| 20 October 1998 | Matador / Capitol | OLE 322-2P / 95566 2 1 V |
| 01. Calvin 02. Magical Colors 03. Do You Wanna Get Heavy? 04. High Gear 05. Talk About The Blues 06. I Wanna Make It All Right 07. Lovin’ Machine 08. Bernie 09. Blue Green Olga 10. Give Me A Chance 11. Desperate 12. Torture 13a. Attack 13b. Calvin (Reprise) |
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| US promo CD issue in stickered card slipcase. There was a second promo version issued by Matador Records. Commercially released in the US as a DigiPak CD and on vinyl.
Calvin, Magical Colors, Heavy, Talk About The Blues were all released as singles. An earlier version of Attack was released on Selector Dub Narcotic and titled Blues Explosion Attack, this has much more raw live-sound and totally different lyrics. High Gear is titled Italian Country Pickup on the Japanese promo CD. The title of the song Bernie is a tribute to a Blues Explosion fan who follows the band around the country. The song was originally “called Get Down With Brian for this Dub Narcotic guy, but Albini called it Get Down With Bernie. We shortened it as a tribute to him and to the friends of the Blues Explosion.” – extract from Rolling Stone article Track X Track. The song Talk About The Blues was written as a direct response to a Rolling Stone review of Now I Got Worry and Q&A with Jon Spencer and the title is a reference to I Do Not Play Not Rock ‘n’ Roll by Mississippi Fred McDowell. The song is discussed in detail in both a CMJ New Music Monthly article titled ‘Acme Blues Explosives, INC’ and a later Rolling Stone interview. Talk About The Blues was commercially released as single on 7″ (UK), CD (UK/US) and 12″ (UK/US). In 2010 Shout! Factory / Shove! Records issued Acme + Acme Plus as a double CD with numerous additional tracks. |
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01. Calvin Writers: Spencer/Explosion Published: Dirty Shirt (BMI) Recorded: Calvin Johnson Remixed and Arranged: T-Ray 02. Magical Colors 03. Do You Wanna Get Heavy? 04. Italian Country Pickup (a.k.a. High Gear) 05. Talk About The Blues 06. I Wanna Make It All Right 07. Lovin’ Machine 08. Bernie 09. Blue Green Olga 10. Give Me A Chance 11. Desperate 12. Torture 13.1. Attack 13.2. Calvin Reprise: |
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| Advance CD LP CD in stores October 20, 1998 (p) © 1998 Matador Records, 625 Braodway, New York, New York 10012 www.matador.recs.com Capitol Records, 1750 Vine Street, Hollywood, California 90028 hollywoodandvine.com For Promotional Use Only – Not For Sale CDP 7243 4 95566 2 1 V OLE 322-2P DISC: All songs: Spencer/Explosion © 1998 Dirty Shirt (BMI) except Blue Green Olga by Cunniff/Explosion © 1998 EMI April Music Inc./Grand Royal Music/Lucious Jackson Music (ASCAP)/Dirty Shirt (BMI) |
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BARCODE: n/a MATRIX: “724349556621 IFPI L043 MASTERED BY EMI MFG.” |
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