Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes

Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes is hardcore punk band Poison Idea's second EP.[2][3] It was released in 1985 through Fatal Erection Records.[4][5]

Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes
EP by
Poison Idea
Released1985
RecordedAug 14, 1984 - Aug 18, 1984
GenreHardcore punk
Length13:18 (original)
22:56 (reissue)
LabelFatal Erection Records[1]
Poison Idea chronology
Pick Your King
(1983)		 Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes
(1985)		 Kings of Punk
(1986)

The back cover of the album contained a picture of Elvis Presley with the words "The King" below it as a response to their previous release, the Pick Your King EP, which had a picture of Jesus on the front and Elvis on the back.

The artwork, coupled with the title, is a joke at the expense of guitarist Pig Champion, as it is a picture of his extensive record collection.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "the blind rage of songs like 'Die on Your Knees' and 'Don’t Like It Here' ... is as formidable as pre-domestication Iggy."[5] AllMusic wrote that the EP "fine-tune[ed] the band's blistering sound and fatalistic worldview."[2]

Track listing

Original EP
  1. "A.A." - 1:32
  2. "Legalize Freedom" - 1:44
  3. "Cold Comfort" - 1:14
  4. "Thorn In My Side" - 2:00
  5. "Rubber Husband" - 1:30
  6. "Rich Get Richer" - 1:25
  7. "Don't Like It Here" - 1:50
  8. "Time To Go" - 2:03

Reissue track list
  1. "A.A." - 1:32
  2. "Legalize Freedom" - 1:44
  3. "Cold Comfort" - 1:14
  4. "Typical" - 1:54
  5. "Thorn In My Side" - 2:00
  6. "Laughing Boy" - 1:41
  7. "Rubber Husband" - 1:30
  8. "I Gotta Right" (Iggy and the Stooges Cover) - 3:18
  9. "Rich Get Richer" - 1:25
  10. "Don't Like It Here" - 1:50
  11. "Die On Your Knees" - 2:45
  12. "Time To Go" - 2:03

Personnel
  • Jerry A. - Vocals
  • Tom "Pig Champion" Roberts - Guitar
  • Chris Tense - Bass
  • Dean Johnson - Drums

References
  1. "Album Review: Poison Idea - The Fatal Erection Years". DrownedInSound.
  2. "Poison Idea | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 6: MUZE. p. 581.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. pp. 158–159.
  5. "Poison Idea". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 August 2020.


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