TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse

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TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse
Various Artists - TV Terror.jpg
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1997 (1997-09-23)
Genre Industrial rock, electro-industrial
Length103:13
Label Re-Constriction
Re-Constriction Records V/A chronology
Built for Stomping
(1997)		TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse
(1997)		 Got Moose?
(1997)

TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse is a various artists compilation album released on September 23, 1997 by Re-Constriction Records. [1] [2] The idea came to fruition when Permission founder Jayson Elliot discovered Monochrome - A Tribute to the Sisters of Mercy via a car ride through Chicago in June 1994 and compiled the music on the second disc. Its release was the cause of the first utterance of the word "felch" on national television when Kurt Loder reported its release on MTV News. [3] [4]

Contents

Reception

Aiding & Abetting said "there are more good shots than bad ones. This is one of those pseudo-tribute albums that actually works, mostly because the artists involved didn't feel constrained by convention." [5] Lex Marburger of Lollipop Magazine praised the tracks for the "way they hit you, make you shudder or howl with laughter, then depart before they get tiresome." [6] Jeff Stark of SF Weekly gave the album a positive review. [7]

A critic at Black Monday was largely negative towards the compilation, noting the covers by Numb and Alien Sex Fiend as being highlights but saying "TV Terror is to be taken lightly, with most of the music lacking in quality and merit." [8] Sonic Boom criticized the inconsistent production while noting "there are quite a handful of selections on both discs which should both amuse and incite you to go postal near the neighborhood kids." [9]

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Felix the Wonderful Cat" Winston Sharples Collide 2:17
2."Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (Won't You Be My Neighbor?)" Fred Rogers Numb 1:50
3."Laverne & Shirley (Making Our Dreams Come True)" (Cyndi Grecco cover) Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel Alien Faktor & Pain Station2:46
4."Mary Tyler Moore" Sonny Curtis Institute of Technology3:03
5."Happy Days" (Pratt & McClain cover) Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel Christ Analogue 2:00
6."Love Boat" (Jack Jones cover) Charles Fox, Paul Williams 16volt 4:00
7."Addams Family" Vic Mizzy 29 Died3:50
8."Charles in Charge"Al Burton, Michael Jacobs, David Kurtz, Shandi Sinnamon The Electric Hellfire Club 1:55
9."One Day at a Time" Jeff Barry, Nancy Barry Kevorkian Death Cycle 2:46
10."X Files" Mark Snow Battery 3:27
11."Facts of Life"Al Burton, Gloria Loring, Alan Thicke Hate Dept. 1:27
12."Magnum, P.I." Pete Carpenter, Mike Post, Ian Freebairn-Smith Coin of the Realm2:34
13."Three's Company"Don Nicholl, Joe Raposo Terminal 462:36
14."Dark Shadows" Bob Cobert Oneiroid Psychosis 4:31
15."Brady Bunch" Sherwood Schwartz, Frank De Vol Idiot Stare2:25
16."Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)" (Waylon Jennings cover) Waylon Jennings Pinchpoint3:41
17."WKRP in Cincinnati"Tom Wells, Hugh Wilson apolitiq 2:43
18."Speed Racer"Nobuyoshi Koshibe, Yoshida YoshiyukiSweat Engine1:19
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Twin Peaks" Angelo Badalamenti Liquid Sex Decay 3:59
2."The Jeffersons (Movin on Up)" Jeff Barry, Ja'Net DuBois cut.rate.box 2:15
3."Scooby Doo" Joseph Barbera, Hoyt Curtin, William Hanna Loretta's Doll3:36
4."Welcome Back Kotter (Welcome Back)" (John Sebastian cover) John Sebastian Kill Switch...Klick 2:59
5."Batman" Neal Hefti Alien Sex Fiend 3:55
6."Fat Albert" Bill Cosby, Samuel Denoff, Jack Elliott, William Allan Persky haloblack 4:19
7."Creature Feature (Experiment in Terror)" Henry Mancini Stone 5882:09
8."Ballad of Gilligan's Island"Sherwood Schwartz, George Wyle Ikon 4:00
9."Baretta (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow)"Morgan Ames, Dave Grusin Ex-Voto 2:14
10."Star Trek" Alexander Courage Lick3:37
11."Spiderman"Bob Harris, Dana Kaproff, Stu Phillips Wreckage1:48
12."Outer Limits" Dominic Frontiere Coin of the Realm4:06
13."Dynasty" Bill Conti Triple Point3:35
14."Knight Rider"Glen A. Larson, Stu Phillips Dystopia One2:27
15."And Then There's Maude" Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Dave Grusin The Thessalonian Dope Gods1:40
16."Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" Barry White Sullen4:02
17."Muppet Show" Jim Henson, Sam Pottle My Glass Beside Yours1:30
18."Josie & The Pussycats" Joseph Barbera, Hoyt Curtin, William Hanna Sofia Run1:48

Accolades

YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank
1997 CMJ New Music Monthly United States"RPM"11 [10]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Personnel

Adapted from the TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse liner notes. [3]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1997 Re-Constriction CD REC-032

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References

  1. ↑ "Various Artists: TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  2. ↑ Moose (November 10, 1997). "Dialogue". CMJ New Music Monthly . CMJ Network, Inc. 52 (545): 48. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  3. 1 2 TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse (booklet). Various artists. San Diego, California: Re-Constriction Records. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ Elliot, Jayson (April 2000). "Various Artists: TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse". Permission . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ Worley, Jon (October 13, 1997). "Various Artists: TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse". Aiding & Abetting (145). Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  6. ↑ Marburger, Lex (March 1, 1999). "Various Artists: TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse". Lollipop Magazine. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  7. ↑ Stark, Jeff (December 24, 1997). "Various Artists: TV Terror". SF Weekly . Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  8. ↑ Miles, Larry (1997). "Various Artists: TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse" (PDF). Black Monday (7). Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  9. ↑ Christian, Chris (1998). "Various Artists: TV Terror". Sonic Boom. 5 (9). Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  10. ↑ "RPM". CMJ New Music Monthly . CMJ Network, Inc. 52 (545): 31. November 10, 1997. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
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