Haul Ass
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{{Infobox album
| name = Haul Ass
| type = studio
| artist = Severed Heads
| cover = Haul_Ass_Standard.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 1998
| recorded = 1997–1998 at Terse Tapes, Australia
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = IDM
| length = 63:32
| label = Sevcom
| producer = Tom Ellard
| prev_title = Gigapus
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Gashing And Kato
| next_year = 2001
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Sputnik Music
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Severed Heads: Gigapus|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/69926/Severed-Heads-Haul-Ass/|publisher=Sputnik Music|accessdate=21 March 2016}}
}}
Haul Ass is the eleventh studio album by Australian electronic music group Severed Heads. After Tom Ellard's relationship soured with Nettwerk and Volition Records, he decided to release Haul Ass independently through his then newly formed Sevcom imprint, making Haul Ass the first independently released Severed Heads album since 1982's Blubberknife. The album was burned on CD-R discs, while the artwork for the jewel cases were home printed with the use of a computer printer. Two editions were made, the "standard edition", which had prominently red and grey artwork, and the "special edition", which included two extra tracks not included on the standard edition. The special edition was limited to only 1000 copies. Tom Ellard has described the album as "dark".{{cite web|last1=N/A|first1=N/A|title=Interview with Tom Ellard|url=http://sevcom.com/scans/1998/slides/Beat%20Feb88%20b.jpg|work=Beat Magazine|accessdate=21 March 2016}} The entire album was recorded with software called Session 8, the precursor of Pro Tools.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Choose Evil
|length1 = 4:02
| title2 = Two Dead Daughters
|length2 = 3:30
| title3 = The Interpreter
|length3 = 5:27
| title4 = Better Harms And Heartbreaks
|length4 = 4:15
| title5 = A Mouth Full Of Marbles
|length5 = 3:32
| title6 = Interstate
|length6 = 4:12
|title7 = Chikibox
|length7 = 4:17
|title8 = A Head Is Born
|length8 = 4:27
|title9 = Bookburner
|length9 = 4:55
|title10 = Hawaii 98
|length10 = 4:19
|title11 = Dreamsong
|length11 = 3:19
|title12 = All That Matters Is You
|length12 = 5:20
|title13 = Drown
|length13 = 3:03
|title14 = Lufthansa
|length14 = 4:34
|title15= Sevs In Space
|length15 = 4:20
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = Special Edition Bonus Tracks
|title16 = Pie, Shepherd, Family
|length16 = 2:01
|title17 = There's A String Inside Your Body
|length17 = 4:38
|total_length = 70:11
}}
Personnel
- Tom Ellard - production, vocals, music
- Stephen Jones - live performances
- Alison Cole - live performances
- Paul Mac - live performances
- Ben Suthers - live performances
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|400905|Haul Ass|type=album}}
- [https://severedheads.bandcamp.com/album/haul-ass Bandcamp page]
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