Potted Meat Spread
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{{Infobox album
| name = Potted Meat Spread
| type = studio
| artist = Spongehead
| cover = Spongehead - Potted Meat Spread.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1988
| recorded = Noise New York, NYC
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Noise rock
| length = 38:52
| label = Shimmy Disc
| producer = Kramer
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Legitimate Beef
| next_year = 1991
}}
Potted Meat Spread is the debut album of Spongehead, released in 1988 by Shimmy Disc.{{cite magazine |first=Ira |last=Robbins |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=spongehead |title=Spongehead |magazine=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=May 24, 2013}}{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000848492|pure_url=yes}}|title=Spongehead: Potted Meat Spread > Review |website=Allmusic |accessdate=July 19, 2015}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Share Our Hate
| writer1 = Mark Kirby
| length1 =
| title2 = No Picnic
| writer2 = David Henderson, Doug Henderson, Mark Kirby
| length2 =
| title3 = Jerzy Gurl
| writer3 = Mark Kirby
| length3 =
| title4 = Mail It Off to China
| writer4 = Doug Henderson
| length4 =
| title5 = Rollin' Vengince
| writer5 = Marc Dale
| length5 =
| title6 = Amerikkka
| writer6 = Doug Henderson
| length6 =
| title7 = I Am a Vacuum
| writer7 = David Henderson
| length7 =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Maybe
| writer1 = Doug Henderson
| length1 =
| title2 = Supersonic Plane
| writer2 = David Henderson
| length2 =
| title3 = The Theoretical Paradigm of Chaos
| writer3 = Marc Dale, Mark Kirby
| length3 =
| title4 = Walking Uphill
| writer4 = Doug Henderson
| length4 =
| title5 = Thought for a Day
| writer5 = Mark Kirby
| length5 =
| title6 = Dead Inside
| writer6 = Mark Kirby
| length6 =
}}
Personnel
Adapted from the Potted Meat Spread liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Potted Meat Spread |others=Spongehead |year=1988 |type=sleeve |publisher=Shimmy Disc |location=New York City}}
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;Spongehead
- David Henderson – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, vocals
- Doug Henderson – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
- Mark Kirby – drums, vocals
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;Production and additional personnel
- Kramer – production, engineering, backing vocals (A4)
- Ruth Peyser – illustrations
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Release history
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! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
| United States
| 1988 | LP | Shimmy 016 |