Electriclarryland

Electriclarryland
Studio album by
Butthole Surfers
ReleasedMay 6, 1996
Genre
Length51:22
LabelCapitol
Producer
Butthole Surfers chronology
The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt
(1995) 		Electriclarryland
(1996) 		Weird Revolution
(2001)
Alternative cover art
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
NME2/10[4]
Pitchfork8.0/10[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Spin7/10[7]

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.[8] 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.[9]

Although the album has no Parental Advisory label, it was also released in a "clean" version with profanities removed, an alternate album cover, and the band being credited as "B***H*** Surfers".

The song "The Lord Is a Monkey" was featured in two 1996 films, an alternate "Rock Version" in the Beavis and Butt-head Do America soundtrack and the original in Black Sheep. Additionally, the band performed "Ulcer Breakout" on an episode of The Larry Sanders Show.

The basic recordings were made at Paul Leary's house in Austin, Texas, at Arlyn Studios, also in Austin, and Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York. Mixing and mastering was done at Ocean Way Recording in Los Angeles, California.[10]

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Butthole Surfers Electriclarryland Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  3. ^ Wiederhorn, Jon (June 21, 1996). "Electriclarryland". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 8, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  4. ^ Perry, John (August 17, 2000). "Electriclarryland". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Josephes, Jason (August 16, 2000). "Butthole Surfers: Electriclarryland: Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved October 2, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Young, Charles M. (2004). "Butthole Surfers". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698.
  7. ^ Michel, Sia (June 1996). "Records". Spin. pp. 111–2. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  8. ^ "Searchable Database - Search: Electriclarryland". RIAA. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  9. ^ "Butthole Surfers – The Anal Obsession". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
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