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| Butthole Surfers | ||||
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| Released | July 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1982–1983 San Antonio, Texas | |||
| Studio | BOSS Studios | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 18:36 | |||
| Label | Alternative Tentacles | |||
| Producer | Butthole Surfers, Mike Taylor | |||
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| Back cover | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Brown_Reason_to_Live.jpg) Later editions of Alternative Tentacles' 12-inch vinyl version of Butthole Surfers' debut EP include the words "Brown Reason to Live" on the cover. | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Austin Chronicle | [5] |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.2/10[6] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[3] |
| Rolling Stone | [2] |
| Sputnikmusic |  [4] |
| Trouser Press | favorable[7] |
Butthole Surfers is the debut studio EP by American rock band Butthole Surfers, released in July 1983. It is also known as Brown Reason to Live and Pee Pee the Sailor (see "Title controversy"). All songs were written and produced by Butthole Surfers.
The album was originally released on Alternative Tentacles. The center label on vinyl printings invited listeners to play the record at 69 RPM, a joke referencing the famous sex position. The album's back cover features a mildly distorted image of famed Mexican luchador Santo. Kurt Cobain listed the EP in his top fifty albums of all time.[8][9]
- ^ Huey, Steve. "allmusic ((( Brown Reason to Live > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan. "Butthole Surfers". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 123, cited March 17, 2010
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Butthole Surfers". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 17, 2010.
- ^ "Butthole Surfers - Butthole Surfers (album review ) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com.
- ^ "Butthole Surfers: Butthole Surfers + Live PCPPEP Album Review". www.austinchronicle.com.
- ^ "Butthole Surfers: Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP". Pitchfork.
- ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Butthole Surfers". trouserpress.com.
- ^ "Top 50 by Nirvana [MIXTAPE]". Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ Cross; Gaar; Gendron; Martens; Yarm (2013). Nirvana: The Complete Illustrated History. Voyageur Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7603-4521-4.