Whereabouts Unknown

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Whereabouts Unknown
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Studio album by
Mojo Nixon
Released1995
Genre
Label Blutarski/Ripe & Ready [1]
Producer Eric Ambel
Mojo Nixon chronology
Otis
(1990)		Whereabouts Unknown
(1995)		Gadzooks!!! The Homemade Bootleg
(1997)

Whereabouts Unknown is an album by the American musician Mojo Nixon, released in 1995. [3] [4] Nixon supported the album by touring with his band, the Toadliquors. [5]

Contents

Production

Whereabouts Unknown was produced by Eric Ambel. [1] Will Rigby played drums on the album. [6] "Tie My Pecker to My Leg" was cowritten with Country Dick Montana. [7] "Girlfriend in a Coma" is a cover of the Smiths' song, with additional lyrics. [8] "My T.V. Is Watchin' Me" was inspired by Bob Stinson. [9]

"Bring Me the Head of David Geffen", a song that appeared on advance copies of the album, was pulled right before the official release. [10] [11] The song later appeared on 1997's Gadzooks!!! The Homemade Bootleg. [12]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]

Trouser Press wrote that "the playing is crisp and perfunctory country-rock; instrumental accuracy is thoroughly wasted on (if not toxic to) a vocalist this instinctual... Fortunately, Mojo is in credibly foul form, and has enough solidly entertaining originals to make his own party happen." [1] The Philadelphia Inquirer called the album "a roots-rock celebration of moral lassitude and the product of a sick mind." [2] The Washington Times considered it "a blues-country mix that sounds like Muddy Waters and Ernest Tubb together on a bad hair day." [15]

The Boston Globe deemed Nixon "a human gutterball, a strummin', cussin', frat-party for punks." [16] The San Diego Union-Tribune noted that "Nixon has assembled a ruckus of a band that can swing and swagger along to his fabulously gruff, shag carpet of a voice." [8] The Richmond Times-Dispatch labeled Nixon "the record industry's most beloved degenerate," writing that the album is "as politically incorrect as ever." [17] The Fort Worth Star-Telegram praised the "crack garage/roots band chugging behind [Nixon]." [13]

AllMusic wrote: "Nixon's humor remained as sophomoric as it was politically incorrect. As usual, he was pretty funny the first time around, though." [18]

Track listing

Whereabouts Unknown track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Gotta Be Free" 
2."Not as Much as Football" 
3."Mr. Correct (Don't Tell Me What to Do)" 
4."Buck Up & Stop Your Whinin'" 
5."My Free Will Just Ain't Willin'" 
6."Girlfriend in a Coma" 
7."The Pleasurelegience" 
8."Don't Ask Me Why I Drink" 
9."My T.V. Is Watchin' Me" 
10."Take a Look in My Eyes" 
11."Tie My Pecker to My Leg" 
12."You Can't Kill Me" 
13."If I Can Dream" 

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mojo Nixon". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Sherr, Sara (April 7, 1995). "Mojo Nixon will be preaching a rather more depraved gospel...". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 15.
  3. ↑ "Mojo Nixon Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ Buckley, Peter (March 14, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides.
  5. ↑ Logan, Neill (March 30, 1995). "Nothing's sacred for Mojo Nixon". St. Petersburg Times. p. 2B.
  6. ↑ "His Mojoness returns". Weekender. The Columbus Dispatch. April 13, 1995. p. 8.
  7. ↑ "Record Reviews". The Austin Chronicle.
  8. 1 2 Hantman, C.G. (March 23, 1995). "Whereabouts Unknown Mojo Nixon". Entertainment. The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. 18.
  9. ↑ Walsh, Jim (April 21, 1995). "Rock Maverick Mojo Nixon Puts the I in Iconoclast". St. Paul Pioneer Press. p. 4D.
  10. ↑ Pollack, Marc (February 5, 1995). "Did Mojo Nixon lose his head?". The Province. p. B9.
  11. ↑ Gundersen, Edna (February 13, 1995). "Mojo Nixon nixes song about Geffen". USA Today. p. 2D.
  12. ↑ Newman, Melinda (January 18, 1997). "Mojo Working". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 3. p. 12.
  13. 1 2 Ferman, Dave (August 11, 1995). "Mojo Nixon, Whereabouts Unknown". Star Time. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 11.
  14. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 820.
  15. ↑ Outerbridge, Laura (April 7, 1995). "Mojo Nixon speaks his mind". The Washington Times. p. C15.
  16. ↑ Sullivan, Jim (April 20, 1995). "Mojo still workin'". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 23.
  17. ↑ McLeod, Harriet (April 6, 1995). "Mojo Nixon Comes to Flood Zone Direct from Not Opening for Elvis". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. D8.
  18. ↑ "Whereabouts Unknown". AllMusic.
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