| Quarter Pounder: 25 Years of Being Consumed | ||||
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| Released | October 2019 [1] | |||
| Recorded | 1994–2001 | |||
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| Length | 57:26 | |||
| Label | Warner Music Australia | |||
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Quarter Pounder: 25 Years of Being Consumed is the second greatest hits album from the Australian rock band, Regurgitator. The album was released in October 2019 marking 25 years of the group.
The album contains songs from their first four studio albums and various EPs; similar to the earlier Jingles (album) of 2002 with a shuffled order and some differences. 'Disco Crazy', 'Miffy's Simplicity' & 'I Like It Like That' were omitted while 'I Like Your Old Stuff Better Than Your New Stuff' & 'I Will Lick Your Arsehole' were added. The album title mention of 'Consumed' is an assumed reference to the groups management Consume & Valve Records. The 'Quarter Pounder', along with Quarter being short for 1/4, 25% and 25 is a reference to the groups first EP release of Regurgitator (EP). This EP has been referred to as the Hamburger EP> [ citation needed ]
The album was shared with a tour in October & November of 2019 in the 'REGURGITATOR – Quarter Pounder: 25 years of still being consumed!' across 22 dates around Australia. Supports at different shows on the tour included; Shonen Knife, The Fauves (group), DJ Mangohig, Dicklord, Nervous Wreck, Year6Disco, Fat, Tape/Off, Koko Uzi & The Stress of Leisure. This dates were rounded out with shows at the Clokenflap Festival in Hong Kong. [2]
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue |
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| Australia | October 2019 | CD | Warner Music Australia | 5419705533 |
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