Ache (album)

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Ache
Foetus Ache Vinyl.jpg
Studio album by
You've Got Foetus on Your Breath
ReleasedAugust 1982
Recorded1982
StudioLavender Sound, London, England
Genre Industrial
Length41:10
Label Self Immolation
Producer J. G. Thirlwell
J. G. Thirlwell chronology
Custom Built for Capitalism
(1982)		Ache
(1982)		 Hole
(1984)

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. Ache, along with its predecessor, Deaf , was recorded in an 8-track studio. [1]

Contents

The Ache LP is Self Immolation #WOMB OYBL 2. The CD re-release is Ectopic Ents #ECT ENTS 013.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork Media (7.6/10) [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by J. G. Thirlwell.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Dying with My Boots On"2:16
2."J. Q. Murder"4:21
3."Gums Bleed"4:21
4."Mark of the Ostracizor"5:59
5."Exit the Man with 9 Lives"3:44
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Get Out of My House"5:05
2."Wholesome Town"4:24
3."Whole Wheat Rolls"0:59
4."Kid Hate Kid"5:24
5."Instead… I Became Anenome"4:37

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "JG Thirlwell Interview". Two Gun Mathilda. Archived from the original on February 10, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ Hinds, Andy. "Ache". Allmusic. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  3. ↑ Schreiber, Ryan. "You've Got Foetus On Your Breath: Ache". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on December 23, 2001. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  4. ↑ Snow, Mat. New Musical Express. November 12, 1982. text at foetus.org, added on July 4, 1996
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