| Earth vs. Shockabilly | ||||
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| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | October 31, 1982 | |||
| Genre | Noise rock | |||
| Length | 34:32 | |||
| Label | Rough Trade Shimmy Disc (re-issue) | |||
| Producer | Kramer | |||
| Shockabilly chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Earth vs. Shockabilly is the debut studio album of Shockabilly, released in 1983 by Rough Trade Records. [2] It was re-issued in 1988 on Shimmy Disc with four additional tracks and again in 1989 on CD as The Ghost of Shockabilly .
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "19th Nervous Breakdown" (The Rolling Stones cover) | Jagger/Richards | 3:47 |
| 2. | "Are You Experienced?" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover) | Jimi Hendrix | 3:19 |
| 3. | "Psychedelic Basement" | Eugene Chadbourne | 2:26 |
| 4. | "Big Money Broad" | Eugene Chadbourne | 3:07 |
| 5. | "Tennessee Flat Top Box" (Johnny Cash cover) | Johnny Cash | 4:06 |
| 6. | "City of Corruption" | Eugene Chadbourne | 3:04 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "People Are Strange" (The Doors cover) | Robby Krieger, Jim Morrison | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Day Tripper" (The Beatles cover) | Lennon–McCartney | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Purple Haze" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover) | Jimi Hendrix | 2:44 |
| 4. | "Wrestling Woman" | Eugene Chadbourne | 3:45 |
| 5. | "Oh Yoko!" (John Lennon cover) | John Lennon | 1:16 |
Adapted from the Earth vs. Shockabilly liner notes. [3]
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| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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| UK Indie Chart [4] | 17 |
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United Kingdom | 1983 | Rough Trade | LP | ROUGH 48 |
| France | 1984 | Celluloid | CEL 6645 | |
| United States | 1988 | Shimmy Disc | CS, LP | Shimmy 017 |
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