The Sacrilicious Sounds of the Supersuckers

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The Sacrilicious Sounds of the Supersuckers
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 8, 1995
RecordedArlyn Recording Studio, Austin, Texas
Genre Rock
Length40:22
Label Sub Pop [1]
Producer Paul Leary [2]
The Supersuckers chronology
La Mano Cornuda
(1994)
The Sacrilicious Sounds of the Supersuckers
(1995)
Must've Been High
(1997)
Professional ratings
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The Sacrilicious Sounds of the Supersuckers is the third studio album by the American rock band the Supersuckers. [2] It was released on August 8, 1995, on Sub Pop.

Contents

The word sacrilicious is a portmanteau of sacrilegious and delicious. It was popularized in "Homer Loves Flanders", a 1994 episode of the television series The Simpsons .

Track listing

  1. "Bad, Bad, Bad" – 2:20
  2. "Born with a Tail" – 3:15
  3. "The 19th Most Powerful Woman in Rock" – 2:53
  4. "Doublewide" – 2:17
  5. "Bad Dog" – 3:50
  6. "Money into Sin" – 2:15
  7. "Marie" – 3:26
  8. "The Thing About That" – 2:19
  9. "Ozzy" – 2:34
  10. "Run Like a Motherfucker" (Rick Sims Vox) – 2:23
  11. "Hittin' the Gravel" – 2:23
  12. "Stoned If You Want It" – 2:11
  13. "My Victim" – 3:55
  14. "Don't Go Blue" – 4:20

Personnel

Supersuckers
Production and additional personnel

Paul Leary – production

Notes

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