Back from Samoa
Appearance
Back from Samoa | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1982 | |||
Genre | Hardcore punk | |||
Length | 17:38 | |||
Label | Triple X Records | |||
Angry Samoans chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | A[2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[4] |
Back from Samoa is the debut full-length album by the American punk rock band Angry Samoans.[5] It was released in 1982 on Bad Trip Records.[6][3]
Production
The album contains a cover of the Chambers Brothers' "Time Has Come Today."[7]
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "the brief, well-played songs on Back From Samoa have cool titles ... but the lyrics are rarely as clever."[8] Alternative Press called the album "hilarious," writing that it "rocks like a spastic colon."[9] The Spin Alternative Record Guide wrote that "the extremism of this viciously witty, explosive thrash is compelling, perhaps because it's rooted in self-hatred."[4]
Track listing
- "Gas Chamber" – 1:02 ("Metal Mike" Saunders/Gregg Turner)
- "The Todd Killings" – 0:38 (Saunders/Turner)
- "Lights Out" – 0:52 (Saunders/Turner)
- "My Old Man's a Fatso" – 1:32 (Saunders)
- "Time Has Come Today" – 2:07 (Joseph Chambers/Willie Chambers)
- "They Saved Hitler's Cock" – 1:40 (Jeff Dahl/Todd Homer/Turner)
- "Homo-Sexual" – 0:52 (J. Falwell)
- "Steak Knife" – 1:00 (Saunders/Turner)
- "Haizman's Brain Is Calling" – 1:56 (Saunders/Turner)
- "Tuna Taco" – 0:38 (Homer)
- "Coffin Case" – 0:39 (Saunders)
- "You Stupid Jerk" – 0:23 (Saunders)
- "Ballad of Jerry Curlan" – 3:08 (P.J. Galligan/Turner/Bill Vockeroth)
- "Not of This Earth" – 1:11 (Saunders/Turner)
Personnel
- "Metal Mike" Saunders - vocals, guitar
- Gregg Turner - vocals, guitar
- P.J. Galligan - guitar
- Todd Homer - bass guitar, vocals
- Bill Vockeroth - drums
- Ronn Spencer - album design
References
- ^ Back from Samoa at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 1: MUZE. p. 198.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ a b Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 14–15.
- ^ "Angry Samoans | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Blush, Steve (2001). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Feral House. p. 305.
- ^ "Cover songs of the '80s: Angry Samoans' 'Time Has Come Today'". Tampa Bay Times.
- ^ "Angry Samoans". Trouser Press. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ Stegall, Tim (April 21, 2020). "These 15 punk albums from 1982 continue to bring the fire to this day".