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Big Black - Headache LP
NEW. SEALED.
Touch & Go Records
Remastered By Steve Albini And Bob Weston At Chicago Mastering
“We liked to think we were ahead of our time. Now that time has caught up with us—well, this isn’t such a swell place, and having gotten here first doesn’t make it any nicer.” - Steve Albini
Headache is a 1987 EP by Chicago post-hardcore band Big Black. The record generated some controversy due to a cover photograph of a shotgun suicide victim whose head was split in half; it only appeared on a very limited edition of the record and was later replaced with a drawing by Savage Pencil.
Original pressings bore a sticker reading "Warning! Not as good as Atomizer, so don't get your hopes up, cheese!," not as a gimmick, but honestly to any fans as the band thought that Headache was not as strong as the band's previous release. This also came at a time when major labels were first starting to warn parents that albums contained "explicit lyrics," and while all of Big Black's records contained such lyrics, Headache's sticker was an ironic dig at mainstream music.
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