| 19 October 1998 | Mute | CDSTUMM154 |
| 01. Calvin 02. Magical Colors 03. Do You Wanna Get Heavy? 04. High Gear 05. Talk About The Blues 06. I Wanna Make It All Right 07. Lovin’ Machine 08. Bernie 09. Blue Green Olga 10. Give Me A Chance 11. Desperate 12. Torture 13a. Attack 13b. Calvin (Reprise) |
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| This is a later edition of the UK CD release of ACME with a cover sticker and the printing on the disc isn’t as clear as the first pressing and has an extra space where the ‘d’ has been removed from the ‘licensed’ typo on the original issue.
Issued in DigiPak with red tray, also released in Japan (with a bonus track and stickers) and on vinyl in UK and the US. Calvin (Reprise) is unlisted and appears at the end of track 13 shortly after Attack. Calvin, Magical Colors, Heavy, Talk About The Blues were all released as singles. An earlier version of Attack was released on Selector Dub Narcotic and titled Blues Explosion Attack, this has much more raw live-sound and totally different lyrics. High Gear is titled Italian Country Pickup on the Japanese promo CD. The title of the song Bernie is a tribute to a Blues Explosion fan who follows the band around the country. The song was originally “called Get Down With Brian for this Dub Narcotic guy, but Albini called it Get Down With Bernie. We shortened it as a tribute to him and to the friends of the Blues Explosion.” – extract from Rolling Stone article Track X Track. The song Talk About The Blues was written as a direct response to a Rolling Stone review of Now I Got Worry and Q&A with Jon Spencer and the title is a reference to I Do Not Play Not Rock ‘n’ Roll by Mississippi Fred McDowell. The song is discussed in detail in both a CMJ New Music Monthly article titled ‘Acme Blues Explosives, INC’ and a later Rolling Stone interview. Talk About The Blues was commercially released as single on 7″ (UK), CD (UK/US) and 12″ (UK/US). In 2010 Shout! Factory / Shove! Records issued Acme + Acme Plus as a double CD with numerous additional tracks |
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Studios: Electrical, RPM, Greene Street, Waterworks, Dub Narcotic, Big House Mastering: Howie Weinberg and Andy Van Dette at Masterdisk 01. Calvin 02. Magical Colors 03. Do You Wanna Get Heavy? 04. High Gear 05. Talk About The Blues 06. I Wanna Make It All Right 07. Lovin’ Machine 08. Bernie 09. Blue Green Olga 10. Give Me A Chance 11. Desperate 12. Torture 13.1. Attack 13.2. Calvin Reprise |
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| “Thank You: Cristina. Charlie. Bud Hart. Moby. Techno Animal. Tim Simenon. Clyde Haygood. Amanda Ray. Arlene Lapsberg. Cris Cush. Andy Adler. Brian Brown. Hollis. Clarence White. Niko Tavernise. Eric Tew. Peter Arsenault. Chris Fahey. Jamey Staub. Dick Meredith. Loren Chodosh. RZO. the Billions Corporation. CBL. Pav. Creative Man. Tim and Micha Warren. Andre Williams. Larry Hardy. Mute. Matador. Toys Factory. Au Go Go. Capitol.”
“Studios: Electrical, RPM, Greene Street, Waterworks, Dub Narcotic, Big House. Mastering: Howie Weinberg and Andy Van Dette at Masterdisk All songs: Spencer/Explosion © 1998 Dirty Shirt (BMI) except Blue Green Olga by Cunniff/Explosion © 1998 EMI April Music Inc./Grand Royal Music/Lucious Jackson Music (ASCAP)/Dirty Shirt (BMI) Mute Liberation Technologies http://www.mutelibtech.com/mute/ jsbx98. DISC: “All songs © 1998 Spencer/Explosion |
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ARTWORK: Photography: Stephanie Chernikowski Design: David Warner BARCODE: 5 016025 611546 MATRIX: “CDSTUMM154. IFPI LA31 MASTERED BY DOCDATA” |
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