Ache (album) - Misplaced Pages

Ache is a You've Got Foetus on Your Breath album first released in 1982 on Self Immolation Records. Thirsty Ear reissued the album as a CD in 1997 in the US. Both releases were limited editions: only 1,500 copies of the LP and 4,000 copies of the CD were produced. Ache, along with its predecessor, Deaf, was recorded in an 8-track studio.

The Ache LP is Self Immolation #WOMB OYBL 2. The CD re-release is Ectopic Ents #ECT ENTS 013.

Reception

AllMusic (Andy Hinds) - "Seemingly a musical omnivore, devours everything and spits it back out in a scrap heap of sonic chaos, twisted beyond recognition. His oblique yet subversive lyrical themes don't make Ache any more palatable for the faint of heart. This is the sound of unfiltered imagination, absolutely unencumbered by notions of commerce or accessibility. Brilliant."
NME - "Ache is possessed by a bristling, maniacal intelligence which spews out a jostling, surreal collage of subverted musical and verbal cliches, wired word associations, epigrams and sheer invictive with frantic urgency and gleefully black humor. Ache is one of the most violently original and compelling records I've heard in ages. It would make an ideal Christmas present."

All tracks are written by J. G. Thirlwell

Harlan Cockburn – engineering
J. G. Thirlwell (as You've Got Foetus On Your Breath) – instruments, production, illustrations

"JG Thirlwell Interview". Two Gun Mathilda. Archived from the original on 10 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
Hinds, Andy. "Ache". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
Schreiber, Ryan. "You've Got Foetus On Your Breath: Ache". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 23 December 2001. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
Snow, Mat. New Musical Express. November 12, 1982. text at foetus.org, added on July 4, 1996

Studio albums	Deaf (1981) Ache (1982) Hole (1984) Nail (1985) Thaw (1988) Gash (1995) Flow (2001) Love (2005) Hide (2010) Soak (2013)
Live, remix, and compilations	Rife (1988) Sink (1989) Male (1992) Boil (1996) York (1997) Blow (2001) Damp (2006) Vein (2007) Limb (2009)
EPs, singles, and misc.	"Wash It All Off" (1981) "Tell Me, What Is the Bane of Your Life" (1982) Custom Built for Capitalism (1982) "Calamity Crush" (1984) "Finely Honed Machine" (1984) Bedrock (1987) Ramrod (1987) Null (1995) (not adam) (2004)