80's Cheesecake
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox album
| name = 80's Cheesecake
| type = studio
| artist = Tom Ellard
| cover = 80scheesecake.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1982
| recorded = 1981–82, Terse Tapes, Australia
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Experimental
| length = 50:54
| label = Terse Tapes
| producer = Tom Ellard
| prev_title = Snappy Carrion
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Meteosat 2004
| next_year = 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.{{cite web|last1=Ellard|first1=Tom|title=The Ballad of 80's Cheesecake|url=http://sevcom.com/wp/2013/12/24/the-ballad-of-80s-cheesecake/|website=sevcom.com|publisher=Sevcom|access-date=December 23, 2014}} 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).
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Juno Download
| rev2 = Resident Adviser
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{cite web|last1=Coultate|first1=Aaron|title=Reviews: Tom Ellard – 80's Cheesecake|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=15854|publisher=The Resident Adviser|access-date= 25 March 2016}}
}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side One
| all_writing = Tom Ellard, except for "Touch", co-written by Garry Bradbury
| title1 = Glass
| length1 = 5:40
| title2 = Saturday
| length2 = 2:52
| title3 = Man Dat Hip
| length3 = 1:32
| title4 = Epilepsy II
| length4 = 5:38
| title5 = Sixteen
| length5 = 12:35
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side Two
| title1 = The Louis Armstrong Story – Born a Horn
| length1 = 3:43
| title2 = The Louis Armstrong Story – Hits Big Time 3 1/2
| length2 = 1:27
| title3 = The Louis Armstrong Story – Slave of Speed
| length3 = 2:09
| title4 = The Louis Armstrong Story – Kalama Zoo Zoo Zoo
| length4 = 2:09
| title5 = The Louis Armstrong Story – Mom's Grave
| length5 = 1:17
| title6 = The Louis Armstrong Story – 1st Love (It Was Madness)
| length6 = 2:27
| title7 = The Louis Armstrong Story – Smeared in Smashed Ascent
| length7 = 9:25
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = 2002 Sevcom CDr Version
|title1 = Anthem 82
|length1 = 4:24
|title2 = Bullet
|length2 = 2:44
|title3 = Mount
|length3 = 2:15
|title4 = Eats
|length4 = 2:41
|title5 = Word
|length5 = 3:15
|title6 = Cross
|length6 = 3:23
|title7 = Blame
|length7 = 3:11
|title8 = Hold
|length8 = 1:53
|title9 = Our Work for Love at Home
|length9 = 5:21
|title10 = Power Circles in Paris
|length10 = 3:09
|title11 = These Are the Words
|length11 = 5:58
|title12 = Touch
|length12 = 2:57
|title13 = Brain
|length13 = 5:44
|title14 = Hair
|length14 = 6:00
|title15 = The Louis Armstrong Story
|length15 = 13:31
|total_length = 66:26
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = 2014 Dark Entries LP Version
|title1 = Anthem 82
|length1 = 4:24
|title2 = 303b The East is Red
|length2 = 3:17
|title3 = Big Eats
|length3 = 2:40
|title4 = The Ritualistic
|length4 = 2:16
|title5 = Babies
|length5 = 2:56
|title6 = These are the Words
|length6 = 4:16
|title7 = Word
|length7 = 3:16
|title8 = Touch
|length8 = 2:56
|title9 = Cross
|length9 = 3:00
|title10 = Hold
|length10 = 1:50
|title11 = Our Work for Love at Home
|length11 = 5:21
|title12 = In Her Hair
|length12 = 3:54
|total_length = 40:06
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = 2015 Bandcamp bonus tracks
|title13 = Kai Kai
|length13 = 2:35
|title14 = Brain
|length14 = 5:44
|title15 = The Louis Armstrong Story
|length15 = 13:31
|total_length = 61:56
}}
4, 5 and 13 are new songs made of salvaged and backed-up parts from recordings from this period.
Release history
| class="wikitable"
! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog ! Release Notes |
| rowspan="2" | 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. |
| United States
| 2015 | Bandcamp | Downloads | N/A | Expanded version of the 2014 Dark Entries LP. |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|254328|80's Cheesecake|type=album}}
- [http://severedheads.bandcamp.com/album/eighties-cheesecake Bandcamp page]
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