Dial 'M' for Motherfucker

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Dial 'M' for Motherfucker
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Studio album by
Pussy Galore
ReleasedApril 1989 (1989-04)
Genre
Length43:45
Label Caroline
Producer Steve Albini, Jon Spencer
Pussy Galore chronology
Sugarshit Sharp
(1988)		Dial 'M' for Motherfucker
(1989)		 Historia de la Musica Rock
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Hi-Fi News & Record Review B:1/2 [2]
New Musical Express 8/10 [3]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Sounds Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Dial 'M' for Motherfucker is an album by the New York City garage punk band Pussy Galore, released in April 1989 by Caroline Records. [6] The song "Kicked Out" is played in an Episode of House , "Games", when Gregory House plays it to annoy Wilson and later to induce a seizure in a patient.

Contents

A music video for the song "Dick Johnson" was directed by Jim Spring and Jens Jurgensen.

Critical reception

Nick Robinson, reviewer of British music newspaper Music Week , noticed that the listeners can find "beneath the clattering rhythms and chunky guitars" "some heady melodies that aching to break free" and if they will be able to "endure the racket", they will discover "some rough diamonds that are quite irresistible." [7] Janiss Garza of Cashbox called album "group’s most accessible record to date" and admitted "that this blend of obscure alternative noise and occasional Stones-through-a-fishbowl stylings totally and utterly confuses" but she liked it. [8]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jon Spencer, except 10 by Kurt Wolf and 15 by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V. Casale; all music is composed by Pussy Galore, except 15 (Mothersbaugh/Casale).

Side One
No.TitleLength
1."Understand Me"4:05
2."SM 57"2:04
3."Kicked Out"3:55
4."Solo=Sex"3:02
5."Undertaker"2:32
6."DWDA"4:25
7."Dick Johnson"2:21
Side Two
No.TitleLength
8."1 Hour Later"2:49
9."Eat Me"2:02
10."Waxhead"2:19
11."Wait a Minute"2:53
12."Evil Eye"3:06
13."ADWD #2"2:30
14."Hang On"5:44
CD bonus tracks (1989 Caroline and Product Inc. releases)
No.TitleLength
15."Penetration of the Centerfold"2:01
16."Handshake"2:03
17."Adolescent Wet Dream"1:27
18."Sweet Little Hi-Fi"3:04
19."Brick"1:56
20."Renegade"2:51

16-20 are taken from the EP Sugarshit Sharp ; 15 was added to reissues of the EP under the correct title, "Penetration in the Centerfold."

Personnel

Adapted from the Dial 'M' for Motherfucker liner notes. [9]

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
UK Indie Chart [10] 4

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 1989 Caroline CD, CS, LP CAROL 1369
United Kingdom Product Inc.CD, LPINC 1
1998 Mute Records Ltd. PG 2
United States Matador OLE 213

References

  1. ↑ Fennessy, Kathleen C. "Dial 'M' for Motherfucker". AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Review: Pussy Galore — Dial 'M'" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 9. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. September 1989. p. 105. ISSN   0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 2, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021– via World Radio History.
  3. ↑ Fadele, Dele (May 13, 1989). "Long Play: Pussy Galore — Dial 'M' for Motherf***er (Product Inc)". New Musical Express . London: IPC Limited. p. 33. ISSN   0028-6362. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024– via Flickr.
  4. ↑ Crook, Darren (May 13, 1989). "Review: Pussy Galore — Dial 'M'" (PDF). Record Mirror . London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. pp. 31–32. ISSN   0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2022– via World Radio History.
  5. ↑ Keith, Cameron (May 13, 1989). "Albums: Same old hang-ups. Review: Pussy Galore — Dial 'M' for Motherf***er (Product Inc)" (PDF). Sounds . Peterborough: United Newspapers. p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 30, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022– via World Radio History.
  6. ↑ Kenny, Glenn; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Pussy Galore". Trouser Press . Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  7. ↑ Robinson, Nick (June 3, 1989). "Review: Pussy Galore – Dial 'M' for Motherfucker" (PDF). Music Week . London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 26. ISSN   0265-1548. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2022– via World Radio History.
  8. ↑ Garza, Janiss (June 17, 1989). "Metal Picks: Pussy Galore – Dial 'M' for Motherfucker" (PDF). Cashbox . Vol. 52, no. 49. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. p. 15. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via World Radio History.
  9. ↑ Dial 'M' for Motherfucker (booklet). Pussy Galore. New York City, New York: Caroline Records. 1989.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
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