STP Not LSD

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STP Not LSD
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Studio album by
Released1988
RecordedNovember–December 1987
StudioPenguin Studios, Glendale, California
Genre Punk rock, garage punk
Length23:24
Label PVC
Producer Bill Inglot
Angry Samoans chronology
Yesterday Started Tomorrow
(1987)
STP Not LSD
(1988)
Return to Samoa
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Kerrang! 4.75/5 [4]

STP Not LSD is the third album by the American punk rock band Angry Samoans, released in 1988 on PVC Records. The album was re-issued in 1990 by Triple X Records.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
  1. "I Lost (My Mind)" (Mike Saunders, Gregg Turner) – 1:57
  2. "Wild Hog Rhyde" (Saunders, Turner) – 2:07
  3. "Laughing at Me" (Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith) – 1:47
  4. "STP Not LSD" (Saunders) – 2:05
  5. "Staring at the Sun" (Saunders) – 1:36
  6. "Death of Beewak" (Todd Homer, Saunders) – 2:07
Side two
  1. "Egyptomania" (Homer, Turner) – 1:37
  2. "Attack of the Mushroom People" (Saunders) – 2:44
  3. "Feet on the Ground" (Homer) – 1:18
  4. "Garbage Pit" (Saunders) – 1:40
  5. "(I'll Drink to This) Love Song" (Saunders) – 2:04
  6. "Lost Highway" (Saunders) – 2:25

Personnel

Angry Samoans
Production

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