Extra Width

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{{Infobox album

| name = Extra Width

| type = Album

| artist = Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

| cover = John_spencer_extra_width.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1993|05|24}}

| recorded = July – December 1992

| venue =

| studio = {{ubl|Easley Recording {{small|(Memphis, TN)}}|Water Works Studio {{small|(New York, NY)}}}}

| genre = {{hlist|Punk blues|garage rock}}

| length = 36:36

| label = {{hlist|Matador|Mute}}

| producer = Jon Spencer

| prev_title = Crypt Style

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = Orange

| next_year = 1994

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/extra-width-mw0000100513|title=Extra Width – The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=December 21, 2018|last=Jurek|first=Thom}}

| rev2 = Mojo

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|title=The big bang|work=Mojo|issue=206|date=January 2011|last=Chick|first=Stevie|page=112}}

| rev3 = Pitchfork

| rev3score = 8.4/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14575-year-one-extra-widthmo-width-deluxe/|title=The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Year One / Extra Width/Mo' Width [Deluxe]|work=Pitchfork|date=August 23, 2010|accessdate=December 21, 2018|last=Deusner|first=Stephen M.}}

| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book|chapter=Jon Spencer Blues Explosion|last=Appleford|first=Steve|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/767 767]}}

| rev5 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

| rev5score = 8/10{{cite book|chapter=Pussy Galore|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|author-link=Rob Sheffield|title=Spin Alternative Record Guide|title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide|editor1-last=Weisbard|editor1-first=Eric|editor2-last=Marks|editor2-first=Craig|publisher=Vintage Books|year=1995|isbn=0-679-75574-8|pages=317–18}}

| rev6 = Uncut

| rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine|title=The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Extra Width|work=Uncut|issue=164|date=January 2011|last=Watts|first=Peter|page=103}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Extra Width is the third album by the punk blues group The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, released in 1993.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Afro

| length1 = 2:55

| title2 = History of Lies

| length2 = 3:42

| title3 = Back Slider

| length3 = 3:00

| title4 = Soul Letter

| length4 = 2:49

| title5 = Soul Typecast

| length5 = 6:06

| title6 = Pant Leg

| length6 = 2:27

| title7 = Hey Mom

| length7 = 3:00

| title8 = Big Road

| length8 = 3:59

| title9 = Train #2

| length9 = 2:25

| title10 = Inside the World of the Blues Explosion

| length10 = 3:27

| title11 = The World of Sex

| length11 = 3:46

}}

The album was re-released by Mute Records in 2000 with the Mo' Width album as bonus tracks (on one single CD). The cover looks the same as the original release; however, the original front cover and track listing of Mo' Width is added as a cardboard paper.

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