The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape

The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape is an album by post-hardcore noise 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 Rich Man's Eight Track Tape
Compilation album by Big Black
Released	1987
Recorded	1985–1987
Genre	Punk rock
Length	52:17
Label	Homestead
Big Black chronology
Headache (1987) The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape (1987) Songs About Fucking (1987)

The title of the album, and the liner notes by Steve Albini, show the band's low regard for compact discs, drawing parallels between the 8-track tape's fall from 1970s state-of-the-art favor, presaging the outmoding of CDs by newer digital media that would arrive in subsequent decades.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Big Black, except where noted.

1. "Jordan, Minnesota" - 3:20
2. "Passing Complexion" - 3:04
3. "Big Money" - 2:29
4. "Kerosene" - 6:05
5. "Bad Houses" - 3:09
6. "Fists of Love" - 4:21
7. "Stinking Drunk" - 3:27
8. "Bazooka Joe" - 4:43
9. "Cables (live)" - 3:09
10. "Heartbeat" (Colin Newman) - 3:48
11. "Things to Do Today" - 1:44
12. "I Can't Believe" - 1:03
13. "My Disco" - 2:52
14. "Grinder" - 2:23
15. "Ready Men" - 3:51
16. "Pete, King of the Detectives" - 2:42

"Heartbeat" is a cover of the Wire song.

References

1. Kellman, Andy. "allmusic ((( The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape > Review )))". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
2. Brackett, Nathan. "Big Black". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 69, cited March 17, 2010