Hole is a Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel album released in September 1984. It was the first Foetus material released by Self Immolation through Some Bizzare. In 1995, Hole was given a US re-release by Thirsty Ear.

Hole
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1984
RecordedMay 1983 (1983-05)–October 1983 (1983-10)
StudioWave Studios, London, England
GenreIndustrial
Length42:46
LabelSelf Immolation/Some Bizzare
ProducerJ. G. Thirlwell
J. G. Thirlwell chronology
Ache
(1982)
Hole
(1984)
Nail
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Sounds[2]

Hole is Self Immolation #WOMB FDL 3.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by J. G. Thirlwell

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Clothes Hoist"3:25
2."Lust for Death"3:38
3."I'll Meet You in Poland Baby"4:50
4."Hot Horse"3:31
5."Sick Man"4:15
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Street of Shame"3:28
2."Satan Place"3:22
3."White Knuckles"4:31
4."Water Torture"3:50
5."Cold Day in Hell"7:03


A vinyl test pressing is released which includes two additional tracks "Sick Man Edit" [1:07] (end of LP side 1) and "Cold Day In Hell Edit" [1:14] (end of LP side 2). Both are edited versions of the originals.

Bonus 12"

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Some copies of the original LP release were packaged with a 12" containing bonus tracks. These tracks later appeared, variously, on Wash/Slog, Finely Honed Machine, and Sink.

  1. "Wash It All Off" – 6:05
  2. "Sick Minutes" – 8:43
  3. "Halo Flamin' Lead" – 4:51
  4. "Finely Honed Machine" – 9:23
  5. "Today I Started Slogging Again" – 7:34

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1984) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[3] 3

References

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  1. ^ Farley, Keith. "Hole". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  2. ^ King, Sam (14 April 1990). "Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel: Hole". Sounds. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  3. ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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