Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes

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Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes
Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes cover.jpg
EP by
Poison Idea
Released1985
RecordedAug 14, 1984 - Aug 18, 1984
GenreHardcore punk
Length13:18 (original)
22:56 (reissue)
LabelFatal Erection Records[1]
Poison Idea chronology
Pick Your King
(1983) 		Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes
(1985) 		Kings of Punk
(1986)

Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes is hardcore punk band Poison Idea's second EP.[2][3] It was released in 1985 through Fatal Erection Records.[4][5]

The back cover of the album contained a picture of Elvis Presley with the words "The King" below it as a response to their previous release, the Pick Your King EP, which had a picture of Jesus on the front and Elvis on the back.

The artwork, coupled with the title, is a joke at the expense of guitarist Pig Champion, as it is a picture of his extensive record collection.

Critical reception[]

Trouser Press wrote that "the blind rage of songs like 'Die on Your Knees' and 'Don’t Like It Here' ... is as formidable as pre-domestication Iggy."[5] AllMusic wrote that the EP "fine-tune[ed] the band's blistering sound and fatalistic worldview."[2]

Track listing[]

Original EP[]

  1. "A.A." - 1:32
  2. "Legalize Freedom" - 1:44
  3. "Cold Comfort" - 1:14
  4. "Thorn In My Side" - 2:00
  5. "Rubber Husband" - 1:30
  6. "Rich Get Richer" - 1:25
  7. "Don't Like It Here" - 1:50
  8. "Time To Go" - 2:03

Reissue track list[]

  1. "A.A." - 1:32
  2. "Legalize Freedom" - 1:44
  3. "Cold Comfort" - 1:14
  4. "Typical" - 1:54
  5. "Thorn In My Side" - 2:00
  6. "Laughing Boy" - 1:41
  7. "Rubber Husband" - 1:30
  8. "I Gotta Right" (Iggy and the Stooges Cover) - 3:18
  9. "Rich Get Richer" - 1:25
  10. "Don't Like It Here" - 1:50
  11. "Die On Your Knees" - 2:45
  12. "Time To Go" - 2:03

Personnel[]

  • Jerry A. - Vocals
  • Tom "Pig Champion" Roberts - Guitar
  • Chris Tense - Bass
  • Dean Johnson - Drums

References[]

  1. ^ "Album Review: Poison Idea - The Fatal Erection Years". DrownedInSound.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Poison Idea | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 6: MUZE. p. 581.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. pp. 158–159.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Poison Idea". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 August 2020.


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