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Taint Pluribus Taint Unum
Taint Pluribus Taint Unum
Studio album by Cows
Released	1987
Recorded	June – July 1987 in Minneapolis
Genre	Noise rock, post-hardcore, punk blues
Length	35:00
Label	Treehouse
Producer	Brian Paulson
Cows chronology

Taint Pluribus Taint Unum is the debut studio album by the Minneapolis-based noise rock band Cows, released in 1987 through Treehouse Records.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Music edit

The first track of the album, "Koyaanisqatsi," is a cover of the intro piece from the 1982 film of the same name.

Release and reception edit

The record was released for a limited time on vinyl and has since gone out of print. Unlike its successors, no songs from Taint Pluribus Taint Unum appeared on the Old Gold 1989–1991 compilation.

AllMusic staff writer John Dougan gave the album four and a half out of five stars, calling it "the Cows at their most impenetrable and noisy" and that "fans of Japanese noise acts like The Boredoms and some of John Zorn's more extreme jazzcore outfits might think this is pretty cool."^[1]

Alternative Rock wrote: "Tragically badly recorded though it is, the screaming, grinding, honking mess which occasionally pulls itself into something like music sounds great at 3 in the morning."^[3]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Cows, except "Koyaanisqatsi" by Philip Glass

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Koyaanisqatsi"	2:14
2.	"Cow Jazz/Car Chase"	3:40
3.	"Sieve"	2:15
4.	"On Plasma Pond"	2:17
5.	"Yellowbelly"	3:45
6.	"Redhouse"	2:35

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Carnival Ride"	2:36
2.	"The Pictorial"	2:24
3.	"Tourist"	3:06
4.	"Summertime Bone"	2:16
5.	"Mother (I Love That Bitch)"	1:43
6.	"Weird Kitchen"	6:00

Personnel edit

Adapted from the Taint Pluribus Taint Unum liner notes.^[4]

Cows

Production and additional personnel

Steve Björklund – assistant engineering, assistant production
Cows – assistant production
John Largaespada – cover art
Brian Paulson – production, engineering

Release history edit

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1987	Treehouse	LP	TR 007

References edit

^ ^a ^b Dougan, John. "Cows: Taint Pluribus Taint Unum > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
^ Edgerton, Robin; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Cows". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
^ Thompson, Dave (June 19, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
^ Taint Pluribus Taint Unum (sleeve). Cows. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Treehouse Records. 1987.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)