Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes is hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 band Poison Idea

Poison Idea

Poison Idea was an American hardcore punk band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1980. The band originally dissolved in 1993, but has been playing intermittently since 1998.-Formation, 1980's and 90's:...

's second EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

, released in 1984 through Fatal Erection Records.

The back cover of the album featured a picture of Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

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 with the words scribed below "The King" as a response to their previous release, the Pick Your King

Pick Your King

Pick Your King is the title of American hardcore punk band Poison Idea's debut EP, released in 1983 via . The album jacket featured a "choice" of kings , one side had an image of Jesus Christ, the other side an image of Elvis Presley, a.k.a...

 ep which had a picture of Jesus

Jesus

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 on the front and Elvis on the back.

Louisiana Eyehategod

Eyehategod

Eyehategod is an American sludge metal band from New Orleans who formed in 1988. They have become one of the most well known bands to emerge from the NOLA metal scene...

 vocalist Mike Williams

Mike Williams (singer)

Mike IX Williams is the singer for Eyehategod and former associate editor for Metal Maniacs. He has also worked on other projects.-Eyehategod:Mike was invited to join Eyehategod by Jimmy Bower in 1988...

 cited this album title as his favourite of any album in the liner notes for the 2006 Century Media reissue of Eyehategod

Eyehategod

Eyehategod is an American sludge metal band from New Orleans who formed in 1988. They have become one of the most well known bands to emerge from the NOLA metal scene...

's Take as Needed for Pain

Take as Needed for Pain

Take as Needed for Pain is the second album by American sludge metal band Eyehategod, released on November 22, 1993. According to Mike Williams, it was the favorite album of nearly all band members, and his favorite album title, with the exception of Poison Idea's Record Collectors Are Pretentious...

(Take as Needed for Pain apparently came second). 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

Gramophone record

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collection.

Hardcore band Cold World released an EP called Pretentious Assholes in parody of this EP, featuring similar artwork with pictures of "collectible" versions of Poison Idea records.

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" - 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