Soul Discharge

1989 studio album by Boredoms

Soul Discharge

Japanese cover.

Studio album by

Boredoms

Released

December 1989 (1989-12)

Genre

Experimental rock^[1]
noise rock^[1]
hardcore punk

Length

28:43 (Selfish)
38:23 (Warner)
70:10 (Shimmy Disc)

Label

Selfish (JP)
WEA Japan (JP)
Shimmy Disc (US, Neth.)
Earthnoise (UK)

Boredoms chronology

Osorezan no Stooges Kyo
(1988)

Soul Discharge
(1989)

Michidai / Fuanteidai
(1990)

Rerelease covers

Soul Discharge: 1999

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10^[4]

Soul Discharge (ソウル・ディスチャージ) is a 1989 album by rock band Boredoms. It was named the 89th greatest album of the 1980s by Pitchfork on the site's 2002 list of the best albums of the decade.^[5]

Track listing

Soul Discharge

Original Selfish Records LP release (1989)

Side 8
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bubblebop Shot"	3:47
2.	"52 Boredom (Club Mix)"	0:36
3.	"Sun, Gun, Run"	2:47
4.	"Z & U & T & A"	4:05
5.	"TV Scorpion"	1:30

Side 96
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pow Wow Now"	3:48
2.	"JB Dick + Tin Turner Pussy Badsmell"	3:07
3.	"G.I.L. 77'"	3:41
4.	"Jup-Na-Keeeeeel"	2:29
5.	"Catastro Mix 99'"	2:53

Soul Discharge '99

Warner Music CD rerelease (1994)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Your Name Is Limitless"	2:35
2.	"Bubblebop Shot"	3:47
3.	"52 Boredom (Club mix)"	0:36
4.	"Sun, Gun, Run"	2:47
5.	"Z & U & T & A"	4:05
6.	"TV Scorpion"	1:30
7.	"Pow Wow Now"	3:48
8.	"J.B. Dick + Tin Turner Pussy"	3:07
9.	"G.I.L. '77"	3:41
10.	"Jup-Na-Keeeeeeeel"	2:29
11.	"Catastro Mix '99"	2:53
12.	"Milky Way"	1:32
13.	"Songs Without Electric Guitars"	0:52
14.	"Hamaiian Disco Bollocks"	4:37
15.	"Hamaiian Disco Without Bollocks"	0:04

Soul Discharge/Early Boredoms

Despite being a CD release, the songs are divided into only two tracks.

Shimmy Disc CD rerelease^[6] (1989 in the US, 1991 in the Netherlands)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Soul Discharge" ("Bubblebop Shot" / "52 Boredom (Club Mix)" / "Sun, Gun, Run" / "Z & U & T & A" / "TV Scorpion" / "Pow Wow Now" / "J.B. Dick + Tin Turner Pussy Badsmell" / "G.I.L. '77" / "Jup-Na-Keeeeeel" / "Catastromix '99")	28:46
2.	"Early Boredoms" ("Overdrive Asssoul" / "Okinawa in Hawaii on Saturn" / "Hairhole Burners" / "Ultramagnetyic Surfin' Bird" / "Boredomer in Boretribe" / "Nose Is My Gun" / "God from Anal" / "Jah Called AC/DC" / "Planet '75" / "Hey By Hey" / "We Are Punk / Monarchy and Testpoy" / "Don't Fall in the Audio Hole" / "We Never Sleep / Cosmic Full Sleep" / "Call Me God")	41:24

References

^ ^a ^b Soul Discharge on Allmusic
^ Raggett, Ned. "Soul Discharge – Boredoms". AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
^ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Boredoms". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 95–96. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Rubin, Mike (1995). "Boredoms". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 53–54. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
^ "The Top 100 Albums of the 1980s". Pitchfork. November 21, 2002. p. 2. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
^ Soul Discharge/Early Boredoms at Discogs.com