Here Comes Trouble (Scatterbrain album)

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Here Comes Trouble
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Released1990
Genre Funk metal [1]
Length37:05
Label Relativity
Scatterbrain chronology
Here Comes Trouble
(1990)
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Here Comes Trouble is the first album by thrash metal band Scatterbrain, released in 1990.

Contents

The album spent 16 weeks on Billboard's album charts, peaking at #138. [2]

It contains a cover version of Cheech and Chong's "Earache My Eye". The single "Don't Call Me Dude" makes reference to vaudeville routine "Slowly I Turned", and the intro is a parody of Dion's "Runaround Sue".[ citation needed ]

The follow-up single "Down With the Ship (Slight Return)" features snippets from a number of classic rock and heavy metal songs, as detailed below. [3]

Critical reception

The album's initial reception was generally positive, with reviews noting the quality of the band's vocals and humorous approach to heavy metal. [4] The album proved memorable enough for some music writers that it enjoyed continuing retrospective coverage into the 2000s. Later reviews reflect on the album's quirky and sometimes scattered themes, as well as the quality musicianship. [5] Others believe the album demonstrates that the band should hold a more important place in the history of the genre, in spite of the fact that later offerings failed to reach the level of success enjoyed by Here Comes Trouble. [6]

Track listing

  1. "Here Comes Trouble" — 3:54
  2. "Earache My Eye" — 2:47
  3. "That's That" — 3:57
  4. "I'm With Stupid" — 5:05
  5. "Down With the Ship (Slight Return)" — 2:29
  6. "Sonata #3" — 1:54
  7. "Mr. Johnson And The Juice Crew" — 1:55
  8. "Goodbye Freedom, Hello Mom" — 4:49
  9. "Outta Time" — 3:36
  10. "Don't Call Me Dude" — 5:14
  11. "Drunken Milkman" — 1:19

Song Snippets in "Down With The Ship"

Charts

Chart performance for Here Comes Trouble
Chart (1990)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 54
US Billboard 200 [8] 138

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