Horse Cock Phepner

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Horse Cock Phepner
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Studio album by
Released1987 (1987)
Genre Experimental rock
Length44:54
Label Placebo
Sun City Girls chronology
Grotto of Miracles
(1986)
Horse Cock Phepner
(1987)
Torch of the Mystics
(1990)
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Horse Cock Phepner is the third studio album by American experimental rock band Sun City Girls, released in 1987 by Placebo Records. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sun City Girls, except where noted otherwise.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Horse Cock Phepner"2:09
2."Voice of America #1"0:19
3."Nancy"5:59
4."Esta Susan en casa?"1:20
5."Aristocrats of Impertinence"0:34
6."It's Underneath the House"2:19
7."I Protect You From Me"1:03
8."Without Compare"8:35
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."CIA Man" Sun City Girls, Tuli Kupferberg 4:15
2."Dreamland" 1:03
3."Porno Shop" 8:35
4."Voice of America #2" 4:15
5."Eyeball in a Quart Jar of Snot" 3:51
6."Passenger Seat People" 3:39
7."Saint Bernard's Observation Booth" 1:21
8."Kill the Klansmen" 3:38
9."Cloaven Radio" 2:15

Personnel

Adapted from the Horse Cock Phepner liner notes. [3]

Sun City Girls

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 1987Placebo CS, LP PLA 024

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References

  1. Foster, Patrick. "Sun City Girls: Horse Cock Phepner > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  2. Robbins, Ira; Sprague, David (2007). "Sun City Girls". Trouser Press . Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  3. Horse Cock Phepner (sleeve). Sun City Girls. Phoenix, Arizona: Placebo Records. 1987.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)