Originally released in 1990,
Beers, Steers & Queers was
Revolting Cocks' most rewarding studio effort to that point. It bound the band's industrial rhythms tightly to its nihilistic heart and churlish sense of humor, and spiked the mechanistic grind with enough vocals, rock & roll dynamics and oddball samples to keep things pretty consistently interesting. Some songs still ran a little long, but with the scraggly production and apocalypse-baiting vocals from
Al Jourgensen and
Chris Connelly (the latter on
RevCo's delightfully sick, famously-banned version of "[Let's Get] Physical"),
Steers & Queers gave off a general sense of goofy mayhem that made it more about craft than consistent reward. Ryko's 2004 reissue of the album is part of its celebration of
Jourgensen's early career. It features remastering from the man himself, new artwork, and a series of bonus tracks. There's a previously unreleased "studio mix" of "Cattle Grind," two 12" remixes of the title track, and "[Let's Talk] Physical," the original B-side to the Wax Trax! 12" of "Physical." It's nearly seven minutes of a looped
Connelly screaming "Talk!," and it's somehow perfect like that. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide