Stinkfist (EP)

This article is about the Clint Ruin and Lydia Lunch recording. For the Tool song, see Stinkfist.
Stinkfist
EP by Clint Ruin and Lydia Lunch
Released 1987
Recorded Eldorado, Los Angeles (April 1, 1986) and B.C., New York (Dec 12–13, 1987)
Genre Industrial
Length 20:39
Label Widowspeak
Producer Clint Ruin
J. G. Thirlwell chronology

Ramrod
(1987)		 Stinkfist
(1987)		 Thaw
(1988)
Lydia Lunch chronology
Honeymoon in Red
(1987)		 Stinkfist
(1987)		 Drowning in Limbo
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

Stinkfist is a collaborative EP from Clint Ruin (aka J. G. Thirlwell) and Lydia Lunch. This outing from the ex-Immaculate Consumptive bandmates was originally released as a 12" in 1987 on Lunch's Widowspeak label. A 1989 CD version added "The Crumb", a single by Lunch and Sonic Youth leader Thurston Moore.

Stinkfist's cover shows Lunch and Ruin—lovers at the time—in a coital embrace. Sleeve Design Clint Ruin and Lydia Lunch - Photographs by Wim van de Hulst - Lettering by Robert Williams

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Lydia Lunch and Clint Ruin, except "The Crumb" co-written by Thurston Moore. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Stinkfist"   6:57
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Meltdown Oratorio" (I: The Reckoning/II: The Crack/III: The Meltdown) 8:55
2. "Son of Stink"   3:47
CD issue
No. Title Length
4. "The Crumb"   5:39

Personnel and Production

"Stinkfist" and "Son of Stink":

"Meltdown Oratorio":

"The Crumb":

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[2] 18

References

  1. ↑ "Stinkfist". Allmusic. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

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