"Terror Couple Kill Colonel" is the third single released by British gothic rock

Gothic rock

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 band Bauhaus

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. Original sleeves were printed on a textured fabric. Two versions of this record exist; each having a different recording of "Terror Couple Kill Colonel" (version) on the B-side. The rarer (mis-pressing) is noted by the matrix "TA1PE AD 7 AA1" in the run-out groove.

The title comes from a newspaper headline reporting a Red Army Faction

Red Army Faction

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 attack that killed Paul Bloomquist

Paul Bloomquist

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Track listing

1. "Terror Couple Kill Colonel"
2. "Scopes"
3. "Terror Couple Kill Colonel" (version)