The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move... It's the Infectious Grooves

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The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move... It's the Infectious Grooves
Infectious the plague.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 9, 1991
Recorded1991
Genre Funk metal [1]
Length44:42
Label Epic
Producer Mark Dodson, Mike Muir, Robert Trujillo
Infectious Grooves chronology
The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move... It's the Infectious Grooves
(1991)
Sarsippius' Ark
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move... It's the Infectious Grooves is the debut album by Infectious Grooves, released in 1991. The song "Therapy" featured vocals from Ozzy Osbourne. The album introduces the character Sarsippius.

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Reception

Some of the songs received airplay on MTV, including "Therapy" and "Punk It Up". Steve Huey from AllMusic praised the album, calling it "an unabashed good-time party record". The album charted at 198 on the Billboard 200 and 6 on the Billboard Heatseekers.

Track listing

  1. "Punk It Up" (Muir/Trujillo) – 3:51
  2. "Therapy" (Muir/Trujillo) – 3:25
  3. "I Look Funny?" (Muir/Sarsippius) – 0:26
  4. "Stop Funk'n with My Head" (Dunn/Muir/Trujillo) – 3:23
  5. "I'm Gonna Be My King" (Dunn/Muir/Trujillo) – 5:23
  6. "Closed Session" (Muir/Sarsippius) – 1:19
  7. "Infectious Grooves" (Dunn/Muir/Trujillo) – 4:13
  8. "Infectious Blues" (Muir/Trujillo) – 0:43
  9. "Monster Skank" (Muir/Trujillo) – 3:42
  10. "Back to the People" (Infectious Grooves) – 2:46
  11. "Turn Your Head" (Muir/Sarsippius) – 1:19
  12. "You Lie...And Yo Breath Stank" (Muir/Trujillo) – 2:55
  13. "Do the Sinister" (Muir/Trujillo) – 4:15
  14. "Mandatory Love Song" (Muir) – 0:09
  15. "Infecto Groovalistic" (Muir/Trujillo) – 5:05
  16. "Thanx But No Thanx" (Muir/Sarsippius) – 1:54

Credits

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 198
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [4] 6

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