Ache (album)
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Ache is a You've Got Foetus on Your Breath
album first released in 1982 on Self Immolation Records
. Thirsty Ear
reissued the album as a CD
in 1997 in the US
. Both releases were limited editions
: only 1,500 copies of the LP and 4,000 copies of the CD were produced.
The Ache LP is Self Immolation #WOMB OYBL 2. The CD re-release is Ectopic Ents #ECT ENTS 013.
Foetus (band)
Foetus is the primary musical outlet of industrial music pioneer J. G. Thirlwell. Until 1995 the band underwent various name changes, all including the word foetus. Monikers adopted at different times include Foetus Under Glass, You've Got Foetus On Your Breath and Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel...
album first released in 1982 on Self Immolation Records
Self Immolation
Self Immolation is a record label and publishing company run by J. G. Thirlwell. Originally an actual label for Thirlwell's self-released early Foetus EPs and albums, Self Immolation became more akin to a vanity label for Thirlwell's releases on Some Bizzare Records and Wax Trax! Records...
. Thirsty Ear
Thirsty Ear
Thirsty Ear Recordings is an American independent record label. It was founded in the late 70s as a marketing company and expanded to issue its own records in 1990....
reissued the album as a CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
in 1997 in the US
United States
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. Both releases were limited editions
Special edition
The terms special edition, limited edition and variants such as deluxe edition, collector's edition and others, are used as a marketing incentive for various kinds of products, originally published products related to the arts, such as books, prints or recorded music and films, but now including...
: only 1,500 copies of the LP and 4,000 copies of the CD were produced.
The Ache LP is Self Immolation #WOMB OYBL 2. The CD re-release is Ectopic Ents #ECT ENTS 013.
Track listing
All Songs by J. G. ThirlwellJ. G. Thirlwell
James George Thirlwell , aka Clint Ruin, aka Frank Want, aka Foetus, is an Australian vocalist, composer and record producer...
- "Dying With My Boots On" – 2:16
- "J. Q. Murder" – 4:21
- "Gums Bleed" – 4:21
- "Mark of the Ostracizor" – 5:59
- "Exit the Man With 9 Lives" – 3:44
- "Get Out of My House" – 5:05
- "Wholesome Town" – 4:24
- "Whole Wheat Rolls" – 0:59
- "Kid Hate Kid" – 5:24
- "Instead… I Became Anenome" – 4:37
Personnel and Production
- J. G. ThirlwellJ. G. ThirlwellJames George Thirlwell , aka Clint Ruin, aka Frank Want, aka Foetus, is an Australian vocalist, composer and record producer...
(as You've Got Foetus On Your Breath) – Performance and production - Harlan Cockburn – Engineering
Reception
- Allmusic (Andy Hinds) - "Seemingly a musical omnivore, [Foetus] devours everything and spits it back out in a scrap heap of sonic chaos, twisted beyond recognition. His oblique yet subversive lyrical themes don't make Ache any more palatable for the faint of heart. This is the sound of unfiltered imagination, absolutely unencumbered by notions of commerce or accessibility. Brilliant."
- NMENMEThe New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
- "Ache is possessed by a bristling, maniacal intelligence which spews out a jostling, surreal collage of subverted musical and verbal cliches, wired word associations, epigrams and sheer invictive with frantic urgency and gleefully black humor. Ache is one of the most violently original and compelling records I've heard in ages. It would make an ideal Christmas present."