Big Top Halloween

1988 studio album by The Afghan Whigs

Big Top Halloween

Studio album by

The Afghan Whigs

Released

February 1988

Genre

Alternative rock

Label

Ultrasuede

The Afghan Whigs chronology

Big Top Halloween
(1988)

Up in It
(1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[2]

Big Top Halloween is the first album by the band The Afghan Whigs.^[3] It was released in 1988 via Ultrasuede.^[4]^[5]

Two thousand copies of the record were pressed.^[6]

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."^[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Greg Dulli and John Curley.

"Here Comes Jesus"
"In My Town"
"Priscilla's Wedding"
"Push"
"Scream"
"But Listen"
"Big Top Halloween"
"Life in a Day"
"Sammy"
"Doughball"
"Back o' the Line"
"Greek Is Extra"

References

^ "Big Top Halloween - The Afghan Whigs | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (May 20, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
^ Lindsay, Cam (May 4, 2017). "Rank Your Records: Greg Dulli Orders the Afghan Whigs' Seven Records".
^ Himes, Geoffrey. "The Afghan Whigs emerge closer than ever". Washington Post.
^ "The Afghan Whigs". All Tomorrow's Parties.
^ Staff, M. T. "A look back at the discography of the Afghan Whigs". Detroit Metro Times.
^ "TrouserPress.com :: Afghan Whigs". www.trouserpress.com.