Album artwork for Salt Lick by Tad

After their 1989 debut album, God’s Balls, TAD continued to write and record, releasing a string of singles and the Salt Lick EP between 1989 and 1990. Salt Lick features the single Wood Goblins, the video for which MTV banned because it was, to the delicate eyes of MTV programmers, “too ugly.” The sounds of Salt Lick are, indeed, wonderfully ugly, thanks in part to the involvement of noise-rock technician Steve Albini (Big Black, Shellac, Nirvana, The Jesus Lizard), who recorded the EP. The band continued to release singles and gain momentum in the press. As TAD himself puts it: “Lyrically we had a lot of subject matter that was meant to be tongue in cheek from the beginning but had been presented by Sub Pop and ourselves as true-to-life. As a result, the press had taken it all seriously and began to feed on and ravenously devour the mythology that we had created.” This reissue of Salt Lick includes tracks from the Wood Goblins single, a split 7” with Pussy Galore, and the Loser 7”. This material has been out of print for years.

CD - 4-panel digipak with insert.

LP - Tip-on Gatefold sleeve with custom dust sleeve. Includes mp3 coupon with download of bonus tracks.

LP+ - Limited red / Yellow Splatter Vinyl. Tip-on Gatefold sleeve with custom dust sleeve. Includes mp3 coupon with download of bonus tracks

Tad

Salt Lick

Sub Pop
Album artwork for Salt Lick by Tad
LP

£19.99

Released 04/11/2016Catalogue Number

sp1178

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Album artwork for Salt Lick by Tad
CD

£9.99

Released 04/11/2016Catalogue Number

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Tad

Salt Lick

Sub Pop
Album artwork for Salt Lick by Tad
LP

£19.99

Released 04/11/2016Catalogue Number

sp1178

Learn more
Album artwork for Salt Lick by Tad
CD

£9.99

Released 04/11/2016Catalogue Number

spcd1178

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After their 1989 debut album, God’s Balls, TAD continued to write and record, releasing a string of singles and the Salt Lick EP between 1989 and 1990. Salt Lick features the single Wood Goblins, the video for which MTV banned because it was, to the delicate eyes of MTV programmers, “too ugly.” The sounds of Salt Lick are, indeed, wonderfully ugly, thanks in part to the involvement of noise-rock technician Steve Albini (Big Black, Shellac, Nirvana, The Jesus Lizard), who recorded the EP. The band continued to release singles and gain momentum in the press. As TAD himself puts it: “Lyrically we had a lot of subject matter that was meant to be tongue in cheek from the beginning but had been presented by Sub Pop and ourselves as true-to-life. As a result, the press had taken it all seriously and began to feed on and ravenously devour the mythology that we had created.” This reissue of Salt Lick includes tracks from the Wood Goblins single, a split 7” with Pussy Galore, and the Loser 7”. This material has been out of print for years.

CD - 4-panel digipak with insert.

LP - Tip-on Gatefold sleeve with custom dust sleeve. Includes mp3 coupon with download of bonus tracks.

LP+ - Limited red / Yellow Splatter Vinyl. Tip-on Gatefold sleeve with custom dust sleeve. Includes mp3 coupon with download of bonus tracks