Dos Dedos Mis Amigos

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Dos Dedos Mis Amigos
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Studio album by
Released19 September 1994
Recorded1993–94
Genre
Length47:03
Label
Producer
  • Pop Will Eat Itself
  • Bryan "Chuck" New
Pop Will Eat Itself chronology
The Looks or the Lifestyle?
(1992)
Dos Dedos Mis Amigos
(1994)
New Noise Designed by a Sadist
(2011)
Singles from Dos Dedos Mis Amigos
  1. "R.S.V.P." / "Familus Horribilus"
    Released: 5 October 1993
  2. "Ich Bin Ein Auslander"
    Released: 28 February 1994
  3. "Everything's Cool?"
    Released: 30 August 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Alternative Press positive [2]
Hot Press 8/12 [3]
Metal Hammer 6/7 [4]
NME 6/10 [5]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Select Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Dos Dedos Mis Amigos is the fifth studio album by English industrial rock band Pop Will Eat Itself. It was released on 19 September 1994 in the United Kingdom by Infectious Records and in the United States by Nothing and Interscope Records. The album is somewhat different from the band's other albums, as it had more of an industrial influence and fewer samples were used. The cover art was created by longtime collaborators The Designers Republic. The album was the last before the band disbanded in 1996 (excluding the then unreleased album), until the reformed band released New Noise Designed by a Sadist in 2011, with a different line-up.

Contents

It was followed by an album of remixes, Two Fingers My Friends! , which is the English translation of "Dos Dedos Mis Amigos".

Reception

Record Collector said it was "arguably their best" album, adding that several songs on their later album Anti-Nasty League (2015) "credibly hark back to the Poppies at their hard-hitting, Dos Dedos-era best." [8]

Track listing

  1. "Ich Bin Ein Auslander" (Clint Mansell, Pance) – 3:59
  2. "Kick to Kill" (Crabb) – 3:24
  3. "Familus Horribilus" (Townshend, Crabb) – 4:03
  4. "Underbelly" (Mansell, Pance) – 3:58
  5. "Fatman" (Mansell, Pance) – 3:17
  6. "Home" (Townshend, Crabb) – 3:36
  7. "Cape Connection" (Crabb) – 4:59
  8. "Menofearthereaper" (Crabb) – 6:27
  9. "Everything's Cool" (Mansell, Pance) – 4:17
  10. "R.S.V.P." (Crabb) – 3:32
  11. "Babylon" (Crabb) – 5:04
Japanese edition bonus tracks
  1. "Intense"
  2. "C.P. I #2"
  3. "Wild West"
  4. "Let It Flow"

Notes

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References

  1. "Dos Dedos Mis Amigos – Pop Will Eat Itself". AllMusic.
  2. Alternative Press (2/95, pp. 68–69) – "...Besides retaining a pop feel, AMIGOS is splashed with ambient-Eastern trances, techno-synth melodies, and even dub and funk rhythms....The best revenge is to live well, and PWEI will inevitably live happily ever after, as AMIGOS is their strongest album to date..."
  3. Dos Dedos Mis Amigos | Music Review | Album | Hot Press
  4. Review: Pop Will Eat Itself – Dos Dedos Mis Amigos
  5. NME (Magazine) (9/17/94, p. 52) – 6 – Good – "...DOS DEDOS is not quite the promised Phoenix from the ashes, but PWEI have made a bonfire of their previous inanities. And a half decent album to boot..."
  6. Dos Dedos Mis Amigos/A Lick Of The Old Cassette Box (The Unreleased 1996 Album) – Record Collector Magazine
  7. "REVIEWS". Select . Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  8. Anti Nasty League – Record Collector Magazine
  9. "WhoSampled - Cargo Culte". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2 November 2021.