80's Cheesecake

80's Cheesecake
Studio album by Tom Ellard
Released	1982
Recorded	1981–82, Terse Tapes, Australia
Genre	Experimental
Length	50:54
Label	Terse Tapes
Producer	Tom Ellard
Tom Ellard chronology
Snappy Carrion (1982) 80's Cheesecake (1982) Meteosat 2004 (2014)

80's Cheesecake is a solo album produced and written by Tom Ellard of Severed Heads. It was released in 1982 as a C60 cassette tape through his own Terse Tapes label. According to Ellard, the album, along with his previous one, Snappy Carrion (1982), were recorded out of interest in making pop music. It is a precursor of Severed Heads' shift in sound, from their early industrialised sound to the more accessible electronic styles of their later recordings. Tracks from this cassette appeared on the Severed Heads' compilation album Clifford Darling, Please Don't Live in the Past (1985).

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Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Ellard, except for "Touch", co-written by Garry Bradbury

Side One

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Glass"	5:40
2.	"Saturday"	2:52
3.	"Man Dat Hip"	1:32
4.	"Epilepsy II"	5:38
5.	"Sixteen"	12:35

Side Two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Louis Armstrong Story – Born to Horn"	3:43
2.	"The Louis Armstrong Story – Hits Big Time 3 1/2"	1:27
3.	"The Louis Armstrong Story – Slave of Speed"	2:09
4.	"The Louis Armstrong Story – Kalama Zoo Zoo Zoo"	2:09
5.	"The Louis Armstrong Story – Mom's Grave"	1:17
6.	"The Louis Armstrong Story – 1st Love (It Was Madness)"	2:27
7.	"The Louis Armstrong Story – Smeared in Smashed Ascent"	9:25

2002 Sevcom CDr Version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Anthem 82"	4:24
2.	"Bullet"	2:44
3.	"Mount"	2:15
4.	"Eats"	2:41
5.	"Word"	3:15
6.	"Cross"	3:23
7.	"Blame"	3:11
8.	"Hold"	1:53
9.	"Our Work for Love at Home"	5:21
10.	"Power Circles in Paris"	3:09
11.	"These Are the Words"	5:58
12.	"Touch"	2:57
13.	"Brain"	5:44
14.	"Hair"	6:00
15.	"The Louis Armstrong Story"	13:31
Total length:		66:26

2014 Dark Entries LP Version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Anthem 82"
2.	"303B the East Is Red"
3.	"Big Eats"
4.	"The Ritualistic"
5.	"Babies"
6.	"These Are the Words"
7.	"Word"
8.	"Touch"
9.	"Cross"
10.	"Hold"
11.	"Our Work for Love at Home"
12.	"In Her Hair"

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Release Notes
Australia	1982	Terse Tapes	C60	TRS017	Initial release
	2002	Sevcom	CD-R	N/A	First reissue, complete with new artwork and a new track listing that includes previously unreleased material.
United States	2014	Dark Entries	LP	DE-076	First ever pressing on vinyl. Includes another new track listing and remastering

External links

• 80's Cheesecake at Discogs (list of releases)
• Bandcamp page