Painful Thing is an EP by English alternative rock band Catherine Wheel, released in May 1991 on Wilde Club Records.

[2] The EP was mixed by Simon Davey at Purple Rain Studios in Norfolk.

[3] The EP was released on CD and 12" vinyl[4] and limited to 2,000 copies of each.

[1] The songs were later rerecorded for the band's debut studio album, Ferment (1992).

[5] All songs written by Catherine Wheel.