A Big 10-8 Place

A Big 10-8 Place is the third album by experimental music group Negativland, released in 1983. It was the first album with the involvement of band member Don Joyce. The album's title is a reference to the radio ten-code "10-8," which means "back in service" or "available for next call" in the context of common CB radio usage.
The original release had unusual packaging, and included a small plastic bag of lawn clippings or mulch, a "No Other Possibility" bumper sticker, and a map of Contra Costa County, California, where the band originated.
The album was re-released by Seeland Records, then with distribution from Mordam Records, in 1994. It was re-released again in 2007 by Seeland, packaged with a DVD release of No Other Possibility, Negativland's video release.

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that the album "fired the opening volley in Negativland's ongoing challenge against copyrights and what is considered public domain." Trouser Press called the album "as much a loving tribute as a scathing indictment of suburbia’s soulless facade, the record is a richly detailed, remarkably complex combination of the inorganic and the human." The Chicago Tribune called it a "trippy travelogue."