Big Top Halloween


Big Top Halloween is the first album by the band the Afghan Whigs. It was released in 1988 via Ultrasuede.
Two thousand copies of the record were pressed.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "there's a surprising amount of subtlety—sophistication, even—rustling beneath the boozy, gutter-rat surface of the quartet's self-released debut... an altogether terrific debut."

Track listing

All tracks written by Greg Dulli and John Curley.
  1. "Here Comes Jesus"
  2. "In My Town"
  3. "Priscilla's Wedding"
  4. "Push"
  5. "Scream"
  6. "But Listen"
  7. "Big Top Halloween"
  8. "Life in a Day"
  9. "Sammy"
  10. "Doughball"
  11. "Back o' the Line"
  12. "Greek Is Extra"