Blubberknife

Studio album by Severed Heads

Released

1982

Recorded

1981-1982

Genre

Industrial, experimental

Length

77:32
119:22 (Sevcom Reissue)

Label

Terse Tapes

Severed Heads chronology

Clean
(1981)

Blubberknife
(1982)

Since the Accident
(1983)

Blubberknife is the third studio album released by the Australian experimental group Severed Heads, originally as a C90 cassette tape. It's the first album by the group to feature contributions by Stephen Jones, and it is also the first recording by the group to catch the attention of Ink Records, who helped release Since the Accident a year later.^[1] As with most of their discography, Blubberknife has been issued released times.

Track listing

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Adolf A Carrot?"	3:41
2.	"Rocket Summer [Live at Stranded - 8th April, 1982]"	33:54
3.	"Deano's Couch"	2:33

Side Two
No.	Title	Length
4.	"An American In Paris/Tarzan's Grip"	7:42
5.	"Umbrella"	4:24
6.	"Lower Than The Grave"	8:05
7.	"J. Edgar Hoover/CMID [Live]"	10:08
8.	"Ad Infinitum"	7:05

2002 Sevcom Reissue Disc 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction"	0:59
2.	"Adolf A Carrot?"	3:41
3.	"Rocket Summer [Live at Stadium - 8th April, 1982]"	33:54
4.	"Deano's Couch"	2:33
5.	"An American In Paris/Tarzan's Grip"	7:42
6.	"Umbrella"	4:24
7.	"Lower Than The Grave"	8:05
8.	"Ad Infinitum"	7:05
Total length:		68:23

2002 Sevcom Reissue Disc 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"At The Piano [Live]"	4:05
2.	"CMID [Live]"	5:37
3.	"J. Edgar Hoover [Live]"	4:31
4.	"Knockers [Live]"	5:56
5.	"Singing in The Rain [Live]"	3:24
6.	"Petrol [Live]"	4:33
7.	"Lower Than The Grave [Live]"	8:54
8.	"Nightsong [Live]"	13:59
Total length:		50:59

Personnel

Tom Ellard - synthesizers, tape loops
Simon Knuckey - guitars
Garry Bradbury - synthesizers, tape loops
Richard Fielding - synthesizers, tape loops
Stephen Jones - video synthesizers, artwork
Grahame Brown - recording on "Rocket Summer"
Philip Samartzis - recording on "J. Edgar Hoover" and "CMID"

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Release Notes
Australia	1982	Terse Tapes	C90	TRS822	Edition of 250, all copies came with pieces of a television set
United Kingdom	1984	Ink Records	CS	IT 00A	Ink Records reissue, includes new artwork
Australia	1988	Terse Tapes	2xCS	Terse 881	Double cassette reissue, includes new artwork
Australia	2002	Sevcom	2xCD-R	N/A	Double CD-R disc reissue, includes unique artwork and extra live material

References

↑ Radio, Joe. "Interview: Severed Heads". Eyesore.no. Eyesore. Retrieved March 23, 2016.

External links

Blubberknife at Discogs (list of releases)
Bandcamp page

Severed Heads

Tom Ellard
Stewart Lawler

Stephen Jones
Paul Deering
Garry Bradbury
Richard Fielding
Andrew Wright

Albums

Studio albums	Side 2 (1980) Clean (1981) Blubberknife (1982) Since The Accident (1984) City Slab Horror (1985) Come Visit The Big Bigot (1986) Bad Mood Guy (1987) Rotund For Success (1989) Cuisine (With Piscatorial) (1991) Gigapus (1994) Haul Ass (1998) Gashing And Kato (2001) Under Gail Succubus (2006)

Music Server series	Contoured Stimulation (1998) Airconditioning Your Productivity (1999) Cubicle Broadcasts (2002) Controlling Time (2003)

Op series	Op (2002) Op 1.2 (2004) Op 2.0 (2005) Op 2.5 (Millennium Cheesecake) (2005) Op 3 (2007) Op (ChOPped) (2009)

Split albums	Ear Bitten/No Vowels, No Bowels (1980)

Singles

"Dead Eyes Opened"
"Stretcher"
"Goodbye Tonsils"
"Petrol"
"Twenty Deadly Diseases"
"Propeller"
"Hot With Fleas"
"Greater Reward"
"All Saints Day"
"Big Car"
"Twister"
"Heart Of The Party"
"Lamborghini/Petrol"
"Beautiful Arabic Surface/Cheerio Inner Moon"

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