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Big Top Halloween

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Big Top Halloween
Studio album by
Released1988
GenreAlternative rock
LabelUltrasuede
The Afghan Whigs chronology
Big Top Halloween
(1988)
Up in It
(1990)

Big Top Halloween is the first album by the band the Afghan Whigs.[1][2] It was released in 1988 via Ultrasuede.[3][4]

Two thousand copies of the record were pressed.[5]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]

Trouser Press wrote that "there's a surprising amount of subtlety—sophistication, even—rustling beneath the boozy, gutter-rat surface of the quartet's self-released debut ... an altogether terrific debut."[8]

Track listing

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All tracks written by Greg Dulli and John Curley.

  1. "Here Comes Jesus"
  2. "In My Town"
  3. "Priscilla's Wedding"
  4. "Push"
  5. "Scream"
  6. "But Listen"
  7. "Big Top Halloween"
  8. "Life in a Day"
  9. "Sammy"
  10. "Doughball"
  11. "Back o' the Line"
  12. "Greek Is Extra"

References

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  1. ^ Lindsay, Cam (May 4, 2017). "Rank Your Records: Greg Dulli Orders the Afghan Whigs' Seven Records". Vice.
  2. ^ "Meet: The Afghan Wigs". Friday. The Plain Dealer. November 19, 1993. p. 35.
  3. ^ Himes, Geoffrey. "The Afghan Whigs emerge closer than ever". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ "The Afghan Whigs". All Tomorrow's Parties.
  5. ^ "A look back at the discography of the Afghan Whigs". Detroit Metro Times.
  6. ^ "Big Top Halloween The Afghan Whigs". AllMusic.
  7. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (May 20, 2004). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698.
  8. ^ "Afghan Whigs". Trouser Press.
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