Electriclarryland

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Electriclarryland
The Butthole Surfers Electriclarryland.jpg
Studio album by
Butthole Surfers
ReleasedMay 6, 1996
Genre
Length51:22
Label Capitol
Producer
Butthole Surfers chronology
The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt
(1995)		Electriclarryland
(1996)		 Weird Revolution
(2001)
Alternative cover art
Electriclarryland Alternate Cover Art.jpg
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B [3]
NME 2/10 [4]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Spin 7/10 [7]

Electriclarryland is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Butthole Surfers, released May 6, 1996. This album brought Butthole Surfers their first Top 40 hit with "Pepper". The album was certified gold by the RIAA on August 20, 1996. [8] The title of this album is a parody of Jimi Hendrix's third studio album entitled Electric Ladyland . This is the second time the band has used a parody title for one of their releases. The first was Hairway to Steven , which references the song "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin. The album's original title was going to be Oklahoma!, but fearing lawsuits, Capitol forced the band to change the name. [9]

Contents

Although the album has no Parental Advisory label, it was also released in a "clean" version with profanities removed, an alternate album cover, and the band being credited as "B***H*** Surfers".

The song "The Lord Is a Monkey" was featured in two 1996 films, an alternate "Rock Version" in the Beavis and Butt-head Do America soundtrack and the original in Black Sheep . Additionally, the band performed "Ulcer Breakout" on an episode of The Larry Sanders Show .

The basic recordings were made at Paul Leary's house in Austin, Texas, at Arlyn Studios, also in Austin, and Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York. Mixing and mastering was done at Ocean Way Recording in Los Angeles, California. [10]

Album cover

The album cover depicts a man's eardrum being impaled by a pencil. The original album artwork was inspired by the 1974 Hi-Fi murders.[ citation needed ] It was then replaced by a cover depicting a prairie dog due to the graphic image.

Critical reception

Plugged In (Focus on the Family) was not enthusiastic about the album; reviewer Bob Waliszewski wrote, "Psychotic musings or drug-induced absurdity? Hard to say for sure," and added "with the group’s sick moniker...Don't let teens visit Electriclarryland." [11]

Track listing

All songs written by the Butthole Surfers.

No.TitleLength
1."Birds"3:10
2."Cough Syrup"4:33
3."Pepper"4:57
4."Thermador"4:35
5."Ulcer Breakout"2:34
6."Jingle of a Dog's Collar"3:08
7."TV Star"3:06
8."My Brother's Wife"5:13
9."Ah Ha"3:31
10."The Lord Is a Monkey"4:46
11."Let's Talk About Cars"4:34
12."L.A."2:46
13."Space"4:25

Personnel

Butthole Surfers

Additional personnel

Charts

Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1996"Pepper" [10] US Mainstream Rock Tracks19
US Modern Rock Tracks1
US Top 40 Mainstream38

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [17] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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