The Feeding of the 5000 is the first album by the anarcho-punk band Crass. The album was recorded on 29 October 1978, by John Loder at Southern Studios and was released the same year. It was considered revolutionary in its time due to what was considered an extreme sound, frequently profane lyrical content and the anarchist political ideals in the lyrics.
The album also saw the introduction of Crass's policy of ensuring cheap prices for their records, which obviously is not the case anymore...
This album is considered one of the first punk albums to expound serious anarchist philosophies.