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Body Blow

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Released
  
1991, rereleased 1993

Label
  
Flying Nun Records

Body Blow (1991)
  
Greedy (1997)

Genre
  
Rock, industrial

Stunt Clown (1989)
  
Body Blow (1991)

Producer
  
Rex Visible, Michael Koppelman

Body Blow is the second studio album by New Zealand rock band the Headless Chickens. It was originally released in 1991, then rereleased for Australian in 1993 with a substantially reworked track list, losing "Crash Hot" and "Road Train" but gaining "Mr Moon", "Juice", "Choppers" and some remixes. Body Blow was the Headless Chickens most successful album, including three top-10 singles and achieving double platinum sales. The album includes a cover of "Inside Track", originally recorded as "The Inside Track" by New Zealand new wave band Stridulators.

Reviewed in Rolling Stone Australia, the first single, "Gaskrankinstation", was noted for its inability to be categorised. It was described as a "tragic saga of a callous fool trapped in a dumb job and a loveless marriage. The tempo builds inexorably with the sense of an impending catastrophe."

Personnel

Headless Chickens

  • Chris Matthews – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Fiona McDonald – vocals, keyboards
  • Grant Fell – bass, keyboards
  • Michael Lawry – keyboards
  • Anthony Nevison – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Bevan Sweeney – drums
  • Additional personnel

  • Rex Visible – keyboards
  • Production

  • Rex Visible – engineer, producer
  • Michael Koppelman – engineer, producer
  • Anthony Nevison – engineer
  • Phil "Feel" Jones – engineer assistant
  • References

    Body Blow Wikipedia