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| name = Atomizer | type = studio | artist = Big Black | cover = Big Black - Atomizer cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1986}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{flatlist|
}} | length = {{Duration|m=37|s=24}} | label = Homestead | producer = Big Black | prev_title = Racer-X | prev_year = 1984 | next_title = The Hammer Party | next_year = 1986 }} Atomizer is the debut full-length album by American punk rock group Big Black released in 1986. All previous releases by the band were EPs. Atomizer is accompanied by liner notes that explain the stories behind many of the songs. The album cover is inspired by the Warner Bros. Cartoons art of animator Chuck Jones. The most popular song on the album and possibly by Big Black, "Kerosene", has a shaky guitar line that gives it an odd appeal and a slower rhythm than most Big Black songs. It discusses being bored and then as a result wanting to be set on fire. Violent lyrics such as these occur throughout Big Black's entire discography.[1] SinglesOne song from the album, "Big Money", was released as a B-side to the "Il Duce" single prior to the release of Atomizer. Homestead Records also issued "Big Money" and "Il Duce" the A-side of a 12" record with three live songs on the B-side (including the live version of "Cables" that would appear on Atomizer) with the agreement that the 12" be used for promotional purposes only. The label sent the promo 12" to radio stations, then sold extra copies outside of Big Black's native Chicago, hoping the band would never find out. When they did, Big Black left Homestead and signed to Touch and Go Records.[2] StickerIn the year after Atomizer's release, Big Black recorded their 4-song Headache EP and released it with a sticker that bore the words, "Warning! Not as good as Atomizer, so don't get your hopes up, cheese." The same sticker also appeared on Sonic Youth's EP Master=Dik. CD releaseAtomizer was compiled on Compact Disc, along with the Headache EP and "Heartbeat" single, as The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape, which omitted the instrumental "Strange Things", as well as the artwork and liner notes from the original records. Instead, Steve Albini expressed his general dislike for the CD format in the CD's liner notes, saying, "This compact disc, compiled to exploit those of you gullible enough to own the bastardly first generation digital music system, contains all-analog masters. Compact discs are quite durable, this being their only advantage over real music media. You should take every opportunity to scratch them, fingerprint them, and eat egg and bacon sandwiches off them. Don't worry about their longevity, as Philips will pronounce them obsolete when the next phase of the market-squeezing technology bonanza begins."[3]Reception{{Album ratings| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}[4] | rev2 = NME | rev2Score = 10/10[5] | rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | rev3Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[6] | rev4 = Select | rev4Score = 5/5[7] | rev5 = Spin Alternative Record Guide | rev5Score = 9/10[8] | rev6 = The Village Voice | rev6Score = B+[9] }} The album went on to receive critical acclaim and is now regarded (along with its follow-up) as one of the seminal releases of the noise rock genre. "After countless rock and neo-industrial outfits attempted to one-up each other's levels of extremity over the years, Atomizer holds up extremely well" writes Andy Kellman of Allmusic, "It's not every day that one hears a song considering self-immolation as "just something to do" or another that tackles the case of an alleged parent-child molestation ring from the viewpoint of the offender. Instrumentally, Atomizer is a wailing behemoth of assaultive Roland beats, Steve Albini and Santiago Durango's clanging and whirring guitars, and new member Dave Riley's lumberjack bass." He describes the song "Kerosene" as "undeniably Big Black's brightest/bleakest moment, an epically roaming track that features an instantly memorable guitar intro, completely incapable of being accurately described by vocal imitation or physical gesture. It's also Albini at his most plainspoken and bleak: "Stare at the wall/Stare at each other and wait 'til we die." It's Big Black's "Light My Fire," literally." He concludes by calling it "as horrifying as the day it was recorded."[4] AccoladesIn addition to the ones mentioned below, the album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[10]
CoversThe song "Kerosene" has been covered by Kerbdog (as a b-side to their single "End of Green"[19]), Pitchshifter (on the "enhanced" version of their album Deviant[20]), Lamb of God (as Burn the Priest on their album XX[21]) and St. Vincent (live at the Our Band Could Be Your Life 10th Anniversary Show at New York’s Bowery Ballroom on May 22nd, 2011. It was named by Consequence of Sound as one of her best covers.[22]). Track listing{{Track listing| all_writing = Big Black | title1 = Jordan, Minnesota | length1 = 3:20 | title2 = Passing Complexion | length2 = 3:05 | title3 = Big Money | length3 = 2:30 | title4 = Kerosene | length4 = 6:05 | title5 = Bad Houses | length5 = 3:10 | title6 = Fists of Love | length6 = 4:21 | title7 = Stinking Drunk | length7 = 3:27 | title8 = Bazooka Joe | length8 = 4:23 | title9 = Strange Things | length9 = 3:54 | title10 = Cables | note10 = Live | length10 = 3:09 }} Personnel
Big Black always credited Roland along with the band's members, though Roland is a brand of drum machine and not an actual person.[23] See also
References1. ^http://www.allmusic.com/song/kerosene-mt0011427763 {{Big Black}}2. ^{{cite book |last=Azerrad |first=Michael |authorlink=Michael Azerrad |title=Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981–1991 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |year =2001 |location=New York |page=314 |isbn=0-316-78753-1}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Albini|first=Steve|title=The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape|year=1987|publisher=Touch and Go Records|location=Chicago|id=TG94|pages=CD liner notes|url=http://www.touchandgorecords.com/bands/album.php?id=138#}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/atomizer-mw0000617813|title=Atomizer – Big Black|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=March 17, 2010|last=Kellman|first=Andy}} 5. ^{{cite journal|title=Big Black: Atomizer|work=NME|date=November 28, 1992|page=30}} 6. ^{{cite book|chapter=Big Black|last=Gross|first=Joe|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|pages=69–70}} 7. ^{{cite journal|title=Big Black: The Hammer Party / Atomizer / Songs About Fucking / Pigpile|work=Select|issue=31|date=December 1992|last=Perry|first=Andrew|page=86}} 8. ^{{cite book|title=Spin Alternative Record Guide|editor1-last=Weisbard|editor1-first=Eric|editor2-last=Marks|editor2-first=Craig|publisher=Vintage Books|year=1995|isbn=0-679-75574-8}} 9. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv9-86.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|work=The Village Voice|date=September 2, 1986|accessdate=June 19, 2016|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau}} 10. ^{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=23 March 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}} 11. ^ 12. ^1 13. ^1 2 3 14. ^ 15. ^ 16. ^ 17. ^1 18. ^ 19. ^[https://www.discogs.com/Kerbdog-End-Of-Green/master/429514] 20. ^[https://www.discogs.com/Pitchshifter-Deviant/release/7524796] 21. ^[https://www.discogs.com/Burn-The-Priest-Legion-XX/release/12006372] 22. ^[https://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/st-vincents-best-cover-songs/3/] 23. ^{{cite book|last=Albini|first=Steve|title=Atomizer|year=1986|publisher=Homestead Records|pages=liner notes}} 5 : Big Black albums|1986 debut albums|Homestead Records albums|Touch and Go Records albums|Blast First albums |
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