Streetniks

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Streetniks
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Studio album by
Released1986
Genre Jazz/Post-Bop
Label Stubby Records
The Shuffle Demons chronology
Streetniks
(1986)
Bop Rap
(1988)

Streetniks is an album by The Shuffle Demons, recorded over two days. Streetniks sold 15,000 units in Canada, becoming the bestselling independent release in Canadian music history, until Barenaked Ladies broke the record in 1991 with The Yellow Tape .

"Spadina Bus", an ode to the Toronto Transit Commission's Spadina Avenue bus line, was a surprise Top 40 hit for the band. The video for the track "Out of My House, Roach" also received regular airplay on MuchMusic during the late 1980s.

Track listing

  1. The Shuffle Monster (Underhill) – 6:45
  2. Spadina Bus (Parker/Underhill/Wynston/Murley) – 4:35
  3. Gabi's Gimi Suit (Underhill/Wynston/Murley) – 7:26
  4. Out of My House, Roach (Parker) – 5:35
  5. Vitamin K (In Honor of Keith's India Pale Ale) (Parker) – 4:10
  6. The Puker (Turrin/Patry/Underhill) – 5:06
  7. Bag Rot (Murley) – 9:48
  8. Amsterdam Strut (Underhill) – 6:04
  9. Big Daddy, Fat Boy (Underhill) – 7:35
  10. Pie in the Sky (Underhill/Wynston/White/Milligan/Parker/Saar) – 10:45
  11. Low Life (Underhill) – 0:43

Personnel

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