Horndog Fest

Horndog Fest
Studio album by the Dirtbombs
Released	1998
Recorded	March 1997 – April 1997
Genre	Rock
Label	In the Red
The Dirtbombs chronology
Horndog Fest (1998) Ultraglide in Black (2001)

Horndog Fest is an album by the American band the Dirtbombs, released in 1998. ^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ( ) [3]

The Toronto Star wrote: "Picture a funky Adam and the Ants locked in a steel mill with the John Spencer Blues Explosion, a Temptations songbook and far, far too much wattage, and you'll have an indication of the arresting musical miasma emanating from the Dirtbombs' debut disc, Horndog Fest." ^[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Mick Collins, except where noted.
U.S. LP/CD release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Vixens in Space"		2:18
2.	"I Can't Stop Thinking About It"		3:03
3.	"Granny's Little Chicken"		3:54
4.	"Bittersweet Romance Song"		2:21
5.	"Armageddon Double Feature (Lovesick Blues #4)"	Collins, Joe Greenwald, Tom Lynch	3:30
6.	"She Blinded Me with Playtex"		1:30
7.	"A Brief Treatise on the Discovery of Antimatter"		0:30
8.	"Pheremone [sic] Smile"		2:59
9.	"My Heart Burns with Deeps of Lurve"	Tom Lynch, Andreas Martin	4:05
10.	"Burnt to Cinders"		1:40
11.	"Fox Box"		2:15
12.	"Shake!! Shivaree"		1:26

Japan CD release (In the Red/Blues Interactions, Inc.)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Vixens in Space"		2:18
2.	"I Can't Stop Thinking About It"		3:03
3.	"Granny's Little Chicken"		3:54
4.	"Don't Bogue My High"		2:16
5.	"Bittersweet Romance Song"		2:21
6.	"Armageddon Double Feature (Lovesick Blues #4)"	Collins, Joe Greenwald, Tom Lynch	3:30
7.	"She Blinded Me with Playtex"		1:30
8.	"Infra-Red"		2:18
9.	"A Brief Treatise on the Discovery of Antimatter"		0:30
10.	"Pheremone [sic] Smile"		2:59
11.	"My Heart Burns with Deeps of Lurve"	Tom Lynch, Andreas Martin	4:05
12.	"Nichele Nichols [sic]"		0:58
13.	"Burnt to Cinders"		1:40
14.	"Fox Box"		2:15
15.	"Shake!! Shivaree"		1:26
16.	"Trouble"	William Robinson	2:12

4, 8, 12 and 16 are bonus tracks, taken from the 1996 7" All Geeked Up. 8 was originally titled "Infrared," 12 was "I'm Saving Myself for Nichelle Nichols (No. 3)" and 16 was "I'll Be in Trouble," and is a cover of the Temptations' 1964 hit song.

References

1. Case, Wendy (August 13, 1998). "Dirtbombs get savage on new CD". The Detroit News. p. D3.
2. Graves, Karen E. The Dirtbombs: Horndog Fest > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
3. Hull, Tom (October 12, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
4. Rayner, Ben (August 14, 1998). "Noisy Detroit band is da 'bomb'". Entertainment. Toronto Star. p. 1.