A Big 10-8 Place

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A Big 10-8 Place
Negativland - A Big 10-8 Place.jpg
Studio album by
Negativland
ReleasedOctober 1983 (1983-10)
Recorded1982–1983
Genre
Length37:37
Label Seeland [1] , Mordam
Producer Negativland
Negativland chronology
Points
(1981)		A Big 10-8 Place
(1983)		 Escape from Noise
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 7/10 [5]

A Big 10-8 Place is the third album by experimental music group Negativland, released in 1983. [6] It was the first album with the involvement of band member Don Joyce. [3] The album's title is a reference to the radio ten-code "10-8," which means "back in service" or "available for next call" in the context of common CB radio usage.

Contents

The original release had unusual packaging, and included a small plastic bag of lawn clippings or mulch, a "No Other Possibility" bumper sticker, and a map of Contra Costa County, California, where the band originated.

The album was re-released by Seeland Records, then with distribution from Mordam Records, in 1994. It was re-released again in 2007 by Seeland, packaged with a DVD release of No Other Possibility, Negativland's video release. [7]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that the album "fired the opening volley in Negativland's ongoing challenge against copyrights and what is considered public domain." [2] Trouser Press called the album "as much a loving tribute as a scathing indictment of suburbia’s soulless facade, the record is a richly detailed, remarkably complex combination of the inorganic (electronics and industrial atmospherics) and the human (voices discuss whatever)." [8] The Chicago Tribune called it a "trippy travelogue." [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Wills/Richard Lyons/Ian Allen/Mark Hosler.

Side One
No.TitleLength
1."Theme from a Big 10-8 Place"2:58
2."A Big 10-8 Place, Pt. One"13:22
3."Clowns and Ballerinas"1:34
Side Two
No.TitleLength
1."Introduction"0:49
2."Four Fingers"3:05
3."180-G, a Big 10-8 Place, Pt. Two"15:49

References

  1. ↑ "DeLorean: Negativland - A Big 10-8 Place (1983)". Tiny Mix Tapes.
  2. 1 2 "A Big 10-8 Place - Negativland | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 138.
  4. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 803.
  5. ↑ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 266.
  6. ↑ "Negativland | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ↑ "Negativland A Big 10-8 Place". exclaim.ca.
  8. ↑ "Negativland". Trouser Press. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  9. ↑ "NEGATIVLAND FAILS TO STOKE THE FIRE". chicagotribune.com. April 14, 2000.
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