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Sound Of Impact
Live album by Big Black
Released	1987 (1987)
Genre	Noise rock post-hardcore
Length	50:51
Label	Blast First
Producer	Big Black
Big Black chronology
The Hammer Party (1986) Sound Of Impact (1987) Headache (1987)

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Sound of Impact is a live album by the American post-hardcore band Big Black. It was released in limited edition in 1987. The band did not include its name anywhere on the album.

Critical reception

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

Track listing

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

• Dave Riley: Bass Guitar
• Santiago Durango: Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Steve Albini: Guitar, Vocals
• Roland: Drums

References

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. ^ Thompson, Dave (July 13, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.

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Steve Albini Jeff Pezzati Santiago Durango Dave Riley
Studio albums	Atomizer Songs About Fucking
Live albums	Sound of Impact Pigpile
Compilation albums	The Hammer Party The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape
EPs	Lungs Bulldozer Racer-X Headache
Singles	"He's a Whore" / "The Model"
Related articles	Naked Raygun Rapeman Shellac
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