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Whereabouts Unknown

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Whereabouts Unknown
Studio album by
Released1995
GenreRock
LabelBlutarski/Ripe & Ready[1]
ProducerEric Ambel
Mojo Nixon chronology
Otis
(1990)
Whereabouts Unknown
(1995)
Gadzooks!!! The Homemade Bootleg
(1997)

Whereabouts Unknown is an album by the American musician Mojo Nixon, released in 1995.[2][3] Nixon supported the album by touring with his band, the Toadliquors.[4]

Production

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Whereabouts Unknown was produced by Eric Ambel.[1] Will Rigby played drums on the album.[5] "Tie My Pecker to My Leg" was cowritten with Country Dick Montana.[6] "Girlfriend in a Coma" is a cover of the Smiths' song, with additional lyrics.[7] "My T.V. Is Watchin' Me" was inspired by Bob Stinson.[8]

"Bring Me the Head of David Geffen", a song that appeared on advance copies of the album, was pulled right before the official release.[9][10] The song later appeared on 1997's Gadzooks!!! The Homemade Bootleg.[11]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Fort Worth Star-Telegram[12]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[13]

Trouser Press wrote that "the playing is crisp and perfunctory country-rock; instrumental accuracy is thoroughly wasted on (if not toxic to) a vocalist this instinctual... Fortunately, Mojo is in credibly foul form, and has enough solidly entertaining originals to make his own party happen."[1] The Philadelphia Inquirer called the album "a roots-rock celebration of moral lassitude and the product of a sick mind."[14] The Washington Times considered it "a blues-country mix that sounds like Muddy Waters and Ernest Tubb together on a bad hair day."[15]

The Boston Globe deemed Nixon "a human gutterball, a strummin', cussin', frat-party for punks."[16] The San Diego Union-Tribune noted that "Nixon has assembled a ruckus of a band that can swing and swagger along to his fabulously gruff, shag carpet of a voice."[7] The Richmond Times-Dispatch labeled Nixon "the record industry's most beloved degenerate," writing that the album is "as politically incorrect as ever."[17] The Fort Worth Star-Telegram praised the "crack garage/roots band chugging behind [Nixon]."[12]

AllMusic wrote: "Nixon's humor remained as sophomoric as it was politically incorrect. As usual, he was pretty funny the first time around, though."[18]

Track listing

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Whereabouts Unknown track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Gotta Be Free" 
2."Not as Much as Football" 
3."Mr. Correct (Don't Tell Me What to Do)" 
4."Buck Up & Stop Your Whinin'" 
5."My Free Will Just Ain't Willin'" 
6."Girlfriend in a Coma" 
7."The Pleasurelegience" 
8."Don't Ask Me Why I Drink" 
9."My T.V. Is Watchin' Me" 
10."Take a Look in My Eyes" 
11."Tie My Pecker to My Leg" 
12."You Can't Kill Me" 
13."If I Can Dream" 

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mojo Nixon". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Mojo Nixon Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Buckley, Peter (March 14, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides.
  4. ^ Logan, Neill (30 Mar 1995). "Nothing's sacred for Mojo Nixon". St. Petersburg Times. p. 2B.
  5. ^ "His Mojoness returns". Weekender. The Columbus Dispatch. April 13, 1995. p. 8.
  6. ^ "Record Reviews". The Austin Chronicle.
  7. ^ a b Hantman, C.G. (March 23, 1995). "Whereabouts Unknown Mojo Nixon". Entertainment. The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. 18.
  8. ^ Walsh, Jim (April 21, 1995). "Rock Maverick Mojo Nixon Puts the I in Iconoclast". St. Paul Pioneer Press. p. 4D.
  9. ^ Pollack, Marc (5 Feb 1995). "Did Mojo Nixon lose his head?". The Province. p. B9.
  10. ^ Gundersen, Edna (13 Feb 1995). "Mojo Nixon nixes song about Geffen". USA Today. p. 2D.
  11. ^ Newman, Melinda (Jan 18, 1997). "Mojo Working". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 3. p. 12.
  12. ^ a b Ferman, Dave (August 11, 1995). "Mojo Nixon, Whereabouts Unknown". Star Time. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 11.
  13. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 820.
  14. ^ Sherr, Sara (7 Apr 1995). "Mojo Nixon will be preaching a rather more depraved gospel...". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 15.
  15. ^ Outerbridge, Laura (April 7, 1995). "Mojo Nixon speaks his mind". The Washington Times. p. C15.
  16. ^ Sullivan, Jim (20 Apr 1995). "Mojo still workin'". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 23.
  17. ^ McLeod, Harriet (April 6, 1995). "Mojo Nixon Comes to Flood Zone Direct from Not Opening for Elvis". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. D8.
  18. ^ "Whereabouts Unknown". AllMusic.