# Uncivilized Area

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Uncivilized Area
| type       = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist     = [The Disco Biscuits](/source/The_Disco_Biscuits)
| cover      =Uncivilized Area.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 19, 1998
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = Groundhog Studios, Holland, Pennsylvania
| genre      = [Trance fusion](/source/Trance_fusion)
| length     = 71:55
| label      = [Megaforce Records](/source/Megaforce_Records)
| producer   = Rob Hunter
| prev_title = [Encephalous Crime](/source/Encephalous_Crime)
| prev_year  = 1996
| next_title = [They Missed the Perfume](/source/They_Missed_the_Perfume)
| next_year  = 2001
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Uncivilized Area: The Disco Biscuits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-uncivilized-area-mw0000037111 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref>
}}
'''''Uncivilized Area''''' is an album by the [trance fusion](/source/trance_fusion) band [the Disco Biscuits](/source/the_Disco_Biscuits).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50Phz-C_VzIC&dq=Uncivilized+Area+disco+biscuits+1998&pg=PA135|title=Jam Bands 3.0|work=SPIN|first=SPIN Media|last=LLC|date=August 11, 2000|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0d7ach9LFKUC&dq=Uncivilized+Area+disco+biscuits+1998&pg=PA64|title="Jam Bands": North America's Hottest Live Groups, Plus How to Tape and Trade Their Shows|first=Dean|last=Budnick|date=July 11, 1998|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=9781550223538|via=Google Books}}</ref> It was released in 1998 on [Megaforce Records](/source/Megaforce_Records).

The album was among the earliest examples of "trance fusion" or "livetronica," a mixture of electronic music and traditional jam band music.<ref name="auto">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8AiEx07v-8QC&dq=Uncivilized+Area+disco+biscuits+1998&pg=PA50|title=Jambands: The Complete Guide to the Players, Music, & Scene|first=Dean|last=Budnick|date=July 11, 2003|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879307455|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://relix.com/articles/detail/back_to_the_future_an_oral_history_of_livetronica/|title=Back to the Future: An Oral History of Livetronica|date=April 17, 2014|website=Relix Media}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
[Dean Budnick](/source/Dean_Budnick), in his book ''Jambands: The Complete Guide to the Players, Music, & Scene'', gave the album a 4-star review, calling it "one of the most influential discs within these pages."<ref name="auto"/>

==Track listing==

{{track listing
| headline = 
| extra_column = 
| all_writing = 
| title1   = Vassillios
| writer1  = Jon Gutwillig
| length1  = 6:18

| title2   = Aceetobee
| writer2  = Gutwillig
| length2  = 10:55

| title3   = Jamillia
| writer3  = Marc Brownstein
| length3  = 7:39

| title4   = Little Betty Boop
| writer4  = Gutwillig
| length4  = 15:11

| title5   = M.E.M.P.H.I.S.
| writer5  = Brownstein
| length5  = 4:59

| title6   = Morph Dusseldorf
| writer6  = Brownstein
| length6  = 7:56

| title7   = I-Man
| writer7  = Gutwillig
| length7  = 13:13

| title8   = Awol's Blues
| writer8  = Gutwillig
| length8  = 5:44
}}

==Personnel==
;The Disco Biscuits
* Jon Gutwillig – guitar & vocals
* Aron Magner – keys & vocals
* Marc Brownstein – bass & vocals
* Sam Altman – drums & vocals

;Production
* Rob "Wacko" Hunter – producer, engineer, mixer
* Jon Zazula – executive producer
* Marsha Zazula – executive producer
* Gary King – mastering
* Jon Lesser – live sound engineer
* Kevin "Radar" Cunningham – booklet art & design
* Layout – Sam Altman
* Layout – Ian R. Brand

==References==
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{{Disco Biscuits}}

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Category:1998 albums
Category:Disco Biscuits albums

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