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Butthole Surfers Electriclarryland Release Date: 1996 04 zz Label: Capitol Rating:

On Electriclarryland, their second major-label album, the Butthole Surfers continue the streamlined direction they began with Independent Worm Saloon, which basically means it's a loud guitar rock album. Even though there's potential for the record to become unnecessarily generic, it's to the Buttholes' credit that they still have the desire to throw enough bizarre wrenches into the machinery to keep most of their diehard audience satiated. Certainly, Electriclarryland will sound way too tame for fans of Locust Abortion Technican and Hairway to Steven, and they're right, to a certain extent. For listeners accustomed to their unhinged, perverse '80s recordings, there is nothing on this guitar-heavy record to please them. But Electriclarryland is a logical maturation for the band. It's odd to think of the Buttholes maturing, but that is the case with this album. They have a couple of jangly pop numbers that appear to be played relatively straight and the heavier numbers have a piledriving inevitability that make them memorable. In short, Electriclarryland rocks and it rocks hard, with enough energy for bands half of the Buttholes' age. And underneath the seemingly normal surface, the Buttholes have thrown in enough jokes and have twisted around enough clichés to prove that the band may mature, but they'll never really grow up. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Birds	Butthole Surfers	3:10
2	Cough Syrup	Butthole Surfers	4:33
3	Pepper	Butthole Surfers	4:57
4	Thermador	Butthole Surfers	4:35
5	Ulcer Breakout	Butthole Surfers	2:34
6	Jingle of a Dog's Collar	Butthole Surfers	3:08
7	TV Star	Butthole Surfers	3:06
8	My Brother's Wife	Butthole Surfers	5:13
9	Ah Ha	Butthole Surfers	3:31
10	Lord Is a Monkey	Butthole Surfers	4:46
11	Let's Talk About Cars	Butthole Surfers	4:34
12	L.A.	Butthole Surfers	2:46
13	Space	Butthole Surfers	4:25

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Electriclarryland [Clean] Release Date: 1996 Label: Capitol

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