Cruising with Elvis in Bigfoot's UFO

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Cruising With Elvis in Bigfoot's UFO
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Studio album by
Released1988
RecordedNovember 1987 at The House of Music, West Orange, N.J.
Genre Hardcore punk, punk rock
Label Buy Our Records
Producer Daniel Rey [1]
Adrenalin O.D. chronology
Humungous
FungusAmongus

(1986)
Cruising With Elvis in Bigfoot's UFO
(1988)
Ishtar
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Cruising With Elvis in Bigfoot's UFO is the third album by hardcore punk band Adrenalin O.D. [4] It was released in 1988 through Buy Our Records. [5] Although the band still retained the hardcore sound and sense of humor featured on the previous two records, the record contains songs exploring a more melodic style and is less focused on speed.

Contents

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "A.O.D. are to punk what the Coasters were to late-'50s R&B; if you can't laugh at this and play it for all your drunken cronies, you must be more of an old stoneface than Mt. Rushmore." [2] Trouser Press wrote: "Well-played and almost tuneful, the post-hardcore Cruisin’ With Elvis contains [songs] that thunder along with concise energy and the group’s typical whimsy." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLyrics/MusicLength
1."If This Is Tuesday.....It Must Be Walla-Walla"Richard 
2."Bulimic Food Fight"Richard/Wingate 
3."Swindle"Wingate 
4."Stew"Wingate 
5."Second to None"The Avengers 
6."My Mother Can't Drive"Wingate, Scott 
7."Theme From An Imaginary Midget Western"Scott, Richard 
8."Something About.....Amy Carter"Wingate 
9."Flip Side Unclassified"Wingate 
10."Baby Elephant Walk"Henry Mancini 

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 64.
  2. 1 2 "Cruising with Elvis in Bigfoot's U.F.O. - Adrenalin O.D. | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. "Adrenalin O.D. - Cruising with Elvis in Bigfoot's U.F.O. [reissue]". www.punknews.org.
  4. "Adrenalin O.D. | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. 1 2 "Adrenalin O.D." Trouser Press. Retrieved 24 February 2021.