The Incredible Shrinking Dickies

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The Incredible Shrinking Dickies
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Studio album by
The Dickies
ReleasedFebruary 1979
Genre Punk rock, pop punk, new wave
Length26:55
Label A&M
Producer John Hewlett
The Dickies chronology
The Incredible Shrinking Dickies
(1979)		 Dawn of the Dickies
(1979)
Professional ratings
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Christgau's Record Guide C [2]

The Incredible Shrinking Dickies is the debut studio album by the California punk band The Dickies. [3] [4] It peaked at #18 on the UK album charts. [4] The album includes the group's cover of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid," which reached No. 45 in the UK charts in July 1979. It was pressed on four different colors of vinyl (blue, yellow, orange, black).

Contents

The album was produced by John Hewlett, who in the late 1960s was a member of the UK garagepunk quartet John's Children.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Give It Back"Lee, Phillips, Huffsteter1:41
2."Poodle Party"Kaballero1:09
3."Paranoid" Iommi, Osbourne, Ward, Butler 2:04
4."She"Boyce, Hart1:36
5."Shadow Man"Lee, Ian Ainsworth2:04
6."Mental Ward"Lee, Club, Glibb1:49
7."Eve Of Destruction"Sloan1:57
8."You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)"Lee, Wagon1:50
9."Waterslide"Lee, Phillips2:32
10."Walk Like An Egg"Lee, Wilde2:21
11."Curb Job"Lee, Wilde2:36
12."Shake & Bake"Huffsteter1:56
13."Rondo (The Midgets Revenge)"Phillips3:12
CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."I'm Ok, You're Ok"Lee, Club, Goddard2:10
15."Silent Night"Traditional: Arr. The Dickies2:17
16."Sounds of Silence"Simon1:35
17."Banana Splits"Adams, Barkon1:54
18."Hideous"Lee, Club, Goddard1:13
19."Got It at the Store"Goddard, Lee1:41

Personnel

Production:

References

  1. ↑ "The Incredible Shrinking Dickies - the Dickies | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ "Dickies".
  4. 1 2 Thompson, Dave (June 29, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306076 – via Google Books.


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