| October 1998 | Intercord Tonträger GmbH / Mute | INT 4845842 |
| 01. Calvin 02. Magical Colors 03. Do You Want To Get Heavy 04. High Gear (Pick Up) 05. T.A.T.B. 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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| CDR promo with printed cover/insert artwork and CD which has “Album Sampler” crossed out with marker pen and “Acme” written in by hand. This version of the album also includes the unlisted Calvin (Reprise).
The track listing gives the following alternate titles; Do You Want To Get Heavy, High Gear (Pick Up) and Talk About The Blues as just T.A.T.B.. High Gear was listed as Italian Country Pick Up on the Japanese promotional CD and High Gear on the commercially released CD, this version combines the two different titles. 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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Studios: Electrical, RPM, Greene Street, Waterworks, Dub Narcotic, Big House Mastering: Howie Weinberg and Andy Van Dette at Masterdisk 01. Calvin 02. Magical Colors 03. Do You Want To Get Heavy? 04. High Gear (Pick Up) 05. T.A.T.B. 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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