Songs About Fucking

by Big Black

Songs About Fucking cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 September 1987
  • Label: Touch and Go
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 29:14
  • Community rating: 4/5 from 18 ratings

Artists on this release: Dave Riley

Album Notes & Community Reviews

As the final studio album from the influential Chicago band, 'Songs About Fucking' is an unrelenting and abrasive statement of post-hardcore and noise rock. The album's sound is defined by the sharp, metallic tones of Steve Albini's and Santiago Durango's guitars, the mechanical precision of a Roland TR-606 drum machine, and Albini's confrontational, sardonic lyrics. It explores dark and controversial themes of violence, perversion, and cruelty with a distinct sense of black humor, solidifying its landmark status in 1980s independent music.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, male-vocalist, dissonant, vulgar, violence, rhythmic, alienation, lo-fi, abrasive, distorted, repetitive

Tracklist

  1. The Power Of Independent Trucking (1:27)
  2. The Model (2:34)
  3. Bad Penny (2:33)
  4. L Dopa (1:40)
  5. Precious Thing (2:20)
  6. Colombian Necktie (2:14)
  7. Kitty Empire (4:01)
  8. Ergot (2:27)
  9. Kasimir S. Pulaski Day (2:28)
  10. Fish Fry (2:06)
  11. Pavement Saw (2:12)
  12. Tiny, King Of the Jews (2:31)
  13. Bombastic Intro (0:35)

Credits

  • Dave Riley - bass
  • Melvin Belli - guitar [grrr]
  • Steve Albini - guitar [skinng]
  • John Loder - recorded by
  • Big Black - Primary Artist
  • Emil Schult - Written-By [Uncredited]
  • Karl Bartos - Written-By [Uncredited]
  • Ralf H眉tter - Written-By [Uncredited]

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