Ache (album)

Ache
Ache
Studio album by You've Got Foetus on Your Breath
Released	August 1982
Recorded	1982
Studio	Lavender Sound, London, England
Genre	Industrial
Length	41:10
Label	Self Immolation
Producer	J. G. Thirlwell
J. G. Thirlwell chronology

Last updated January 19, 2026

Ache is the second studio album by You've Got Foetus on Your Breath 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]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Pitchfork	(7.6/10)^[3]

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."
NME - "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."^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by J. G. Thirlwell.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

Harlan Cockburn – engineering
J. G. Thirlwell (as You've Got Foetus On Your Breath) – instruments, production, illustrations

References

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

External links

Ache at Discogs (list of releases)
Ache at foetus.org

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[Two_Gun_Mathilda-1] "JG Thirlwell Interview". Two Gun Mathilda. Archived from the original on 10 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

[allmusic-2] Hinds, Andy. "Ache". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

[pitchfork-3] Schreiber, Ryan. "You've Got Foetus On Your Breath: Ache". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 23 December 2001. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

[4] Snow, Mat. New Musical Express. November 12, 1982. text at foetus.org, added on July 4, 1996

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