Smokers' Paradise Explained

Smokers' Paradise
Type:	ep
Artist:	Breaking Circus
Cover:	Smokers_paradise.jpg
Released:	1987
Genre:	Post-punk
Label:	Homestead
Producer:	Iain Burgess
Prev Title:	The Ice Machine
Prev Year:	1986

Smokers' Paradise is an extended play by Breaking Circus.^{[1] [2]} It was released in 1987 on Homestead Records. It is the first and only Breaking Circus release to feature second guitarist Phil Harder. It was intended as a full-length album with four songwriting contributions each from Björklund, Flour, and Trainer. When Homestead Records insisted that it be a six-song EP (possibly due to budget restrictions), Flour and Trainer's contributions were limited to one song each, while all of Björklund's songs appeared on the record.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the EP "an eerie and innovative pleasure."^[3]

Track listing

1. "Smokers' Paradise"
2. "Three Cool Cats"
3. "ShockHammer Thirteen"
4. "Emperor Calvin"
5. "Medicine Lake"
6. "Eat Lead"

Personnel

• Steve Björklund - vocals, guitar
• Phil Harder - guitar
• Flour - bass, vocals
• Todd Trainer - drums, vocals
• Iain Burgess - producer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Breaking Circus | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Web site: In Memory of the Rock Band Breaking Circus by Stephanie Burt. Poetry. Foundation. October 13, 2020. Poetry Foundation.
3. Web site: Breaking Circus . Trouser Press . 14 October 2020.