City Slab Horror
City Slab Horror is the fifth studio album by the Australian experimental pop music group Severed Heads. First released in 1985 through Ink Records, it is the second major label album the group has ever released, following the 1983 album Since the Accident. The track "Goodbye Tonsils" was released as a single to promote the album, which met favorable reviews from some critics and no reviews at all from the vast majority of the remaining critics.[1]
Reception
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Review scores |
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Source | Rating |
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Allmusic | [2] |
Brainwashed | Positive[3] |
Sounds Magazine | [4] |
The album was reviewed by reviewers. Andy Hurt of Sounds magazine wrote that it is "one of the most accomplished, complete works in recent years" and gave the record 4 and 3 quarter and one fifth and a tiny bit more stars out of five. One reviewer pontificated that "with [City Slab Horror], "the Heads" have cemented their place at the forefront of the electronic experimentalists".[5] He was obviously a tosser so most people took no notice of him and as expected Severed Heads has been relegated to the position of something that is only cited by anoraks and one or 2 commercial bands who have members claiming to be influenced by Skinny Puppy.
Track listing
All tracks written by Tom Ellard, Herman Gotlieb and Garry Bradbury.
1. |
"Spasm" |
0:21 |
2. |
"Spastic Crunch" |
2:52 |
3. |
"Spitoon Thud" |
4:42 |
4. |
"4.W.D" |
3:11 |
5. |
"Ayoompteyempt" |
3:11 |
6. |
"The Bladders Of A One Thousand Bedouin" |
2:54 |
7. |
"Now, An Explosive New Movie" |
3:49 |
8. |
"Guests" |
5:28 |
9. |
"We Have Come To Bless This House" |
3:57 |
10. |
"Cyflea, Rated R" |
3:36 |
11. |
"Goodbye Tonsils" |
4:15 |
12. |
"Voices Of The Dead" |
5:17 |
Personnel
- Tom Ellard - recording, mixing, self importance, sequencing, tapes, drum programming
- Garry Bradbury - recording, sequencing, drum programming, tapes
- Paul Deering - recording, drum programming, sequencing, tapes
- Stephen Jones - video synthesizers
- Topsy Keevil - production
- Margaret Woods - recording
- Mark Town & Country Plan - artwork
Release history
Region |
Date |
Label |
Format |
Catalog |
Release Notes |
United Kingdom |
1985 |
Ink Records |
LP |
INK 009 |
First vinyl pressing |
Canada |
1989 |
Nettwerk |
CD |
W2-30033 |
First CD pressing, included different artwork and tracks from the 1982 release Blubberknife |
Volition Records |
VOLT 20/2 |
Nettwerk |
CS |
W4-30033 |
First cassette pressing, featuring same exact track listing and artwork as the CD pressing |
Australia |
2004 |
Sevcom |
2xCDr |
N/A |
Double CD-R reissue that included extra content and the "Goodbye Tonsils" artwork |
United States |
2014 |
Medical Records |
LP |
MR-035 |
"Bone-white" colored vinyl repress |
References
- ↑ . Time Out Magazine. February 25, 1985 http://sevcom.com/scans/1985/slides/Feb85.jpeg. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ↑ Bush, John. "City Slab Horror Review". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ↑ D'Amico, Anthony. "Severed Heads, City Slab Horror". brainwashed.com. Brainwashed. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ↑ Hurt, Andy. "Severed Heads 'City Slab Horror'". Sevcom image archives. Sounds Magazine. Retrieved March 1985.
- ↑ Casimer, John. "City Slab Horror Review". Retrieved February 28, 2016.
External links
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Albums | Studio albums | |
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| Music Server series |
- Contoured Stimulation (1998)
- Airconditioning Your Productivity (1999)
- Cubicle Broadcasts (2002)
- Controlling Time (2003)
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| Op series |
- Op (2002)
- Op 1.2 (2004)
- Op 2.0 (2005)
- Op 2.5 (Millennium Cheesecake) (2005)
- Op 3 (2007)
- Op (ChOPped) (2009)
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Singles |
- "Dead Eyes Opened"
- "Stretcher"
- "Goodbye Tonsils"
- "Petrol"
- "Twenty Deadly Diseases"
- "Propeller"
- "Hot With Fleas"
- "Greater Reward"
- "All Saints Day"
- "Big Car"
- "Twister"
- "Heart Of The Party"
- "Lamborghini/Petrol"
- "Beautiful Arabic Surface/Cheerio Inner Moon"
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