Turn Me On (album)

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Turn Me On
The Honeymoon Killers - Turn Me On.jpg
Studio album by
Released1987
RecordedFun City
(New York City, NY)
Genre Noise rock, punk blues
Length35:06
Label Buy Our Records
Producer The Honeymoon Killers, Wharton Tiers
The Honeymoon Killers chronology
Let It Breed
(1986)
Turn Me On
(1987)
Take It Off!
(1988)

Turn Me On is the fourth studio album by noise rock band The Honeymoon Killers, released in 1987 by Buy Our Records.

Contents

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Kathleen C. Fennessy of allmusic, seeing Turn Me On as an improvement over the band's previous album, gave the album three out of five stars [1] Critics of the Trouser Press lauded the band's music for "demonstrat[ing] abundant junk-cinema wit" and "show[ing] continued development and structural strength." [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jerry Teel, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Dolly w/a Dick"2:50
2."Choppin' Mall"2:44
3."Flophausen"2:43
4."You Thrill Me"4:37
5."Dazed 'N' Hazey"2:20
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Fingerlickin' Spring Chicken"3:26
2."Das Dum Fuck"4:45
3."Hot Wad of Clay"5:21
4."Octopussy"2:37

Personnel

Adapted from the Turn Me On liner notes. [3]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1987Buy Our Records CS, LP BOR-12-015

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References

  1. 1 2 Fennessy, Kathleen C. "The Honeymoon Killers: Turn Me On > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  2. Leland, John; Robbins, Ira; Sprague, David (2007). "The Honeymoon Killers". Trouser Press . Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  3. Turn Me On (sleeve). The Honeymoon Killers. Vauxhall, New Jersey: Buy Our Records. 1987.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)