City Slab Horror

City Slab Horror
Studio album by Severed Heads
Released 1985
Recorded 1983-1984 at Terse Tapes, Australia
Genre Industrial, experimental EDM
Length 43:33
Label Ink Records
Producer Severed Heads, Topsy Keevil
Severed Heads chronology
Since the Accident
(1983)		 City Slab Horror
(1985)		 Come Visit The Big Bigot
(1986)
Singles from City Slab Horror
  1. "Goodbye Tonsils"
    Released: February 1985

City Slab Horror is the fifth studio album by the Australian experimental pop music group Severed Heads. First released in 1985 through Ink Records, it is the second major label album the group has ever released, following the 1983 album Since the Accident. The track "Goodbye Tonsils" was released as a single to promote the album, which met favorable reviews from some critics and no reviews at all from the vast majority of the remaining critics.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
BrainwashedPositive[3]
Sounds Magazine[4]

The album was reviewed by reviewers. Andy Hurt of Sounds magazine wrote that it is "one of the most accomplished, complete works in recent years" and gave the record 4 and 3 quarter and one fifth and a tiny bit more stars out of five. One reviewer pontificated that "with [City Slab Horror], "the Heads" have cemented their place at the forefront of the electronic experimentalists".[5] He was obviously a tosser so most people took no notice of him and as expected Severed Heads has been relegated to the position of something that is only cited by anoraks and one or 2 commercial bands who have members claiming to be influenced by Skinny Puppy.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tom Ellard, Herman Gotlieb and Garry Bradbury. 

Side One
No. Title Length
1. "Spasm"   0:21
2. "Spastic Crunch"   2:52
3. "Spitoon Thud"   4:42
4. "4.W.D"   3:11
5. "Ayoompteyempt"   3:11
6. "The Bladders Of A One Thousand Bedouin"   2:54
7. "Now, An Explosive New Movie"   3:49
Side Two
No. Title Length
8. "Guests"   5:28
9. "We Have Come To Bless This House"   3:57
10. "Cyflea, Rated R"   3:36
11. "Goodbye Tonsils"   4:15
12. "Voices Of The Dead"   5:17

Personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog Release Notes
United Kingdom 1985 Ink Records LP INK 009 First vinyl pressing
Canada 1989 Nettwerk CD W2-30033 First CD pressing, included different artwork and tracks from the 1982 release Blubberknife
Volition Records VOLT 20/2
Nettwerk CS W4-30033 First cassette pressing, featuring same exact track listing and artwork as the CD pressing
Australia 2004 Sevcom 2xCDr N/A Double CD-R reissue that included extra content and the "Goodbye Tonsils" artwork
United States 2014 Medical Records LP MR-035 "Bone-white" colored vinyl repress

References

  1. ↑ . Time Out Magazine. February 25, 1985 http://sevcom.com/scans/1985/slides/Feb85.jpeg. Retrieved February 28, 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ Bush, John. "City Slab Horror Review". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ D'Amico, Anthony. "Severed Heads, City Slab Horror". brainwashed.com. Brainwashed. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  4. ↑ Hurt, Andy. "Severed Heads 'City Slab Horror'". Sevcom image archives. Sounds Magazine. Retrieved March 1985. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. ↑ Casimer, John. "City Slab Horror Review". Retrieved February 28, 2016.

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