Sound of Impact

{{Short description|1987 live album by Big Black}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Sound Of Impact

| type = live

| artist = Big Black

| cover = Big Black Sound Of Impact.jpg

| alt = the text “ You got it all, Dad! We're gonna hit! (SOUND OF IMPACT.)” on a blank white background

| released = {{start date|1987||}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

• Noise rock
• post-hardcore

| length = 50:51

| label = Blast First

| producer = Big Black

| prev_title = The Hammer Party

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Headache

| next_year = 1987

}}

{{music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5|}}{{cite web |title=Sound of Impact |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sound-of-impact-mw0000882687 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=13 July 2020}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=sound+of+impact+big+black+1987&pg=PA2601|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}

|rev3 = Sounds

|rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/big-black-iyou-got-it-all-dad-were-gonna-hit-sound-of-impacti-brace-not-2-but-i-head-of-david-iultramonti-brace-not-3|title = Big Black: You Got It All, Dad! We're Gonna Hit! (Sound of Impact) (Brace NOT 2 BUT I)*****; Head of David: Ultramont (Brace NOT 3)***. By Jack Barron : Articles, reviews and interviews from Rock's Backpages}}

}}

Sound of Impact, also known as You Got It All, Dad! We're Gonna Hit! (Sound of Impact.), is a live album by the American post-hardcore band Big Black.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iCPH4iyQf3MC&q=sound+of+impact+big+black+1987&pg=PT199|title=How Soon is Now?: The Madmen and Mavericks who made Independent Music 1975-2005|first=Richard|last=King|date=April 3, 2012|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=9780571278329|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=http://cokemachineglow.com/records/bigblack-soundofimpact-1986/|title=Big Black: Sound of Impact | Records|website=Cokemachineglow}}{{Cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/19954-noise-rock-1986-big-black-sonic-|title=The Quietus | Features | Anniversary | The Sound Of Impact: Noise Rock In 1986|website=The Quietus}} It was released in limited edition in 1987. The band did not include its name anywhere on the album.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&q=sound+of+impact+big+black+1987&pg=PA194|title=Alternative Rock|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=July 13, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306076|via=Google Books}}