Electriclarryland
| Electriclarryland | ||||
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| Released | May 6, 1996 | |||
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| Length | 51:22 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Paul Leary Steve Thompson | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[3] |
| NME | 2/10[4] |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10[5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| Spin | 7/10[7] |
Electriclarryland is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Butthole Surfers, released May 6, 1996. This album brought Butthole Surfers their first Top 40 hit with "Pepper." The album was certified gold by the RIAA on August 20, 1996.[8] The title of this album is a parody of Jimi Hendrix's third studio album entitled Electric Ladyland. This is the second time the band has used a parody title for one of their releases. The first was Hairway to Steven which references the song "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin. The album's original title was going to be Oklahoma!, but fearing lawsuits, Capitol forced the band to change the name.[9]
Although the album has no Parental Advisory label, it was also released in a "clean" version with profanities removed, an alternate album cover, and the band being credited as "B***H*** Surfers".
The song "The Lord Is a Monkey" was featured in two 1996 films, an alternate "Rock Version" in the Beavis and Butt-head Do America soundtrack and the original in Black Sheep. Additionally, the band performed "Ulcer Breakout" on an episode of The Larry Sanders Show.
The basic recordings were made at Paul Leary's house in Austin, Texas, at Arlyn Studios, also in Austin, and Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York. Mixing and mastering was done at Ocean Way Recording in Los Angeles, California.[10]
Album Cover
The album cover depicts a man's eardrum being impaled by a pencil. The original album artwork was inspired by the 1974 Hi-Fi murders.[citation needed] It was then replaced by a cover depicting a prairie dog due to the graphic image.
Critical reception
Plugged In was not enthusiastic about the album; reviewer Bob Waliszewski wrote, "Psychotic musings or drug-induced absurdity? Hard to say for sure," and added "...with the group’s sick moniker...Don’t let teens visit Electriclarryland."[11]
Track listing
All songs written by the Butthole Surfers.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Birds" | 3:10 |
| 2. | "Cough Syrup" | 4:33 |
| 3. | "Pepper" | 4:57 |
| 4. | "Thermador" | 4:35 |
| 5. | "Ulcer Breakout" | 2:34 |
| 6. | "Jingle of a Dog's Collar" | 3:08 |
| 7. | "TV Star" | 3:06 |
| 8. | "My Brother's Wife" | 5:13 |
| 9. | "Ah Ha" | 3:31 |
| 10. | "The Lord Is a Monkey" | 4:46 |
| 11. | "Let's Talk About Cars" | 4:34 |
| 12. | "L.A." | 2:46 |
| 13. | "Space" | 4:25 |
Personnel
Butthole Surfers
- Gibby Haynes – vocals, keyboards
- Paul Leary – producer, guitar, mixing, bass
- King Coffey – drums
Additional personnel
- Andrew Weiss – bass (Tracks 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
- Bill Carter – bass (Tracks 2 & 12)
- John Hagen – cello (Track 2)
- Fooch – pedal steel guitar (Track 7)
- Mark Eddinger – keyboards (Track 3)
- Danno Saratak – drum programming (Tracks 3 & 10)
- Steve Thompson – producer
- Christopher Shaw – engineer, mixing
- Stuart Sullivan – engineer, mixing
- Paul Mavrides – illustrations, cover design, cover art
- Will Van Overbeek – photography
- Tommy Steele – art direction
- Wendy Dougan – art direction, design
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Billboard 200 | 31 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Pepper" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 19 |
| Modern Rock Tracks | 1 | ||
| Top 40 Mainstream | 38 |
Notes
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Butthole Surfers Electriclarryland Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011-05-27). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
- ^ Wiederhorn, Jon (1996-06-21). "Electriclarryland". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
- ^ Perry, John (2000-08-17). "Electriclarryland". NME. Archived from the original on 2000-08-17.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Josephes, Jason (2000-08-16). "Butthole Surfers: Electriclarryland: Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2000-08-16. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Young, Charles M. (2004). "Butthole Surfers". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698.
- ^ Michel, Sia (June 1996). "Records". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 111–2. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
- ^ "Searchable Database - Search: Electriclarryland". RIAA. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ Butthole Surfers - The Anal Obsession
- ^ a b Burns, James (2015). Let's Go To Hell: Scattered Memories of the Butthole Surfers (1st ed.). Sugerties, NY: Cheap Drugs (CD09). p. 383. ISBN 978-0-578-16439-7.
- ^ "Electriclarryland". Plugged In. Retrieved 2020-07-26.