Happy Days, Sweetheart

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Happy Days, Sweetheart
Ethyl Meatplow Happy Days Sweetheart.jpeg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 13, 1993
Label Dali Records
Producer Barry Adamson
Ethyl Meatplow
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Happy Days, Sweetheart is the 1993 debut and only album by the rock band Ethyl Meatplow. The album was released on Chameleon Records, distributed by Elektra Entertainment and produced by Barry Adamson. The album received praise by many critics but did not fare very well commercially.

Contents

The video for "Devil's Johnson" was featured on an episode of Beavis & Butt-head .

Track listing

  1. "Opening Precautionary Instructions" - 0:44
  2. "Suck" - 4:08
  3. "Devil's Johnson" - 3:13
  4. "Car" - 2:26
  5. "Queenie" - 3:35
  6. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" - 3:29
  7. "Tommy" - 4:36
  8. "Mustard Requiem" - 1:44
  9. "Abazab" - 4:27
  10. "Ripened Peach" - 4:30
  11. "Feed" - 5:25
  12. "Rise" - 4:53
  13. "For My Sleepy Lover" - 0:51
  14. "Sad Bear" - 5:06
  15. "Untitled" - 6:18

Chart positions

Singles
SingleChart (1993)Position
"Queenie"US Hot Dance Club Songs [3] 3

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Rolling Stone review [ dead link ]
  3. "Ethyl Meatplow;– Billboard Singles". billboard.com. Retrieved 2009-08-05.