8-Way Santa
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox album
| name = 8-Way Santa
| type = Album
| artist = Tad
| cover = Tad_8_Way_Santa_Alternate.jpg
| alt = A couple in swimsuits posing for a photo, with the man groping the woman's breast
| caption =
| released = February 15, 1991
| recorded = 1990 at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Grunge{{cite web |url=http://www.revolvermag.com/news/10-grunge-albums-you-need-to-own.html |title=10 Grunge Albums You Need to Own |work=Revolver |access-date=July 6, 2015 |date=September 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921013110/http://www.revolvermag.com/news/10-grunge-albums-you-need-to-own.html |archive-date=September 21, 2014}}
| length = 39:15
| label = Sub Pop
| producer = Butch Vig
| prev_title = Salt Lick/God's Balls
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Inhaler
| next_year = 1993
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Cover of second pressing
| type = studio
| cover = Tad_8_Way_Santa.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[https://www.allmusic.com/album/8-way-santa-mw0000262602 8-Way Santa Tad] AllMusic.com Alex Henderson
| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev2Score = A−{{cite web |first=David |last=Browne |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,313911,00.html |title=8-Way Santa Review |website=EW.com |date=April 5, 1991 |access-date=September 1, 2011 |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021161338/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,313911,00.html |url-status=dead }}
}}
8-Way Santa is the second album by the Seattle grunge band Tad. It was released on February 15, 1991, through Sub Pop.
Tad ran into legal trouble after the man and woman featured on the album cover saw the record and sued the band. The cover was an altered photo, the original of which was found in a photo album purchased from a thrift store.{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/banned-in-the-u-s-a-20-wildest-censored-album-covers-154101/|title=Tad, '8-Way Santa' (1991) – Banned in the U.S.A.: 20 Wildest Censored Album Covers |last=Edwards|first=Gavin|date=January 15, 2015|website=RollingStone.com|access-date=January 21, 2015}}
Rolling Stone ranked this album 31st on their list of the 50 Greatest Grunge Albums.{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-grunge-albums-798851/|title=50 Greatest Grunge Albums |website=RollingStone.com|date=April 2019 |access-date=May 20, 2021}}
Singles
"Jinx" and "Jack Pepsi" were the singles released from this album. Pepsi filed a lawsuit against the band for using their logo on the single "Jack Pepsi".{{Cite web |url=https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/tad-recalls-the-pre-nirvana-days-it-was-the-toast-of-seattles-grunge-scene |title=Tad recalls the pre-Nirvana days it was the toast of Seattle's grunge scene |author=Lindblad, Peter |date=April 20, 2010 |website=Goldminemag.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118200924/https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/tad-recalls-the-pre-nirvana-days-it-was-the-toast-of-seattles-grunge-scene |archive-date=November 18, 2018 |url-status=live }} The song itself was, in the words of music journalist Roy Wilkinson, "the true story of how Tad and his mate tanked up on Jack Daniels and cola before taking a pick-up onto an ice-covered lake — tempting fate{{nbsp}}... and sure enough, they crashed through".{{Cite magazine |last=Wilkinson |first=Roy |author-link=Roy Wilkinson |date=March 9, 1991 |title=Tad, Mad & Dangerous to Know |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/tad-i8-way-santai-sub-pop- |magazine=Sounds |access-date=October 12, 2019 |via=Rock's Backpages |url-access=subscription }}
"Jinx" was featured in the Cameron Crowe film Singles (1992), although it is not included in the official soundtrack album.{{Cite web |url=http://www.theuncool.com/films/singles/singles-soundtrack/ |title=Singles Soundtrack |date=2015 |website=TheUncool.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526050930/http://www.theuncool.com/films/singles/singles-soundtrack/ |archive-date=May 26, 2017 |url-status=live }}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
|title1=Jinx
|length1= 3:03
|title2=Giant Killer
|length2=3:03
|title3=Wired God
|length3=3:03
|title4=Delinquent
|length4=2:57
|title5=Hedge Hog
|length5= 0:39
|title6=Flame Tavern
|length6= 3:19
|title7=Trash Truck
|length7= 3:25
|title8=Stumblin' Man
|length8= 3:35
|title9=Jack Pepsi
|length9= 3:10
|title10=Candi
|length10= 4:29
|title11=3-D Witch Hunt
|length11= 3:34
|title12=Crane's Cafe
|length12=2:47
|title13=Plague Years
|length13=2:30
}}
Personnel
- Tad Doyle – vocals, guitar
- Kurt Danielson – bass
- Gary Thorstensen – guitar
- Steve Wied – drums
;Production
- Butch Vig – producer, engineering
- Doug Olson – engineering
- John Agnello – mixing
- George Marino – mastering