Headache (EP)

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Headache
EP by Big Black
Released 1987
Genre Post-hardcore, noise rock
Length 11:43
Label United States Touch and Go Records
United Kingdom Blast First
Big Black chronology
Sound of Impact
(1987)
Headache
(1987)
The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[2]

Headache is a 1987 EP by Chicago post-hardcore band Big Black. The record generated some controversy due to a cover photograph of a shotgun suicide victim whose head was split in half; it only appeared on a very limited edition of the record and was later replaced with a drawing by Savage Pencil.[3] Original pressings bore the sticker reading "Not as good as Atomizer, so don't get your hopes up, cheese!", not as a gimmick but to warn fans as the band thought that Headache was not the stronger release.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "My Disco" – 2:51
  2. "Grinder" – 2:22
  3. "Ready Men" – 3:50
  4. "Pete, King of all Detectives" – 2:40

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Kellman, Andy. "allmusic ((( Headache > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1835. Retrieved March 17, 2010. 
  2. ^ Brackett, Nathan. "Big Black". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 69, cited March 17, 2010
  3. ^ (English)Selected Savage Pencil Bibliography, Exhibitions, Discography, Record Covers

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