NEW LP
New sealed copy. 2025 remastered reissue. Remastered by Bernie Grundman.
Break Like the Wind is the 1992 comeback album from fictional British heavy metal band Spinal Tap, the satirical creation of Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer. Arriving eight years after the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, the record finds the band fully embracing its absurd mythology and parodying the overblown excess of 1980s arena rock while experimenting with a tongue-in-cheek range of genres.
The album’s title track plays on the double meaning of “break wind” and “move like the wind,” setting the tone for an album that mixes clever wordplay with meticulous musical craftsmanship. “Bitch School” lampoons glam-metal machismo, while “All the Way Home,” presented in the film as the band’s first-ever song, channels skiffle-era British pop. Other tracks such as “The Sun Never Sweats” and “Clam Caravan” expand on Spinal Tap’s fictional discography referenced throughout the film’s lore.
The CD’s original 18-inch “extra-long box” packaging mocked the wasteful longbox trend in early 1990s retail. Adding to the joke, the liner notes—written by Steely Dan’s Walter Becker—ignore the band entirely, instead providing a mock-technical deep dive on imaginary studio equipment.
Blurring satire and musicianship, Break Like the Wind stands as both a comic triumph and a surprisingly solid rock album, proving once again that Spinal Tap’s parody cuts as sharply as the music it imitates.
TRACKLIST:
A1 Bitch School
A2 The Majesty Of Rock
A3 Diva Fever
A4 Just Begin Again
A5 Cash On Delivery
A6 The Sun Never Sweats
A7 Rainy Day Sun
B1 Break Like The Wind
B2 Stinkin' Up The Great Outdoors
B3 Springtime
B4 Clam Caravan
B5 Christmas With The Devil
B6 Now Leaving On Track 13 (unlisted)
B7 All The Way Home
