The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape
The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | 1987 | |||
Recorded | 1985–1987 | |||
Genre | Punk rock | |||
Length | 52:17 | |||
Label | Homestead | |||
Big Black chronology | ||||
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The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape is an album by American punk rock band Big Black. It was released in 1987 by Touch and Go Records. The album is a CD compilation of Big Black's Atomizer album (minus the song "Strange Things"), "Heartbeat" single and Headache EP. Atomizer is pictured on the cover artwork as an eight-track tape playing in a Panasonic TNT portable player.
The title of the album, and the liner notes by Steve Albini, show the band's low regard for compact discs, drawing parallels between CD and the 8-track tape of 1970s, preferring to release all of their material on vinyl LP records.
Reception
AllMusic called it "An indispensable compilation" and gave it a rating of 4.5/5
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Rolling Stone | [2] |
Track listing
All songs written by Big Black, except where noted.
- "Jordan, Minnesota" - 3:20
- "Passing Complexion" - 3:04
- "Big Money" - 2:29
- "Kerosene" - 6:05
- "Bad Houses" - 3:09
- "Fists of Love" - 4:21
- "Stinking Drunk" - 3:27
- "Bazooka Joe" - 4:43
- "Cables (live)" - 3:09
- "Heartbeat" (Colin Newman) - 3:48
- "Things to Do Today" - 1:44
- "I Can't Believe" - 1:03
- "My Disco" - 2:52
- "Grinder" - 2:23
- "Ready Men" - 3:51
- "Pete, King of the Detectives" - 2:42
"Heartbeat" is a cover of the Wire song.
References
- ^ Kellman, Andy. "allmusic ((( The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape > Review )))". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan. "Big Black". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 69, cited March 17, 2010