of dialogue from ''[[The Bad Seed]]''.<ref>[http://www.fibonaccis.com/index.php/music/fibs/leroy_album/ 'Leroy'] www.fibonaccis.com</ref>

==Personnel==
===The Fibonaccis===
*John Dentino - [[piano]], [[Mellotron]], [[synthesizer]], [[vocoder]]
*Magie Song - [[singing|vocals]]
*Joseph Berardi - [[drum kit|drums]], [[percussion]], [[cello]] (track 10)
*Tom Corey - [[bass guitar]], [[mandolin]], [[guitar]] (tracks 5, 10, 11 and 12), [[slide guitar]] (track 9)
*Ron Stringer - vocals (tracks 3, 4 and 8), guitar (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7)

===Guest musicians===
*[[Bruce Fowler]] - [[trombone]] ("Medicine Waltz")
*Lynn Johnston - [[bass clarinet]], [[oboe]] ("Medicine Waltz")
*[[Mike Price (jazz trumpeter)|Mike Price]] - [[trumpet]] ("Medicine Waltz")
*Bill Rhea - [[violin]] ("Some Men", "Old Mean Ed Gein")
*[[Stan Ridgway]] - [[harmonica]] ("Old Mean Ed Gein")
*Bill Roper - [[tuba]] ("Medicine Waltz")

===Production===
*Engineered by Steve Sharp and Charles Ramirez
*Recorded at Juniper Studios in [[Burbank, California]] and Casbah Studios in [[Fullerton, California]]
*Mixed at Juniper Studios. 
*Mastered by Jeff Sanders at KM Records in Burbank, California.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.fibonaccis.com/ The Fibonaccis Official Website]

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[[Category:1987 debut albums]]
[[Category:The Fibonaccis albums]]