Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-so Sounds So-so, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten

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Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-so Sounds So-so, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten (usually simply known as Great Sounds Great) is the second EP by The Clean, a lo-fi rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand.[1][2][3] It was released by Flying Nun Records on 12" vinyl in 1982.

Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-so Sounds So-so, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten
Front cover artwork of the EP.
EP by
Released1982
Recorded21–23 March 1982
Christchurch, New Zealand
GenreIndie rock, lo-fi
Length19:22
LabelFlying Nun
ProducerChris Knox, Doug Hood
The Clean chronology
Boodle Boodle Boodle
(1982)
Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-so Sounds So-so, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten
(1982)
Odditties
(1983)

The EP is included in its entirety, and in the same running order, as part of The Clean's 2002 CD release Anthology.[4]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Fish"2:28
2."Flowers"3:29
3."Side On"2:03
4."Slug Song"3:22
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Beatnik"2:00
2."End of My Dream"4:13
3."On Again/Off Again"1:47

Charts

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Chart (1982) Peak
position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 4

References

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  1. ^ Thompson, Dave (12 June 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Clean".
  3. ^ Guides (Firm), Rough (12 June 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "The Clean - Anthology". The Line of Best Fit.
  5. ^ "The Clean – Great Sounds Great". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
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Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-so Sounds So-so, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten at MusicBrainz (list of releases)