Metaphysical Graffiti
Metaphysical Graffiti is the fifth studio album by The Dead Milkmen, released by Enigma Records in 1990.[4][5] The album title and cover art parody the 1975 album Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin.[6] Two tracks ("Do the Brown Nose" and "If You Love Somebody, Set Them on Fire") appear on Death Rides a Pale Cow.
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Released | July 1, 1990 | |||
Recorded | February 1989 - January 1990 | |||
Genre | Punk rock, comedy rock | |||
Length | 52:09 | |||
Label | Enigma Records[1] | |||
Producer | Brian "Bongwizard" Beattie[2] | |||
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Gibby Haynes, of Butthole Surfers, appears on "Anderson, Walkman, Buttholes and How!"[1]
Critical reception
People wrote: "When the Milkmen played their first punk parodies in the mid-1980s, they sounded appropriately fresh. Now they sometimes seem to be as dated as the music they ridicule."[7]
Track listing
All songs written by The Dead Milkmen
- "Beige Sunshine" – 3:37
- "Do the Brown Nose" – 4:41
- "Methodist Coloring Book" – 2:38
- "Part 3" – 2:20
- "I Tripped Over the Ottoman" – 3:05
- "The Big Sleazy" – 4:08
- "If You Love Somebody, Set Them on Fire" – 2:01
- "Dollar Signs in Her Eyes" – 3:37
- "In Praise of Sha Na Na" – 3:25
- "Epic Tales of Adventure" – 2:55
- "I Hate You, I Love You" – 1:58
- "Now Everybody’s Me" – 3:55
- "Little Man in My Head" – 3:48
- "Anderson, Walkman, Buttholes and How!" – 3:25
- "Cousin Earl" - 6:36
References
- "TrouserPress.com :: Dead Milkmen". www.trouserpress.com.
- Staff, Parry Gettelman of The Sentinel. "DON'T HAVE A COW, MAN, IT'S JUST THE DEAD MILKMEN". OrlandoSentinel.com.
- Metaphysical Graffiti at AllMusic
- LLC, SPIN Media (June 29, 1990). "Spilled Milkmen". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC – via Google Books.
- "Picks and Pans Review: Metaphysical Graffiti". PEOPLE.com.
- Auxier, Randall E. (May 22, 2017). Metaphysical Graffiti: Deep Cuts in the Philosophy of Rock. Open Court Publishing. ISBN 9780812699692 – via Google Books.
- "Picks and Pans Review: Metaphysical Graffiti".
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