Big Top Halloween Explained

Big Top Halloween
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Afghan Whigs
Cover:	Big_Top_Halloween.jpg
Released:	February 1988
Genre:	Alternative rock
Label:	Ultrasuede
Next Title:	Up in It
Next Year:	1990

Big Top Halloween is the first album by the band The Afghan Whigs.^[1] It was released in 1988 via Ultrasuede.^{[2] [3]}

Two thousand copies of the record were pressed.^[4]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "there's a surprising amount of subtlety — sophistication, even — rustling beneath the boozy, gutter-rat surface of the quartet's self-released debut . . . an altogether terrific debut."^[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Greg Dulli and John Curley.

1. "Here Comes Jesus"
2. "In My Town"
3. "Priscilla's Wedding"
4. "Push"
5. "Scream"
6. "But Listen"
7. "Big Top Halloween"
8. "Life in a Day"
9. "Sammy"
10. "Doughball"
11. "Back o' the Line"
12. "Greek Is Extra"

External links

• Album track listing on the Summer's Kiss website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rank Your Records: Greg Dulli Orders the Afghan Whigs' Seven Records. Cam. Lindsay. May 4, 2017.
2. News: The Afghan Whigs emerge closer than ever. Geoffrey. Himes. Washington Post.
3. Web site: The Afghan Whigs. All Tomorrow's Parties.
4. Web site: A look back at the discography of the Afghan Whigs. M. T.. Staff. Detroit Metro Times.
5. Web site: TrouserPress.com :: Afghan Whigs. www.trouserpress.com.