Rotund For Success

Studio album by Severed Heads

Released

October 31, 1988

Recorded

1988

Genre

EDM, synth-pop

Length

49:54

Label

Nettwerk, Volition Records

Producer

Tom Ellard, Robert Racic

Severed Heads chronology

Bad Mood Guy
(1987)

Rotund For Success
(1988)

Cuisine (With Piscatorial)
(1991)

Singles from Rotund For Success

"Greater Reward"
Released: 1988
"All Saints Day"
Released: 1989
"Big Car"
Released: 1990

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Rotund For Success is the eighth studio album by the Australian electronic music group Severed Heads, released in 1988. Three singles wre released from the album: "Greater Reward", "All Saints Day" and "Big Car", the first two in particular reaching the top 30 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart.^[2] Much like the rest of their discography, the album has been issued many times in several formats through a variety of labels.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tom Ellard.

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"All Saints Day"	5:23
2.	"Triangle Tango Tango"	4:07
3.	"Bad Times Too"	4:00
4.	"Midget Sings"	3:17
5.	"Seven Miles"	3:51
6.	"Greater Reward"	4:15

Side Two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Big Car Intro"	2:29
2.	"Big Car"	6:56
3.	"First Steps"	4:07
4.	"Rotund For Success"	3:24
5.	"L.F.M"	4:57
6.	"Chasing Skirt"	3:18

CD Edition Bonus Tracks
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
13.	"All Saints Day (Original Mix)"	4:24
14.	"Bad Times Three"	5:25
Total length:		59:43

2002 Sevcom CDr Bonus Tracks
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Star Spangled Bradbury (Prank Caller Bratbury)"	4:35
16.	"Bombs Fell (Mindless Delta Scratch)"	3:21
17.	"Lovesick Fascist Meatloaf"	4:49
18.	"Rich Baby (Balloon Folding Soundtrack)"	6:08
Total length:		78:36

2004 LTM CD Bonus Tracks
Track listing
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Star Spangled Bradbury"	4:35
16.	"Bombs Fell"	3:21
17.	"L.F.M (Part Two)"	4:49
Total length:		72:28

Personnel

Tom Ellard - vocals, synthesizers, production
Stephen Jones - photography, circuit design, video synthesizers
Robert Racic - production
Wayne Miller - co-production
Adriad Bollard - co-production
Repo Graphics - cover artwork
Tony Mott - photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Release Notes
Australia	1989	Nettwerk	LP	W1-30035	First vinyl pressing
Australia		Volition Records	LP	VOLT 028	First vinyl pressing
North America		Nettwerk	CS	W4-30035	First cassette pressing, same exact track list as the vinyl
North America		Nettwerk	CD	W2-30035	First CD pressing, includes two extra tracks not included on the vinyl and cassette editions
Europe		Volition Records	CD	VOLT 028
Australia	2002	Sevcom	CD-R	N/A	Sevcom CD-R reissue, includes four extra tracks, including the 1989 CD edition bonus tracks
United Kingdom	2004	LTM	CD	LTMCD 2404	LTM CD reissue, includes three extra tracks plus the 1989 CD edition bonus tracks

References

↑ Cooper, William. "Rotund For Success review". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
↑ "Severed Heads". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved October 8, 2016.

External links

Rotund For Success at Discogs (list of releases)
Bandcamp web page

Severed Heads

Tom Ellard
Stewart Lawler

Stephen Jones
Paul Deering
Garry Bradbury
Richard Fielding
Andrew Wright

Albums

Studio albums	Side 2 (1980) Clean (1981) Blubberknife (1982) Since The Accident (1984) City Slab Horror (1985) Come Visit The Big Bigot (1986) Bad Mood Guy (1987) Rotund For Success (1989) Cuisine (With Piscatorial) (1991) Gigapus (1994) Haul Ass (1998) Gashing And Kato (2001) Under Gail Succubus (2006)

Music Server series	Contoured Stimulation (1998) Airconditioning Your Productivity (1999) Cubicle Broadcasts (2002) Controlling Time (2003)

Op series	Op (2002) Op 1.2 (2004) Op 2.0 (2005) Op 2.5 (Millennium Cheesecake) (2005) Op 3 (2007) Op (ChOPped) (2009)

Split albums	Ear Bitten/No Vowels, No Bowels (1980)

Singles

"Dead Eyes Opened"
"Stretcher"
"Goodbye Tonsils"
"Petrol"
"Twenty Deadly Diseases"
"Propeller"
"Hot With Fleas"
"Greater Reward"
"All Saints Day"
"Big Car"
"Twister"
"Heart Of The Party"
"Lamborghini/Petrol"
"Beautiful Arabic Surface/Cheerio Inner Moon"

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