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8-Way Santa

Field	Value
name	8-Way Santa
type	Album
artist	Tad
cover	Tad_8_Way_Santa_Alternate.jpg
alt	A couple in swimsuits posing for a photo, with the man groping the woman's breast
released	February 15, 1991
recorded	1990 at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin
genre	Grunge
length	39:15
label	Sub Pop
producer	Butch Vig
prev_title	Salt Lick/God's Balls
prev_year	1990
next_title	Inhaler
next_year	1993
misc	{{Extra album cover
header	Cover of second pressing
type	studio
cover	Tad_8_Way_Santa.jpg

8-Way Santa is the second album by the Seattle grunge band Tad. It was released on February 15, 1991, through Sub Pop.

Tad ran into legal trouble after the man and woman featured on the album cover saw the record and sued the band. The cover was an altered photo, the original of which was found in a photo album purchased from a thrift store.

Rolling Stone ranked this album 31st on their list of the 50 Greatest Grunge Albums.

Singles

"Jinx" and "Jack Pepsi" were the singles released from this album. Pepsi filed a lawsuit against the band for using their logo on the single "Jack Pepsi". The song itself was, in the words of music journalist Roy Wilkinson, "the true story of how Tad and his mate tanked up on Jack Daniels and cola before taking a pick-up onto an ice-covered lake — tempting fate... and sure enough, they crashed through".

"Jinx" was featured in the Cameron Crowe film Singles (1992), although it is not included in the official soundtrack album.

Track listing

Personnel

Tad Doyle – vocals, guitar
Kurt Danielson – bass
Gary Thorstensen – guitar
Steve Wied – drums

;Production

Butch Vig – producer, engineering
Doug Olson – engineering
John Agnello – mixing
George Marino – mastering

References

(September 16, 2014). "10 Grunge Albums You Need to Own". [[Revolver (magazine).
[https://www.allmusic.com/album/8-way-santa-mw0000262602 8-Way Santa ''Tad''] AllMusic.com Alex Henderson
Browne, David. (April 5, 1991). "8-Way Santa Review".
Edwards, Gavin. (January 15, 2015). "Tad, '8-Way Santa' (1991) – Banned in the U.S.A.: 20 Wildest Censored Album Covers".
(April 2019). "50 Greatest Grunge Albums".
Lindblad, Peter. (April 20, 2010). "Tad recalls the pre-Nirvana days it was the toast of Seattle's grunge scene".
Wilkinson, Roy. (March 9, 1991). "Tad, Mad & Dangerous to Know".
(2015). "Singles Soundtrack".

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