Take It Off!

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Take It Off!
The Honeymoon Killers - Take It Off.jpg
EP by
Released1988
RecordedJuly 9, 1988 (1988-07-09)
StudioFun City
(New York City, NY)
Genre Noise rock, punk blues
Length20:07
Label Buy Our Records
Producer The Honeymoon Killers, Wharton Tiers
The Honeymoon Killers chronology
Turn Me On
(1987)
Take It Off!
(1988)
'Til Death Do Us Part
(1990)
Professional ratings
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Take It Off! is an EP by noise rock band The Honeymoon Killers, released in 1988 by Buy Our Records. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jerry Teel, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Love Bandit"3:50
2."Hard Life"3:13
3."I'm Glad My Baby's Gone"3:00
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Smotherly Love"3:30
2."Too Much!"3:33
3."The Sexorcist"6:01
CD issue
No.TitleLength
1."Love Bandit"3:49
2."Hard Life"3:14
3."I'm Glad My Baby's Gone"3:04
4."Hanky Panky"7:20
5."Smotherly Love"3:35
6."Too Much!"3:36
7."The Sexorcist"6:06
8."Dazed 'N' Hazey"2:24

Personnel

Adapted from the Take It Off! liner notes. [3]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1988Buy Our Records CS, LP BOR-12-021
Europe1989CD, LPBORE 8901

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References

  1. "The Honeymoon Killers: Take It Off > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  2. Leland, John; Robbins, Ira; Sprague, David (2007). "The Honeymoon Killers". Trouser Press . Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  3. Take It Off! (sleeve). The Honeymoon Killers. Vauxhall, New Jersey: Buy Our Records. 1988.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)