| Grong Grong | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 5, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | July – October 1983 | |||
| Studio | Seaview Ballroom (Melbourne) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 34:46 | |||
| Label | Aberrant | |||
| Grong Grong chronology | ||||
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Grong Grong is the eponymously titled debut studio album of Grong Grong, released in 1986 by Aberrant Records. [1]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Allmusic awarded Grong Grong two out of five possible stars. [2] Spin compared the band favorably to The Birthday Party, saying "Grong's sound screeches and shimmers smoothly in vibrato-drowned squiggles" and that the songs "only hint at the dark, heavy, and twisted minds behind this flat black slab." [3] Deborah Sprague of Trouser Press was especially complimentary towards guitarist Charles Tolnay, saying "where his fine abstract-expressionist guitar mist was subordinate to a series of overly pious Birthday Party eulogies like "Poor Herb" and "Louise the Fly." [4]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Grong Grong" | Farkas, Klestines, Taskas, Tolnay | Farkas, Klestines, Taskas, Tolnay | 4:28 |
| 2. | "Angels & Demons" | Farkas | Taskas | 5:10 |
| 3. | "Club Grotesque" | Farkas | Taskas, Tolnay | 4:01 |
| 4. | "Louie the Fly" | Taskas | Tolnay | 3:39 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Poor Herb" | Buchan | Tonlay | 2:50 |
| 2. | "Looking at You" (MC5 cover) | Davis, Kramer, Smith, Thompson, Tyner | Davis, Kramer, Smith, Thompson, Tyner | 3:03 |
| 3. | "The Hills Have Eyes" (The Meteors cover) | Fenech | Fenech | 2:46 |
| 4. | "Who's Got It" | Farkas | Tolnay | 3:45 |
| 5. | "Vlad the Impaler" | Tolnay | Tolnay | 4:04 |
Adapted from the Grong Grong liner notes. [5]
Grong Grong
Production and design
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1986 | Aberrant | LP | Grunt1 |
| United States | Alternative Tentacles | VIRUS 49 |
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