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Electriclarryland

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Released
  
April 2, 1996

Artist
  
Butthole Surfers

Label
  
Capitol Records

Length
  
51:22

Release date
  
2 April 1996

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Electriclarryland (1996)
  
Weird Revolution (2001)

Genres
  
Punk rock, Alternative rock, Psychedelic rock

Producers
  
Paul Leary, Steve Thompson

Similar
  
Butthole Surfers albums, Alternative rock albums

Electriclarryland is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Butthole Surfers, released in April 1996 (see 1996 in music). This album brought Butthole Surfers their first Top 40 hit with "Pepper". The album was certified gold by the RIAA on August 20, 1996. 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.

Contents

The album 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.

Butthole surfers electriclarryland 1996 full album


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. It was then replaced by a cover depicting a prairie dog due to the graphic image.

Track listing

All songs written by the Butthole Surfers.

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)

    Singles - Billboard (North America)

    Songs

    1Birds3:10
    2Cough Syrup4:33
    3Pepper4:57

    References

    Electriclarryland Wikipedia
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