Sound of Impact

1987 live album by Big Black

Sound Of Impact

Live album by

Big Black

Released

1987 (1987)

Genre

Noise rock
post-hardcore

Length

50:51

Label

Blast First

Producer

Big Black

Big Black chronology

The Hammer Party
(1986)

Sound Of Impact
(1987)

Headache
(1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
Sounds	^[3]

Sound of Impact is a live album by the American post-hardcore band Big Black.^[4]^[5]^[6] It was released in limited edition in 1987. The band did not include its name anywhere on the album.^[7]

Critical reception

Alternative Rock wrote that the album captured a "typically brutal" live performance.^[7]

Track listing

"Ready Men"
"Big Money"
"Pigeon Kill"
"Passing Complexion"
"Crack Up"
"RIP"
"Jordan, Minnesota"
"Steelworker (Short Fragment)"
"Cables"
"Pigeon Kill"
"Kerosene"
"Bad Penny"
"Deep Six"
"RIP"
"Rema Rema"

Personnel

Dave Riley: Bass Guitar
Santiago Durango: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Steve Albini: Guitar, Vocals
Roland: Drums

References

^ "Sound of Impact". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
^ "Big Black: You Got It All, Dad! We're Gonna Hit! (Sound of Impact) (Brace NOT 2 BUT I)*****; Head of David: Ultramont (Brace NOT 3)***. By Jack Barron : Articles, reviews and interviews from Rock's Backpages".
^ King, Richard (April 3, 2012). How Soon is Now?: The Madmen and Mavericks who made Independent Music 1975-2005. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571278329 – via Google Books.
^ "Big Black: Sound of Impact | Records". Cokemachineglow.
^ "The Quietus | Features | Anniversary | The Sound Of Impact: Noise Rock In 1986". The Quietus.
^ ^a ^b Thompson, Dave (July 13, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.