Body Blow

Body Blow

1991 album cover
Studio album by Headless Chickens
Released 1991, rereleased 1993
Genre Rock, industrial
Label Flying Nun Records
Producer Rex Visible, Michael Koppelman
Headless Chickens chronology

Stunt Clown
(1989)		 Body Blow
(1991)		 Greedy
(1997)
Alternative cover
1993 Australian version

Body Blow is the second studio album by New Zealand rock band the Headless Chickens. It was originally released in 1991, then rereleased for Australian in 1993 with a substantially reworked tracklist, losing "Crash Hot" and "Road Train" but gaining "Mr Moon", "Juice", "Choppers" and some remixes.[1] Body Blow was the Headless Chickens most successful album, including three top-10 singles and achieving double platinum sales.[2] The album includes a cover of "Inside Track", originally recorded as "The Inside Track" by New Zealand new wave band Stridulators.[3][4]

Reviewed in Rolling Stone Australia, the first single, "Gaskrankinstation", was noted for its inability to be categorised. It was described as a "tragic saga of a callous fool trapped in a dumb job and a loveless marriage. The tempo builds inexorably with the sense of an impending catastrophe."[5]

Track listing

1991 version[6]
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer Length
1. "Donde Esta La Pollo"  A Nevison/C Matthews/Headless ChickensRex Visible 3:46
2. "Cruise Control"  C Matthews/M LawryRex Visible 4:34
3. "Crash Hot"   Rex Visible 2:39
4. "Railway Surfing"  C MatthewsRex Visible 4:31
5. "Nose"  C MatthewsRex Visible 4:22
6. "Million Dollar Dream"  C Matthews/M Lawry/G FellRex Visible 5:17
7. "Gaskrankinstation"  C MatthewsRex Visible 4:32
8. "Body Blow"  Headless ChickensRex Visible 4:40
9. "Road Train"   Rex Visible 4:40
1993 version[7]
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer Length
1. "Choppers (Koppelman Mix)"  M Lawry/Headless ChickensMichael Koppelman 3:34
2. "Donde Esta La Pollo (Kentucky Freud Mix)"  A Nevison/C Matthews/Headless ChickensRex Visible 3:44
3. "Mr Moon"  C MatthewsMichael Koppelman 4:30
4. "Gaskrankinstation"  C MatthewsRex Visible 4:33
5. "Body Blow"  Headless ChickensRex Visible 4:40
6. "Juice"  F McDonald/M Tierney/P CasserlyMichael Koppelman 4:38
7. "Cruise Control"  C Matthews/M LawryRex Visible 4:33
8. "Million $ Dream"  C Matthews/M Lawry/G FellRex Visible 5:17
9. "Inside Track"  C Burt/S RoachMichael Koppelman 5:09
10. "Railway Surfing ('93 Octane Mix)"  C MatthewsRex Visible 4:30
11. "Nose"  C MatthewsRex Visible 4:24
12. "Donde Esta La Pollo (Cock Rock Mix)"  A Nevison/C Matthews/Headless ChickensRex Visible 4:33
13. "Choppers (Helibator Mix)"  M Lawry/Headless Chickens  4:11

Personnel

Headless Chickens

Additional personnel

Production

Chart positions

Album charts

Chart Peak
position
New Zealand Albums Chart[8] 17
Australian Albums Chart[9] 45

Certifications

Country Certification
New Zealand[10] Platinum x2

Singles charts

Year Single Peak chart positions
NZ
[2] 		AUS
[11]
1990 "Gaskrankinstation"/"Crash Hot" 28 —
1991 "Cruise Control" 6 26
1992 "Donde Esta La Pollo" 4 —
1992 "Juice"/"Choppers" 7 —
1993 "Mr. Moon" 22 93

References

  1. ↑ "Headless Chickens". Flying Nun. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Headless Chickens". NZ Charts.
  3. ↑ "Headless Chickens - Inside Track". YouTube. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Stridulators – Queue / The Inside Track". Discogs. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Demetrius, Mark (July 1990). "Honey Steel's Gold Ed Kuepper". Rolling Stone Australia (Sydney, NSW: Tilmond Pty Ltd) (446): page 105.
  6. ↑ "Headless Chickens – Body Blow (1991)". Discogs. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Headless Chickens – Body Blow (1993)". Discogs. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "HEADLESS CHICKENS - BODY BLOW (ALBUM)". Charts NZ. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  9. ↑ "HEADLESS CHICKENS - BODY BLOW (ALBUM)". Australian Charts. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  10. ↑ "The Headless Chickens". Stuff. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  11. ↑ "Headless Chickens". Australian Charts. Retrieved 6 February 2013.