Hole (Foetus album)

Hole
Hole
Studio album by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel
Released	September 1984
Recorded	May 1983–October 1983
Studio	Wave Studios, London, England
Genre	Industrial
Length	42:46
Label	Self Immolation/Some Bizzare
Producer	J. G. Thirlwell
J. G. Thirlwell chronology

Last updated August 06, 2025

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Hole is the third studio album by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel released in September 1984. It was the first Foetus material released by Self Immolation through Some Bizzare. In 1995, Hole was given a US re-release by Thirsty Ear. It was also the first of two Foetus releases under the name Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel, the other being Nail.

Track listing

All tracks are written by J. G. Thirlwell.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Clothes Hoist"	3:25
2.	"Lust for Death"	3:38
3.	"I'll Meet You in Poland Baby"	4:50
4.	"Hot Horse"	3:31
5.	"Sick Man"	4:15

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Street of Shame"	3:28
2.	"Satan Place"	3:22
3.	"White Knuckles"	4:31
4.	"Water Torture"	3:50
5.	"Cold Day in Hell"	7:03

A vinyl test pressing is released which includes two additional tracks "Sick Man Edit" [1:07] (end of LP side 1) and "Cold Day In Hell Edit" [1:14] (end of LP side 2). Both are edited versions of the originals.

Bonus 12"

Some copies of the original LP release were packaged with a 12" containing bonus tracks. These tracks later appeared, variously, on Wash/Slog, Finely Honed Machine, and Sink .

"Wash It All Off" – 6:05
"Sick Minutes" – 8:43
"Halo Flamin' Lead" – 4:51
"Finely Honed Machine" – 9:23
"Today I Started Slogging Again" – 7:34

Personnel

Charles Gray – engineering
Warne Livesy – engineering
J. G. Thirlwell (as Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel) – instruments, production, illustrations

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart ^[3]	3

References

↑ Farley, Keith. "Hole". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
↑ King, Sam (14 April 1990). "Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel: Hole". Sounds . Retrieved 24 February 2013.
↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

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

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[allmusic-1] Farley, Keith. "Hole". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

[sounds-2] King, Sam (14 April 1990). "Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel: Hole". Sounds . Retrieved 24 February 2013.

[3] Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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