Undertow (Blind Idiot God album)

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Undertow
Studio album by
Released1988
RecordedMay – June 1988 (1988-06)
StudioBC Studio
(Brooklyn, NY)
GenreNoise rock, math rock
Length41:11
LabelEnemy
ProducerBill Laswell
Blind Idiot God chronology
Blind Idiot God
(1987)
Undertow
(1988)
Cyclotron
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Undertow is the second album by Blind Idiot God, released in 1989 through Enemy Records.[2]

Accolades[edit]

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Spex Germany Albums of the Year[3] 1988 30

Track listing[edit]

All music is composed by Andy Hawkins, except "Alice in My Fantasies" by George Clinton and Eddie Hazel and "Purged Specimen" by John Zorn

No.TitleLength
1."Sawtooth"2:27
2."Clockwork Dub"4:29
3."Atomic Whip"4:28
4."Watch Yer Step"3:14
5."Drowning"6:04
6."Major Key Dub"4:10
7."Alice in My Fantasies" (Funkadelic cover)2:56
8."Rollercoaster"4:36
9."Dubbing in the Sinai"3:49
10."Wailing Wall"3:05
11."Purged Specimen"1:53

Personnel[edit]

Adapted from the Undertow liner notes.[4]

Release history[edit]

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1988 Enemy CD, LP EMY 107

References[edit]

  1. ^ Olewnick, Brian. "Blind Idiot God: Undertow > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  2. ^ Gehr, Richard (2007). "Blind Idiot God". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
  3. ^ "Albums of the Year - 1988". Spex. Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  4. ^ Undertow (booklet). Blind Idiot God. Brooklyn, New York: Enemy Records. 1988.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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