Body Blow is the second studio album by New Zealand rock band the Headless Chickens.

It was originally released in 1991, then rereleased for Australia in 1993 with a substantially reworked track list, losing "Crash Hot" and "Road Train" but gaining "Mr.

[2] Body Blow is Headless Chickens' most successful album, including three top-10 singles and achieving double platinum sales.

[4][5] Reviewed in Rolling Stone Australia, the first single, "Gaskrankinstation", was noted for its inability to be categorised.

It was described as a "tragic saga of a callous fool trapped in a dumb job and a loveless marriage.