Digidogheadlock singles

Admittedly, Digidogheadlock is on the lower spectrum of Mad's discography as far as my personal order of preference goes, but despite that, it's still a pretty great album in its own right. It also features what is easily one of my favorite album covers ever. It had the first single releases in Mad's discography to have remixes, a practice they carried with them until the end after the additional success it brought them. I scored all three at the same time, in the same lot that compilation of P.O.P.-era singles came in.

All three singles from this album have very nicely matching obis, which thankfully also match the album's. The single for Systematic came out about a month before the full album's release, and although it does not have a remix by Alec Empire of Atari Teenage Riot as the later two do, it is the only one with two remixes.

Unfortunately, it's also one of my few Mad discography pieces with dreaded obi fading.

Crash Pow and Creature came out on the same day, about two months after the album's release. In addition to being on two different CDs, they were also issued together on one split LP. Both feature Alec Empire remixes that are pretty good (although I think Crash Pow's is better than the ridiculously long one Creature got), but they are also the only remixes he ever did for Mad.

The UK edition of Digidogheadlock, the version with a yellow cover instead of the Japanese version's red cover, contains all but one of the remixes on these singles as bonus tracks; unfortunately, the Motokatsu & Kei Kusama Remix of Systematic is absent, and the last two are written in the exact opposite order on the back, but they're still there.

Another reason obis (and Japanese CD releases in general) are useful: they have intended release dates on the back. Very helpful for possible research.