80's Cheesecake
1982 studio album by Tom Ellard
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80's Cheesecake is a solo album produced and written by Tom Ellard of Severed Heads. It was released in 1982 as a C60 cassette tape through his own Terse Tapes label. According to Ellard, the album, along with his previous one, Snappy Carrion (1982), were recorded out of interest in making pop music.[1] It is a precursor of Severed Heads' shift in sound, from their early industrialised sound to the more accessible electronic styles of their later recordings. Tracks from this cassette appeared on the Severed Heads' compilation album Clifford Darling, Please Don't Live in the Past (1985).
| 80's Cheesecake | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981–82, Terse Tapes, Australia | |||
| Genre | Experimental | |||
| Length | 50:54 | |||
| Label | Terse Tapes | |||
| Producer | Tom Ellard | |||
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Reception
Track listing
All tracks are written by Tom Ellard, except for "Touch", co-written by Garry Bradbury.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Glass" | 5:40 |
| 2. | "Saturday" | 2:52 |
| 3. | "Man Dat Hip" | 1:32 |
| 4. | "Epilepsy II" | 5:38 |
| 5. | "Sixteen" | 12:35 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Louis Armstrong Story – Born a Horn" | 3:43 |
| 2. | "The Louis Armstrong Story – Hits Big Time 3 1/2" | 1:27 |
| 3. | "The Louis Armstrong Story – Slave of Speed" | 2:09 |
| 4. | "The Louis Armstrong Story – Kalama Zoo Zoo Zoo" | 2:09 |
| 5. | "The Louis Armstrong Story – Mom's Grave" | 1:17 |
| 6. | "The Louis Armstrong Story – 1st Love (It Was Madness)" | 2:27 |
| 7. | "The Louis Armstrong Story – Smeared in Smashed Ascent" | 9:25 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Anthem 82" | 4:24 |
| 2. | "Bullet" | 2:44 |
| 3. | "Mount" | 2:15 |
| 4. | "Eats" | 2:41 |
| 5. | "Word" | 3:15 |
| 6. | "Cross" | 3:23 |
| 7. | "Blame" | 3:11 |
| 8. | "Hold" | 1:53 |
| 9. | "Our Work for Love at Home" | 5:21 |
| 10. | "Power Circles in Paris" | 3:09 |
| 11. | "These Are the Words" | 5:58 |
| 12. | "Touch" | 2:57 |
| 13. | "Brain" | 5:44 |
| 14. | "Hair" | 6:00 |
| 15. | "The Louis Armstrong Story" | 13:31 |
| Total length: | 66:26 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Anthem 82" | 4:24 |
| 2. | "303b The East is Red" | 3:17 |
| 3. | "Big Eats" | 2:40 |
| 4. | "The Ritualistic" | 2:16 |
| 5. | "Babies" | 2:56 |
| 6. | "These are the Words" | 4:16 |
| 7. | "Word" | 3:16 |
| 8. | "Touch" | 2:56 |
| 9. | "Cross" | 3:00 |
| 10. | "Hold" | 1:50 |
| 11. | "Our Work for Love at Home" | 5:21 |
| 12. | "In Her Hair" | 3:54 |
| Total length: | 40:06 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Kai Kai" | 2:35 |
| 14. | "Brain" | 5:44 |
| 15. | "The Louis Armstrong Story" | 13:31 |
| Total length: | 61:56 | |
4, 5 and 13 are new songs made of salvaged and backed-up parts from recordings from this period.
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Release Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1982 | Terse Tapes | C60 | TRS017 | Initial release. |
| 2002 | Sevcom | CD-R | N/A | First reissue, complete with new artwork and a new track listing that includes previously unreleased material. | |
| United States | 2014 | Dark Entries | LP | DE-076 | First ever pressing on vinyl. Includes another new track listing and remastering. |
| United States | 2015 | Bandcamp | Downloads | N/A | Expanded version of the 2014 Dark Entries LP. |