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]

Sound Of Impact
the text “ You got it all, Dad! We're gonna hit! (SOUND OF IMPACT.)” on a blank white background
Live album by
Released1987 (1987)
Genre
Length50:51
LabelBlast First
ProducerBig Black
Big Black chronology
The Hammer Party
(1986)
Sound Of Impact
(1987)
Headache
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Sounds[3]

Critical reception

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

Track listing

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  1. "Ready Men"
  2. "Big Money"
  3. "Pigeon Kill"
  4. "Passing Complexion"
  5. "Crack Up"
  6. "RIP"
  7. "Jordan, Minnesota"
  8. "Steelworker (Short Fragment)"
  9. "Cables"
  10. "Pigeon Kill"
  11. "Kerosene"
  12. "Bad Penny"
  13. "Deep Six"
  14. "RIP"
  15. "Rema Rema"

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Sound of Impact". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "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".
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Big Black: Sound of Impact | Records". Cokemachineglow.
  6. ^ "The Quietus | Features | Anniversary | The Sound Of Impact: Noise Rock In 1986". The Quietus.
  7. ^ a b Thompson, Dave (July 13, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.