Big Top Halloween

Big Top Halloween is the first album by the band The Afghan Whigs.[3] It was released in 1988 via Ultrasuede.[4][5]

Big Top Halloween
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1988
GenreAlternative rock
LabelUltrasuede
The Afghan Whigs chronology
Big Top Halloween
(1988)
Up in It
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Two thousand copies of the record were pressed.[6]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "there's a surprising amount of subtlety — sophistication, even — rustling beneath the boozy, gutter-rat surface of the quartet's self-released debut . . . an altogether terrific debut."[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Greg Dulli and John Curley.

  1. "Here Comes Jesus"
  2. "In My Town"
  3. "Priscilla's Wedding"
  4. "Push"
  5. "Scream"
  6. "But Listen"
  7. "Big Top Halloween"
  8. "Life in a Day"
  9. "Sammy"
  10. "Doughball"
  11. "Back o' the Line"
  12. "Greek Is Extra"

References