Chicken Zombies

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Chicken Zombies
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Studio album by
Released 1997
Genre Garage rock
Length45:17
Label Triad [1]
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant chronology
High Time
(1996)
Chicken Zombies
(1997)
Gear Blues
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Chicken Zombies is an album by Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, released in 1997. [2] [3]

Contents

The album made it to #4 on the Japanese albums chart. [4]

Album cover

The CD album cover is similar to the cover of Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer. [3] The cover of the vinyl release is a parody of The Who's Odds & Sods album. Rather than the band's helmets reading "R O C K," they spelled out "F U C K"; this did not stop the album cover from being advertised on billboards in Japan. [5]

Track listing

  1. "Russian Huskey" - 2:24
  2. "Hi! China!" - 2:56
  3. "Mongoose" - 3:21
  4. "Get Up Lucy (album version)" - 4:35
  5. "The Birdmen" - 3:47
  6. "Boogie" - 8:17
  7. "I've never been you. (Jesus Time)" - 0:06
  8. "Cow 5" - 2:00
  9. "Culture (album version)" - 3:09
  10. "Sunny Side River" - 4:27
  11. "Bronze Master" - 3:22
  12. "Romantic (broiler dinner version)" - 6:33
  13. "I've never been you. (King Time)" - 0:20

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References

  1. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 115.
  2. "Thee Michelle Gun Elephant | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. 1 2 "Soul Warp". LA Weekly. September 15, 1999.
  4. "Hits Of The World". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 15, 1997 via Google Books.
  5. "Chicken Zombies | Adult Engrish". April 14, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14.