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The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape

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

{{Infobox album

| name = The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape

| type = compilation

| artist = Big Black

| cover = Big Black - The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1987

| recorded = 1985–1987

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Punk rock

| length = {{Duration|m=52|s=17}}

| label = Homestead

| producer =

| prev_title = Headache

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = Songs About Fucking

| next_year = 1987

}}

The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape is an album by American punk rock band Big Black. It was released in 1987 by Touch and Go Records. The album is a CD compilation of Big Black's Atomizer album (minus the song "Strange Things"), "Heartbeat" single and Headache EP. Atomizer is pictured on the cover artwork as an eight-track tape playing in a Panasonic TNT portable player.

The title of the album, and the liner notes by Steve Albini, show the band's low regard for compact discs, drawing parallels between CD and the 8-track tape of 1970s, preferring to release all of their material on vinyl LP records.

Reception

{{expand section|date=September 2016}} AllMusic called it "An indispensable compilation" and gave it a rating of 4.5/5

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|title=allmusic ((( The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape > Review )))|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r182464|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=AllMusic|author=Kellman, Andy|accessdate=March 17, 2010}}

| rev2 = Rolling Stone

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}Brackett, Nathan. "Big Black". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 69, cited March 17, 2010

}}

Track listing

All songs written by Big Black, except where noted.

  1. "Jordan, Minnesota" - 3:20
  2. "Passing Complexion" - 3:04
  3. "Big Money" - 2:29
  4. "Kerosene" - 6:05
  5. "Bad Houses" - 3:09
  6. "Fists of Love" - 4:21
  7. "Stinking Drunk" - 3:27
  8. "Bazooka Joe" - 4:43
  9. "Cables (live)" - 3:09
  10. "Heartbeat" (Colin Newman) - 3:48
  11. "Things to Do Today" - 1:44
  12. "I Can't Believe" - 1:03
  13. "My Disco" - 2:52
  14. "Grinder" - 2:23
  15. "Ready Men" - 3:51
  16. "Pete, King of the Detectives" - 2:42

"Heartbeat" is a cover of the Wire song.

References

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Category:Big Black albums

Category:1987 compilation albums

Category:Homestead Records compilation albums

Category:Touch and Go Records compilation albums

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