Butch (album)

Butch is the second and final studio album by American alternative country band The Geraldine Fibbers. It was released on July 1, 1997.

Butch
Studio album by The Geraldine Fibbers
Released	July 1, 1997
Recorded	December 1996
Studio	The Sound Factory, Los Angeles
Genre	Alternative country, alternative rock, punk rock
Length	50:49
Label	Virgin
Producer	Steve Fisk, The Geraldine Fibbers
The Geraldine Fibbers chronology
What Part of Get Thee Gone Don't You Understand? (1997) Butch (1997)
Singles from Butch
"California Tuffy" Released: June 1997

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Austin Chronicle	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
NME	7/10[6]
Pitchfork	8.5/10[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Spin	9/10[9]

The album was recorded in December 1996 by John Goodmanson at The Sound Factory studios, in Los Angeles, California. The recording was mixed March–April 1997 at Brooklyn Recording, Los Angeles by Sally Browder assisted by Ronnie Rivera.[10]

"California Tuffy" was released as a promotional music video and single. In the music video, Carla Bozulich uses a black cat puppet to lip synch the song while she and the band destroy furniture and set things on fire.

Spin magazine named Butch to their best albums of 1997 list.[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"California Tuffy"	Carla Bozulich	3:17
2.	"Toybox"	Bozulich, William Tutton, Kevin Fitzgerald, Daniel Keenan	3:11
3.	"I Killed the Cuckoo"	Bozulich, Fitzgerald, Tutton	2:10
4.	"Trashman in Furs"	Bozulich, Tutton, Jessy Greene	3:43
5.	"Swim Back to Me"	Bozulich, Fitzgerald	3:25
6.	"Seven or in 10"	Bozulich, Nels Cline	2:26
7.	"Claudine"	The Geraldine Fibbers	2:19
8.	"Folks Like Me"	Bozulich	3:30
9.	"Pet Angel"	Bozulich, Tutton, Greene	3:39
10.	"Butch"	Bozulich, Cline	6:09
11.	"Arrow to My Drunken Eye"	Bozulich, Greene	6:32
12.	"You Doo Right"	Can	5:20
13.	"The Dwarf Song"	Bozulich	5:12
14.	"Heliotrope"	Bozulich	6:11

Personnel

The Geraldine Fibbers

• Carla Bozulich – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, music box, glockenspiel, loops
• Nels Cline – guitar electric, 12 string guitar, slide guitar, bass guitar, calliope, organ
• Kevin Fitzgerald – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, vocals
• Jessy Greene – viola, violin, vocals
• William Tutton – acoustic bass, electric bass, cello, piano

Additional musicians

• Steve Fisk – celeste, optigan

References

1. Raggett, Ned. "Butch – The Geraldine Fibbers". AllMusic. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
2. Bertin, Michael (July 25, 1997). "The Geraldine Fibbers: Butch (Virgin)". The Austin Chronicle. Archived from the original on April 2, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
3. Kot, Greg (July 18, 1997). "Geraldine Fibbers: Butch (Virgin)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
4. Brunner, Rob (July 11, 1997). "Butch". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
5. Cromelin, Richard (June 29, 1997). "The Geraldine Fibbers, 'Butch,' Virgin". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
6. Mulvey, John (October 11, 1997). "The Geraldine Fibbers – Butch". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
7. Coyle, James. "Geraldine Fibbers: Butch". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 4, 2001. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
8. Fine, Jason (August 7, 1997). "The Geraldine Fibbers: Butch". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 7, 2002. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
9. Vowell, Sarah (August 1997). "Geraldine Fibbers: Butch". Spin. 13 (5): 112. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
10. Butch (CD). The Geraldine Fibbers. Los Angeles: Virgin Records. 1997. CDVUS-133.CS1 maint: others (link)
11. Best Albums of 1997, Spin Magazine

External links

• Allmusic: Butch - The Geraldine Fibbers