The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape

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The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape is an album by American punk rock band Big Black. It was released in 1987 by Touch and Go Records. The album is a CD compilation of Big Black's Atomizer album (minus the song "Strange Things"), "Heartbeat" single and Headache EP. Atomizer is pictured on the cover artwork as an eight-track tape playing in a Panasonic TNT portable player. The title of the album, and the liner notes by Steve Albini, show the band's low regard for compact discs, drawing parallels between CD and the 8-track tape of 1970s, preferring to release all of their material on vinyl LP records.

Reception

AllMusic called it "An indispensable compilation" and gave it a rating of 4.5/5

Track listing

All songs written by Big Black, except where noted. "Heartbeat" is a cover of the Wire song.

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