Electriclarryland

Electriclarryland is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Butthole Surfers, released on May 6, 1996, by Capitol Records. This album brought Butthole Surfers their first Top-40 hit with "Pepper". The album was certified gold by the RIAA on August 20, 1996. The title of this album is a parody of Jimi Hendrix's third studio album entitled Electric Ladyland. This is the second time the band has used a parody title for one of their releases. The first was Hairway to Steven, which references the song "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin. The album's original title was going to be Oklahoma!, but fearing lawsuits, Capitol forced the band to change the name.

Album cover

The album cover, drawn by Paul Mavrides, is a cartoon of a man's ear being impaled by a pencil. The same artwork, without text and in monochrome, was previously published in the 1994 surreal humor book Revelation X: The "Bob" Apocryphon, published by satirical religious group the Church of the SubGenius, of which Mavrides was a founding member. The clean version of the album, as well as Japanese editions, replace it with a photograph of a prairie dog taken from the inside jacket; a detail of the same photo, zoomed in on the animal's face, was earlier used as the cover for the "Pepper" single. ==Critical reception==

Critical reception

The album received mixed reviews from critics. ==Track listing==

Track listing

All songs written by the Butthole Surfers. ==Personnel==

Personnel

Butthole Surfers • Gibby Haynes – vocals, keyboards • Paul Leary – guitar, bass (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 11 and 13), production, mixing • King Coffey – drums Additional personnel • Andrew Weiss – bass (tracks 4, 6, 7, 9, 10) • Bill Carter – bass (tracks 2 and 12) • John Hagen – cello (track 2) • Fooch – pedal steel guitar (track 7) • Mark Eddinger – keyboards (track 3) • Danno Saratak – drum programming (tracks 3 and 10) Technical personnel • Steve Thompson – production • Christopher Shaw – engineer, mixing • Stuart Sullivan – engineer, mixing • Paul Mavrides – illustrations, cover design, cover art • Will Van Overbeek – photography • Tommy Steele – art direction • Wendy Dougan – art direction, design ==Charts==

Charts

Weekly charts Year-end charts Singles ==Certifications==

Source: Wikipedia ↗

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