| 1998 | Rock Records / Mute | STUMM154-4 |
| Side A 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 Side B |
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| Cassette issue in stickered case, manufactured and released in Thailand on Rock Records / Mute. This version uses the standard Mute catalogue numbering system (STUMM154-4). The paper insert is too large to fit comfortably inside the plastic case which features The Rock Records logo molded into the rear side.
In the UK and US the album was released on vinyl and CD. This edition includes the unlisted Calvin (Reprise) after the last track, also featured on the CD release. 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). |
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| Studios: Electrical, RPM, Greene Street, Waterworks, Dub Narcotic, Big House Mastering: Howie Weinberg and Andy Van Dette at Masterdisk Side A 01. Calvin 02. Magical Colors 03. Do You Wanna Get Heavy? 04. High Gear 05. Talk About The Blues 06. I Wanna Make It Alright Side B 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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| “Thank You Andy Adler. Peter Arsenault. Au Go Go. Brian Brown. The Billions Corporation. Capitol. Loren Chodosh. CNL. Creative Man. Cristina + Charlie. Cris Cush. Chris Fahey. Larry Hardy. Bud Hart. Clyde Haygood. Hollis. Arlene Lapsberg. Matador. Dick Meredith. Moby Mute Pav. Amanda Ray. RZO. Tim Simenon. Jamey Staub. Niko Tavernise. Techno Animal. Eric Tew. Toys Factory. Tim and Micha Warren. Clarence White. Andre Williams.” | |
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ARTWORK: Photography: Stephanie Chernikowski Design: David Warner BARCODE: 5 06025 615445 MATRIX/RUN-OUT GROOVE ENGRAVING: n/a |
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