Intellectuals Are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite

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Intellectuals are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite
Killdozer - Intellectuals are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite.jpg
Studio album by
Released1984
RecordedNovember 1983 at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin
Genre Noise rock, post-hardcore
Length21:32
Label Bone Air (original release)
Touch & Go (reissue)
Producer Steve Marker, Butch Vig
Killdozer chronology
Intellectuals are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite
(1984)
Snake Boy
(1985)
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Intellectuals Are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite is the debut album by Killdozer. [3] [4] It was originally released in 1984 through Bone Air Records, [5] and reissued in 1989 by Touch & Go Records. [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Maximumrocknroll wrote that "jazzy-metal instrumentation, extremely gruff vocals, and smart-ass lyrics are the hallmarks of this debut." [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Killdozer, except "Run Through the Jungle" by John Fogerty, frontman of Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Man of Meat"2:13
2."Pile Driver"3:52
3."Parade"2:15
4."Farmer Johnson"4:32
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Ed Gein"2:08
2."A Man's Gotta Be a Man"1:43
3."Dead Folks"2:50
4."Run Through the Jungle"3:19

Personnel

Killdozer
Production and additional personnel

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