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1987 EP by Breaking Circus
Smokers' Paradise
EP by Breaking Circus
Released1987
GenrePost-punk
LabelHomestead
ProducerIain Burgess
Breaking Circus chronology
The Ice Machine
(1986) 		Smokers' Paradise
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

Smokers' Paradise is an extended play by Breaking Circus. It was released in 1987 on Homestead Records. It is the first and only Breaking Circus release to feature second guitarist Phil Harder. It was intended as a full-length album with four songwriting contributions each from Björklund, Flour, and Trainer. When Homestead Records insisted that it be a six-song EP (possibly due to budget restrictions), Flour and Trainer's contributions were limited to one song each, while all of Björklund's songs appeared on the record.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the EP "an eerie and innovative pleasure."

Track listing

  1. "Smokers' Paradise"
  2. "Three Cool Cats"
  3. "ShockHammer Thirteen"
  4. "Emperor Calvin"
  5. "Medicine Lake"
  6. "Eat Lead"

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Breaking Circus". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. "Smokers' Paradise - Breaking Circus | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. "Breaking Circus | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. Foundation, Poetry (October 13, 2020). "In Memory of the Rock Band Breaking Circus by Stephanie Burt". Poetry Foundation.
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