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Rating: Steve Albini's Big Black is not a band for "hits" or "greatest hits". You cannot summarize the work of one of the darkest entities of noise/post-hardcore into merely ten tracks. "The Hammer Party" captures the early days of the trio without omitting a single song, compiling "Lungs," "Bulldozer," and "Racer X" into a single CD.
With Albini, we have two well-prepared former Naked Raygun members, Jeff Bezzati on bass and Santiago Durango on guitar. Together with master Steve, they are part of the most original project in the noise scene, especially distinguished by the use of the drum machine.
The cold, grim sounds supported by Albini's murderous singing are clearly articulated in "Dead Billy" from "Lungs". When you grapple with the funky lines of Pezzati and the neurotic riffs of metalworker Durango, the full expression of the combo is achieved. All of this occurs perfectly in the second EP "Bulldozer" thanks to "Pigeon Kill" and "Jump The Climb." The tracks are square, not lost in solos or feedback games like Ranaldo and Moore, but instead aim to torture the main riff.
Eighteen tracks that encapsulate the period before the masterpiece "Atomizer," released in 1986, the same year as the compilation. In that seminal work, we find Dave Riley on bass, who immediately stands out in peaks like "Kerosene," "Passing Complexion," and "Jordan Minnesota."
In every work, we see the violence grow, which will be clearly manifested in Rapeman, and also an efficient mannerist technique, closer to the other project, Shellac. In short, Big Black is Albini's preparation for his two subsequent projects, but most importantly, they possess the freshness and spontaneity of primitive artistic conception. A static, stationary wall of sound, with the meticulous patterns of the cords observed through the unaltered touch of the drum machine. Some crudeness in the metallurgical symphony of "Lungs," perhaps too "robotic," is stripped away by the more "lively" sound of "Bulldozer," featuring the sprightly "I'm A Mess."
The industrial dance of "Racer X," released in 1984, anticipates the triviality of the single "Il Duce" and the final EP "Headache," which follows "Atomizer." The rumbling bass of "The Ugly American" and "Sleep" is the only worthy rival to the sublime Kim Gordon. An enormous band, like all the ideas and productions of guru Steve Albini.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
03 Steelworker (00:00)
The only good policeman is a dead one
The only good laws aren't enforced
I've never hung a darkie, even a big one
I've never seen an Indian on a horse
And I live like this 'cause I like it
And seen too much to pretend
You can't ignore the beauty in the things that you love
Like you can't stand the hatred and the lies
Have you always hunted with your hands?
Can you show me what you've done?
Have you always hunted with your hands?
If you catch it, can you kill it?
You don't understand, see you don't understand
See, I'm like a murderer, see, I'm like a murderer
And I could rip you limb from limb
And I could rip you limb from limb
Great big thing crawlin' all over me
Great big thing crawlin' all over me
See, I'm like a murderer, I kill what I eat
See, I'm like a, I'm a hunter-gatherer, see, I kill what I eat
See, I'm a steelworker, I kill what I eat
See, I'm, I'm a bricklayer, I kill what I eat
See, I'm a, I'm a murderer, I kill what I eat
See, I'm a, I'm a hunter-gatherer, I kill what I eat
See, I'm a steelworker, I kill what I eat
I'm a, I'm a bricklayer, I kill what I eat
Great big thing crawling all over me
Great big thing crawling all over me
Great big thing crawling all over me
Have you always hunted with your hands?
Can you show me what you've done?
Have you always hunted with your hands?
If you catch it, can you kill it?
I live like this 'cause I like it
And I've seen too much to pretend
You can't ignore the beauty in the things that you love
Like you can't stand the hatred and the lies
See, see, see I'm a murderer, I kill what I eat
See, I'm, I'm a bricklayer, I kill what I eat
See, I'm a steelworker, I kill what I eat
It's a great big thing crawlin' all over me
Great big thing crawlin' all over me
Great big thing crawlin' all over me
08 RIP (00:00)
That man's shirt is worth more than your life
And I'd rather kill him than insult you
He hasn't the sense to know we're fighting
He hasn't the fear to run
We have to rip this up
It doesn't look quite right
People like that, too dirty to save
Better watch out, friend
He's gonna get torn
When I poke my fingers in it
I tear him apart
Cover your ears
They make a lot of noise
We have to rip this up
It doesn't look quite right
09 Cables (00:00)
Well, I don't know why we come here
Guess I just needed the bang
We walk in the beef, and then we pull on the rope
And then the, then the hammer comes down
Cables
Cables
Cables
So I guess they know
I'm not no company man
But I can pull on a rope, I can kill a cow
Fast as any other f**ker can
Cables
Cables
Cables
11 I'm A Mess (00:00)
Oh, honey I'm a mess
Oh, a useless set of legs
Oh, honey I'm a waste
Oh, honey I'm a wreck
But I will maintain
Time to spend
In the reading truck ??
That always runs slow
Oh, oh, honey I'm a mess
Oh, honey I'm a wreck
Oh, honey I'm a waste
Aw, honey you're a bitch
What a useless set of legs
But I will maintain
Time to save
In the leading truck ??
That always runs slow
I will maintain
Time to sing ??
In the leading truck
That always runs slow
I will maintain
Time to sing ??
In the leading truck
That always runs slow
Bitch
12 Texas (00:00)
This is Texas
This is redneck
This is lone star
This is wetback
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
This is Texas
This is badass
This is chain-gang
This is mustache
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
13 Seth (00:00)
"...invaded by hordes of scummy, race-mixing traitors and Red-led Marxist
mongrels demanding human rights for subhumans. Yes, once again, we see
amassed the underground army of social malcontents, racial throwbacks, and
genetically-botched black boneheads--this army of ghetto guerrillas and
street-razor savages that has turned our cities into jungles and our schools
into battlefields. Now this army of the ignorant, the shiftless, the criminal
and the irresponsible, after receiving billions upon billions of dollars in
federal aid, for everything from free food to free abortions, they now come to
Washington, D.C. to demand a national holiday for this doubly-degenerate, Jew-
led, Red jungle bunny responsible for their freedom to lope their way through
life at the white man's expense. Martin Luther King, a mm mm mm mm, Communist
Jew, a member of no less than 62 Communist Party front groups, a black man who
lusted after white women, who embraced the teachings of a half-pint Hindu, and
a Christ-hating Jew. This criminal Communist coon, they want a national
holiday for him? Ridiculous."
Bit me
Bit me 'cause he thought I was black
Bit me, musta thought I was black
Looks like a rat, looks like a rat
Seth is just a racist dog
I don't know why he's so mean
I don't know why she's so screwed-up ??
I don't know why he's so mean
I don't know why she's so screwed-up ??
Bit me 'cause he thought I was black
Bit me, musta thought I was black
Blast me in the shack, then he sent off his dog
Seth is just a racist dog
I don't know why he's so mean
I don't know why she's so screwed-up ??
I don't know why he's so mean
I don't know why she's so screwed ??
I don't know why he's so mean
I don't know why she's so screwed-up ??
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