Excellent Italian Greyhound

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Excellent Italian Greyhound is the title of Shellac's fourth album. It was released on June 5th 2007. The album's title is a reference to drummer Todd Trainer's excellent Italian Greyhound, Uffizi.

Track listing

1. "The End of Radio"
2. "Steady As She Goes"
3. "Be Prepared"
4. "Elephant"
5. "Genuine Lulabelle"
6. "Kittypants"
7. "Boycott"
8. "Paco"
9. "Spoke"

Notes

• Recorded at Electrical Audio and mastered at Abbey Road by Steve Rooke.

• The extensive artwork for Excellent Italian Greyhound was created by Jay Ryan from the band Dianogah and arranged by David Babbit. As well as a greyscale drawing on the outer sleeve, there are several pictures taken by Joel Larson.

• As with 1000 Hurts, the vinyl pressing of the album includes an unmarked CD version at no extra charge (CD and LP+CD releases are similarly priced). The band encourages listeners to purchase the vinyl to hear the record as it was intended.

• Voice-over king Ken Nordine appears uncredited on the song "Genuine Lulabelle". Other voices include Strong Bad, Agostino Tilotta and Hal Douglas.

• In the run-out groove, there is a text etching. Side One - "Pronto Prova..." Side Two - "A Isamu Sta Lapa!"

• Live favourite "Hang On" was initially rumoured to be included on the album but due to the sparse nature of the song the band was unable to record it to their liking.

• Contrary to rumour, "Killers" did not appear on Excellent Italian Greyhound as it was released several years ago on The Lounge Ax Defense & Relocation Compact Disc benefit compilation CD.