8-Way Santa

Infobox Album |
Name = 8-Way Santa
Type = Album
Artist = TAD


Released = February 1, 1991
Recorded = Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin
Genre = Alternative metal, Grunge
Length = 39:15
Label = Sub Pop
Producer = Butch Vig
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w9fpxq85ldse link]
*"Entertainment Weekly" (A-) [http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:J0zd3IpKB48J:www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,313911,00.html+%22tad+%228-way+santa%22+entertainmentweekly&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us link]
Last album = "Salt Lick/God's Balls" (1990)
This album = "8-Way Santa" (1991)
Next album = "Inhaler" (1993)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Original cover
Type = studio

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Lower caption =

"8-Way Santa" is the third album by the Seattle grunge band TAD. It was released in February, 1991 through Sub Pop. Tad ran into legal trouble after the man and woman featured on the album cover saw the record and sued the band. The cover was an altered photo, the original of which was found in a photo album purchased from a thrift store in Seattle.

ingles

"Jinx" and "Jack Pepsi" were the singles released from this album. Pepsi filed a lawsuit against the band for using their name on the single "Jack Pepsi".

Track listing

#"Jinx" – 3:03
#"Giant Killer" – 3:03
#"Wired God" – 3:03
#"Deliquent" – 2:57
#"Hedge Hog" – :39
#"Flame Tavern" – 3:19
#"Trash Truck" – 3:25
#"Stumblin' Man" – 3:35
#"Jack Pepsi" – 3:10
#"Candi" – 4:29
#"3-D Witch Hunt" – 3:34
#"Crane's Cafe" – 2:47
#"Plague Years" – 2:30

Personnel

*John Agnello - Mixing
*Kurt Danielson - Bass
*Tad Doyle - Vocals, Guitar
*George Marino - Mastering
*Doug Olson - Engineering
*Gary Thorstensen - Guitar
*Butch Vig - Producer, Engineering
*Steve Wied - Drums

References

* Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210838/]