Electriclarryland
	Produced by Paul Leary, Steve Thompson
	Released on May 6, 1996
	US CHART POSITION #31 . . . GOLD RECORD
	Find it at GEMM
CDP 529842 cover [high resolution scan]

T he trouble with being ahead of your time is that time has a way of catching up with you. And so the hallucinogenic strangeness of Butthole Surfers, shocking in 1986, had worn off some in 1996 when Electriclarryland was released. Alternative rock was the new norm, and in such an upside-down world it was only logical that Electriclarryland would be a Top 40 album. Long-suffering fans didn’t like the new math; they smelled a sell out, took their boards and went home. The real heroes of this story are the MTV generation and their Alternative aesthetics. Their spumescent waves of adulation, usually lasting for fifteen minutes, lifted the likes of Primus, Butthole Surfers and White Zombie into the pubic eye. All of this on the Butthole’s behalf for one little song, “Pepper.” Mixing rap and psychedelic fuzz rock, “Pepper” was an accident waiting to happen, and when it did people couldn’t help but slow down and look at it. Of course, longtime fans had been watching the Surfers perform open-heart surgery for years, so “Pepper” was hardly a distraction. “The Lord Is A Monkey,” “Birds,” “L.A.,” now that’s more like it: demonic, demented, delicious. In defense of the those who cried “smell out,” I’ll concede that Electriclarryland doesn’t push so many (brown) buttons as it might. But as “TV Star” shows, the band can be even creepier when they’re pretending to be normal. If you really want to ride with Butthole Surfers, think Psychic or go Locust. And bring a clean pair of underwear; you’re gonna need that.

CDP 529842 back sleeve

TRACK LISTING

1. BIRDS
2. COUGH SYRUP
3. PEPPER
4. THERMADOR
5. ULCER BREAKOUT
6. JINGLE OF A DOG'S COLLAR
7. TV STAR
8. MY BROTHER'S WIFE
9. AH HA
10. THE LORD IS A MONKEY
11. LET'S TALK ABOUT CARS
12. L.A.
13. SPACE
    
    All songs written by Butthole Surfers

CREDITS

KING COFFEY --
GIBBY HAYNES --
PAUL LEARY -- mixing
Bill Carter -- bass guitar (2,12)
Mark Eddinger -- keyboards (3)
Fooch -- peddle steele guitar (7)
John Hagen -- cello (2)
Danno Saratak -- drum programming (3,10)
Andrew Weiss -- bass guitar
Stuart Sullivan -- engineer, mixing
Chris Shaw -- engineer, mixing
Paul Mayrides -- front cover & inlay illustration
Will Van Overbeek -- photography
Tommy Steele -- art direction
Wendy Dougan -- art direction & design

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