Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes

Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes
EP by
Poison Idea
Released1985
RecordedAugust 14–18, 1984
GenreHardcore punk
Length13:18 (original)
22:56 (reissue)
LabelFatal Erection Records[1]
Poison Idea chronology
Pick Your King
(1983) 		Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes
(1985) 		Kings of Punk
(1986)

Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes is hardcore punk band Poison Idea's second EP.[2][3] It was released in 1985 through Fatal Erection Records.[4][5]

The artwork, coupled with the title, is a joke at the expense of guitarist Pig Champion, as it is a picture of his extensive record collection.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "the blind rage of songs like 'Die on Your Knees' and 'Don’t Like It Here' ... is as formidable as pre-domestication Iggy."[5] AllMusic wrote that the EP "fine-tune[ed] the band's blistering sound and fatalistic worldview."[2]

Track listing

Original EP

  1. "A.A." - 1:32
  2. "Legalize Freedom" - 1:44
  3. "Cold Comfort" - 1:14
  4. "Thorn In My Side" - 2:00
  5. "Rubber Husband" - 1:30
  6. "Rich Get Richer" - 1:25
  7. "Don't Like It Here" - 1:50
  8. "Time To Go" - 2:03

Reissue track list

  1. "A.A." - 1:32
  2. "Legalize Freedom" - 1:44
  3. "Cold Comfort" - 1:14
  4. "Typical" - 1:54
  5. "Thorn In My Side" - 2:00
  6. "Laughing Boy" - 1:41
  7. "Rubber Husband" - 1:30
  8. "I Gotta Right" (Iggy and the Stooges Cover) - 3:18
  9. "Rich Get Richer" - 1:25
  10. "Don't Like It Here" - 1:50
  11. "Die On Your Knees" - 2:45
  12. "Time To Go" - 2:03

Poison Idea's Record Collectors are Still Pretentious Assholes Challenge

The expanded reissue of the album released in 2022 was packaged with a poster listing 81 of the records pictured on the cover, with a challenge to the listener to collect all of the records themselves:[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Dutch band, not to be confused with Agent Orange.
  2. ^ American band, not to be confused with Antidote.
  3. ^ 1956 EP with the same cover and containing 4 songs from his debut album, also called Elvis Presley.
  4. ^ Swedish band, not to be confused with Eater.
  5. ^ Appears on the list twice.

Personnel

  • Jerry A. - Vocals
  • Tom "Pig Champion" Roberts - Guitar
  • Chris Tense - Bass
  • Dean Johnson - Drums

References

  1. ^ "Album Review: Poison Idea - The Fatal Erection Years". DrownedInSound. 20 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Poison Idea | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 581.
  4. ^ Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. pp. 158–159.
  5. ^ a b "Poison Idea". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  6. ^ Poison Idea (2022). Records Collectors Are Still Pretentious Assholes (LP). American Leather Records.


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