The Headless Chickens release a very special extended reissue of landmark album, Body Blow. “Body Blow is a complicated tale,” recounts Russell Brown, NZ music journalist and close friend of the Headless Chickens whanau. “It’s the middle child of Headless Chickens albums, and, as two major releases with quite different track listings, not only kicked off the bands most successful years – all but one of their chart hits can be found on one or other of the releases – but represents the whole span of those years.”

Indeed. The newly remastered, extended reissue nods to the years between 1991–1994, covering original Body Blow tracks such as the two hit versions of Cruise Control, as well as tracks like George (that featured on follow up versions of the album). Trivia point: The latter remains Flying Nun’s only #1 chart single to date. Along with remixes, you are further rewarded with rare cuts like their grizzly take on ABBA’s Supertrou­per. In the most quintessential Headless Chickens way possible, Body Blow carries a mind and a sound of its own. At the time, it was completely unlike anything else before it. Following its 1988 predecessor, the cult-favourite ‘Stunt Clown’ (winner of the 2018 Taite Music Prize Classic Record), Body Blow would take the group to new, unchartered heights, reaching a wider audience while managing to stay true to their independent, artistic ways.

Track Listing:

Donde Esta La Pollo Cruise Control Crash Hot Railway Surfing Nose Million $ Dream Gaskrankinstation Body Blow Choppers (Helibatorn version) Donde Esta La Pollo (Kentucky Freud Chicken remix) Choppers (Koppelman version) Mr Moon Juice Cruise Control (Eskimo & Egypt remix) George Super Trouper Attack of the Killer Bestiary Kitchen Sink theme I’m Talking To You

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