Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac | ||||
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Released | December 1984 (US) July 1985 (UK) | |||
Recorded | 1984 | |||
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Length | 35:04 | |||
Label | Touch and Go (US) Fundamental (UK) Latino Buggerveil (reissue) | |||
Producer | Butthole Surfers | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Robert Christgau | B+ [3] |
Rolling Stone | [4] |
Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac is the debut studio album by American rock band Butthole Surfers,released in December 1984 by Touch and Go Records in America and Fundamental Records in England. All songs were written and produced by the Butthole Surfers.
This was Butthole Surfers' first album on Touch and Go,and was originally released on clear vinyl. It was reissued on Latino Buggerveil in 1999.
The album's back cover and label photos were produced by artist Michael Macioce. [5]
According to guitarist Paul Leary,Psychic... was recorded in a very substandard studio. Leary also claims he and Haynes were living in a tool shed at the time of the sessions. [6]
Butthole Surfers weren't under contract to any record label when they recorded this album. Upon its completion they offered it to Alternative Tentacles,who had released the band's first two EPs but could not afford to distribute the new project. [7] This,combined with questions the group had regarding Alternative Tentacles' handling of royalties from the band’s self-titled debut and the Live PCPPEP ,resulted in the album ultimately being released on Touch and Go. [8]
All songs written and produced by Butthole Surfers.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Concubine" | 2:27 |
2. | "Eye of the Chicken" | 1:36 |
3. | "Dum Dum" | 3:47 |
4. | "Woly Boly" | 2:45 |
5. | "Negro Observer" (CD/LP versions only) | 3:39 |
6. | "Butthole Surfer" | 3:02 |
No. | Title | Length |
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7. | "Lady Sniff" | 3:45 |
8. | "Cherub" | 6:22 |
9. | "Mexican Caravan" | 2:46 |
10. | "Cowboy Bob" | 2:55 |
11. | "Gary Floyd" | 1:56 |
Total length: | 35:04 |
Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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UK Indie Chart [9] | 12 |
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