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{{Infobox album
| name         = A Big 10-8 Place
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Negativland]]
| cover        = Negativland - A Big 10-8 Place.jpg
| alt          =
| released     = {{Start date|1983|10}}
| recorded     = 1982–1983
| venue        =
| studio       =
| genre        = {{hlist|[[Experimental music|Experimental]]|[[sound collage]]|[[alternative rock]]}}
| length       = {{Duration|m=37|s=37}}
| label        = [[Seeland Records|Seeland]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/delorean/negativland-big-10-8-place|title=DeLorean: Negativland - A Big 10-8 Place (1983)|website=Tiny Mix Tapes}}</ref>
| producer     = [[Negativland]]
| prev_title   = Points
| prev_year    = 1981
| next_title   = [[Escape from Noise]]
| next_year    = 1987
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1=[[AllMusic]]
|rev1Score= {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-big-10-8-place-mw0000103831|title=A Big 10-8 Place - Negativland &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=6 |page=138}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=803}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
|rev4score = 7/10<ref name="SP">{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |page=266}}</ref>
}}
'''''A Big 10-8 Place''''' is the third album by [[Negativland]], released in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/negativland-mn0000863413/biography|title=Negativland &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref>  It was the first album with the involvement of band member Don Joyce.<ref name=CL/> The album's title is a reference to the radio [[ten-code]] "10-8," which means "back in service" or "available for next call" in the context of common [[CB radio]] usage. The lyrics and collage sound clips on the album make frequent reference to the CB radio hobby, as well as mischief like [[radio jamming|jamming]].
The original release had unusual packaging, and included a small plastic bag of lawn clippings (or mulch), a "No Other Possibility" bumper sticker, and a map of [[Contra Costa County, CA|Contra Costa county]], where the band originated.  Contra Costa county is frequently mentioned on the track "180-G, a Big 10-8 Place, Pt. Two."
The album was re-released by Seeland Records, then with distribution from [[Mordam Records]], in 1994. It was re-released again in 2007 by Seeland, packaged with a DVD release of ''No Other Possibility'', Negativland's video release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/negativland-big_10-8_place|title=Negativland A Big 10-8 Place|website=exclaim.ca}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
[[AllMusic]] wrote that the album "fired the opening volley in Negativland's ongoing challenge against copyrights and what is considered public domain."<ref name="auto"/> ''[[Trouser Press]]'' called the album "as much a loving tribute as a scathing indictment of suburbia’s soulless facade, the record is a richly detailed, remarkably complex combination of the inorganic (electronics and industrial atmospherics) and the human (voices discuss whatever)."<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Negativland |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/negativland/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=30 November 2020}}</ref> The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' called it a "trippy travelogue."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-04-14-0004140361-story.html|title=NEGATIVLAND FAILS TO STOKE THE FIRE|website=chicagotribune.com|date=14 April 2000 }}</ref>
== Track listing ==
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = David Wills/Richard Lyons/Ian Allen/Mark Hosler
| headline = Side One
| title1 = Theme from a Big Place
| length1 = 2:58
| title2 = A Big 10-8 Place, Pt. One
| length2 = 13:22
| title3 = Clowns and Ballerinas
| length3 = 1:34
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = Side Two
| title1 = Introduction
| length1 = 0:49
| title2 = Four Fingers
| length2 = 3:05
| title3 = 180-G, a Big 10-8 Place, Pt. Two
| length3 = 15:49
}}
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