Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-so Sounds So-so, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten

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Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-so Sounds So-so, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten
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Front cover artwork of the EP.
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Released1982
Recorded21–23 March 1982
Christchurch, New Zealand
Genre Indie rock, lo-fi
Length19:22
Label Flying Nun
Producer Chris Knox, Doug Hood
The Clean chronology
Boodle Boodle Boodle
(1982)
Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-so Sounds So-so, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten
(1982)
Odditties
(1983)

Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-so Sounds So-so, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten (usually simply known as Great Sounds Great) is the second EP by The Clean, a lo-fi rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand. [1] [2] [3] It was released by Flying Nun Records on 12" vinyl in 1982.

Contents

The EP is included in its entirety, and in the same running order, as part of The Clean's 2002 CD release Anthology . [4]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Fish"2:28
2."Flowers"3:29
3."Side On"2:03
4."Slug Song"3:22
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Beatnik"2:00
2."End of My Dream"4:13
3."On Again/Off Again"1:47

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References

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  2. "Clean".
  3. Guides (Firm), Rough (12 June 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides via Google Books.
  4. "The Clean - Anthology". The Line of Best Fit.

Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-so Sounds So-so, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten at MusicBrainz (list of releases)