The Hammer Party

The Hammer Party
Compilation album by
Big Black
ReleasedNovember 12, 1986
Recorded1981–1984
GenrePunk rock
Length38:07
LabelsHomestead, Touch and Go
Big Black chronology
Atomizer
(1986)		 The Hammer Party
(1986)		 Sound of Impact
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
Alternative Rock8/10
Christgau's Record GuideB
The New Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarStar
SelectStarStar
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10

The Hammer Party is a compilation album of Big Black's early EPs released between 1982 and 1985. Originally released by Homestead Records on November 12, 1986, and later rereleased by Touch and Go in 1992, the LP and cassette versions featured the six songs from Lungs on one side and the six songs from Bulldozer on the other. The CD version was expanded to include Big Black's third EP, Racer-X.

Track listing

  1. "Steelworker" 1
  2. "Live in a Hole" 1
  3. "Dead Billy" 1
  4. "I Can Be Killed" 1
  5. "Crack" 1
  6. "RIP" 1
  7. "Cables" 2
  8. "Pigeon Kill" 2
  9. "I'm a Mess" 2
  10. "Texas" 2
  11. "Seth" 2
  12. "Jump the Climb" 2
  13. "Racer X" 3
  14. "Shotgun" 3
  15. "The Ugly American" 3
  16. "Deep Six" 3
  17. "Sleep!" 3
  18. "The Big Payback" (James Brown)3

1 Lungs
2 Bulldozer
3 Racer-X (CD Only)

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "The Hammer Party—Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  2. ↑ Thompson, Dave (April 12, 2000). "Alternative rock". San Francisco : Miller Freeman Books; Berkeley, CA : Distributed to the book trade in the U.S. and Canada by Publishers Group West; Milwaukee, WI : Distributed to the music trade in the U.S. and Canada by Hal Leonard Publishing – via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ↑ Brackett, Nathan. "Big Black". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 69, cited March 17, 2010
  5. ↑ Perry, Andrew (December 1992). "Big Black: The Hammer Party / Atomizer / Songs About Fucking / Pigpile". Select (31): 86.
  6. ↑ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.