Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes

Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes
EP by Poison Idea
Released	1985
Recorded	August 14–18, 1984
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	13:18 (original) 22:56 (reissue)
Label	Fatal Erection Records
Poison Idea chronology
Pick Your King (1983) Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes (1985) Kings of Punk (1986)

Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes is hardcore punk band Poison Idea's second EP. It was released in 1985 through Fatal Erection Records.

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 collection.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "the blind rage of songs like 'Die on Your Knees' and 'Don’t Like It Here' ... is as formidable as pre-domestication Iggy." AllMusic wrote that the EP "fine-tune[ed] the band's blistering sound and fatalistic worldview."

Track listing

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" (Iggy and the Stooges Cover) - 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