Body Blow

Body Blow is the second studio album by New Zealand rock band the Headless Chickens. It was originally released in 1991, then rereleased for Australia in 1993 with a substantially reworked track list, losing "Crash Hot" and "Road Train" but gaining "Mr. Moon", "Juice", "Choppers" and some remixes.[1] Another Australian version followed in 1994 with the addition of a bonus disc containing six remixes.[2]

Body Blow
1991 album cover
Studio album by
Headless Chickens
Released1991, rereleased 1993
GenreRock, industrial
LabelFlying Nun Records
ProducerRex Visible, Michael Koppelman
Headless Chickens chronology
Stunt Clown
(1988)		 Body Blow
(1991)		 Greedy
(1997)
Alternative cover
1993 Australian version
Singles from Body Blow
  1. "Gaskrankinstation" / "Crash Hot"
    Released: 1990
  2. "Cruise Control"
    Released: 1991
  3. "Donde esta la pollo"
    Released: 1992
  4. "Juice" / "Choppers"
    Released: 1992
  5. "Mr. Moon"
    Released: 1993

Body Blow is Headless Chickens' most successful album, including three top-10 singles and achieving double platinum sales.[3] The album includes a cover of "Inside Track", originally recorded as "The Inside Track" by New Zealand new wave band Stridulators.[4][5]

Reviewed in Rolling Stone Australia, the first single, "Gaskrankinstation", was noted for its inability to be categorised. It was described as a "tragic saga of a callous fool trapped in a dumb job and a loveless marriage. The tempo builds inexorably with the sense of an impending catastrophe."[6]

On 29 March 2019, an extended version was reissued.[7]

Track listing
1991 version[8]
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Donde Esta La Pollo"A Nevison/C Matthews/Headless ChickensRex Visible3:46
2."Cruise Control"C Matthews/M LawryRex Visible4:34
3."Crash Hot" Rex Visible2:39
4."Railway Surfing"C MatthewsRex Visible4:31
5."Nose"C MatthewsRex Visible4:22
6."Million Dollar Dream"C Matthews/M Lawry/G FellRex Visible5:17
7."Gaskrankinstation"C MatthewsRex Visible4:32
8."Body Blow"Headless ChickensRex Visible4:40
9."Road Train" Rex Visible4:40
1993 version[9]
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Choppers (Koppelman Mix)"M Lawry/Headless ChickensMichael Koppelman3:34
2."Donde esta la pollo (Kentucky Freud Mix)"A Nevison/C Matthews/Headless ChickensRex Visible3:44
3."Mr. Moon"C MatthewsMichael Koppelman4:30
4."Gaskrankinstation"C MatthewsRex Visible4:33
5."Body Blow"Headless ChickensRex Visible4:40
6."Juice"F McDonald/M Tierney/P CasserlyMichael Koppelman4:38
7."Cruise Control"C Matthews/M LawryRex Visible4:33
8."Million $ Dream"C Matthews/M Lawry/G FellRex Visible5:17
9."Inside Track"C Burt/S RoachMichael Koppelman5:09
10."Railway Surfing ('93 Octane Mix)"C MatthewsRex Visible4:30
11."Nose"C MatthewsRex Visible4:24
12."Donde Esta La Pollo (Cock Rock Mix)"A Nevison/C Matthews/Headless ChickensRex Visible4:33
13."Choppers (Helibator Mix)"M Lawry/Headless Chickens 4:11

Personnel

Headless Chickens

  • Chris Matthews – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Fiona McDonald – vocals, keyboards
  • Grant Fell – bass, keyboards
  • Michael Lawry – keyboards
  • Anthony Nevison – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Bevan Sweeney – drums

Additional personnel

  • Rex Visible – keyboards

Production

  • Rex Visible – engineer, producer
  • Michael Koppelman – engineer, producer
  • Anthony Nevison – engineer
  • Phil "Feel" Jones – engineer assistant

Chart positions

References
  1. "Headless Chickens". Flying Nun. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  2. "Headless Chickens - Body Blow". Discogs. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. "Headless Chickens". NZ Charts.
  4. "Headless Chickens - Inside Track". YouTube. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  5. "Stridulators – Queue / The Inside Track". Discogs. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  6. Demetrius, Mark (July 1990). "Honey Steel's Gold Ed Kuepper". Rolling Stone Australia. No. 446. Sydney, NSW: Tilmond Pty Ltd. p. 105.
  7. "Headless Chickens and Flying Nun Records announce Body Blow reissue". Stuff Limited. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  8. "Headless Chickens – Body Blow (1991)". Discogs. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  9. "Headless Chickens – Body Blow (1993)". Discogs. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  10. "HEADLESS CHICKENS - BODY BLOW (ALBUM)". Charts NZ. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  11. "HEADLESS CHICKENS - BODY BLOW (ALBUM)". Australian Charts. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  12. "The Headless Chickens". Stuff. Retrieved 6 February 2013.


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