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Headache (EP)

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Released
  
1987

Artist
  
Big Black

Label
  
Touch and Go Records

Length
  
11:43

Release date
  
1987

Genres
  
Post-hardcore, Noise rock

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Headache (1987)
  
The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape (1987)

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.

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Original pressings bore a sticker reading "Warning! Not as good as Atomizer, so don't get your hopes up, cheese!", not as a gimmick, but honestly to any fans as the band thought that Headache was not as strong as the band's previous release. This also came at a time when major labels were first starting to warn parents that albums contained "explicit lyrics", and while all of Big Black's records contained such lyrics, Headache's sticker was an ironic dig at mainstream music.

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Track listing

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

Songs

1My Disco2:52
2Grinder2:24
3Ready Men3:51

References

Headache (EP) Wikipedia