The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox album The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape is an album by American punk rock band Big Black. It was released in 1987 by Touch and Go Records. The album is a CD compilation of Big Black's Atomizer album (minus the song "Strange Things"), "Heartbeat" single and Headache EP. Atomizer is pictured on the cover artwork as an eight-track tape playing in a Panasonic TNT portable player.

The title of the album, and the liner notes by Steve Albini, show the band's low regard for compact discs, drawing parallels between CD and the 8-track tape of 1970s, preferring to release all of their material on vinyl LP records.

Reception

Template:Expand section AllMusic called it "an indispensable compilation" and gave it a rating of 4.5 out of 5.<ref name="allmusic"/>

Track listing

All songs written by Big Black, except where noted.

1. "Jordan, Minnesota" - 3:20
2. "Passing Complexion" - 3:04
3. "Big Money" - 2:29
4. "Kerosene" - 6:05
5. "Bad Houses" - 3:09
6. "Fists of Love" - 4:21
7. "Stinking Drunk" - 3:27
8. "Bazooka Joe" - 4:43
9. "Cables (live)" - 3:09
10. "Heartbeat" (Colin Newman) - 3:48
11. "Things to Do Today" - 1:44
12. "I Can't Believe" - 1:03
13. "My Disco" - 2:52
14. "Grinder" - 2:23
15. "Ready Men" - 3:51
16. "Pete, King of the Detectives" - 2:42

"Heartbeat" is a cover of the Wire song.