Electriclarryland

Electriclarryland is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Butthole Surfers, released May 6, 1996. 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]

Electriclarryland
Studio album by Butthole Surfers
Released	May 6, 1996
Genre	Alternative rock psychedelic rock
Length	51:22
Label	Capitol
Producer	Paul Leary Steve Thompson
Butthole Surfers chronology
The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt (1995) Electriclarryland (1996) Weird Revolution (2001)
Alternative cover art

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B[3]
NME	2/10[4]
Pitchfork	8.0/10[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Spin	7/10[7]

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]

Album cover

The album cover depicts a man's eardrum being impaled by a pencil. The original album artwork was inspired by the 1974 Hi-Fi murders. It was then replaced by a cover depicting a prairie dog due to the graphic image.

Critical reception

Plugged In (Focus on the Family) was not enthusiastic about the album; reviewer Bob Waliszewski wrote, "Psychotic musings or drug-induced absurdity? Hard to say for sure," and added "with the group’s sick moniker...Don't let teens visit Electriclarryland."[11]

Track listing

All songs written by the Butthole Surfers.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Birds"	3:10
2.	"Cough Syrup"	4:33
3.	"Pepper"	4:57
4.	"Thermador"	4:35
5.	"Ulcer Breakout"	2:34
6.	"Jingle of a Dog's Collar"	3:08
7.	"TV Star"	3:06
8.	"My Brother's Wife"	5:13
9.	"Ah Ha"	3:31
10.	"The Lord Is a Monkey"	4:46
11.	"Let's Talk About Cars"	4:34
12.	"L.A."	2:46
13.	"Space"	4:25

Personnel

Butthole Surfers

• Gibby Haynes – vocals, keyboards
• Paul Leary – producer, guitar, mixing, bass
• 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)
• Steve Thompson – producer
• 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

Album

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12]	23
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13]	24
US Billboard 200[14]	31

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1996	"Pepper"	US Mainstream Rock Tracks	19
		US Modern Rock Tracks	1
		US Top 40 Mainstream	38

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References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Butthole Surfers Electriclarryland Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
2. Larkin, Colin (2011-05-27). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
3. Wiederhorn, Jon (1996-06-21). "Electriclarryland". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
4. Perry, John (2000-08-17). "Electriclarryland". NME. Archived from the original on 2000-08-17.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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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 2018-10-07.
8. "Searchable Database - Search: Electriclarryland". RIAA. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
9. Butthole Surfers - The Anal Obsession
10. Burns, James (2015). Let's Go to Hell: Scattered Memories of the Butthole Surfers (1st ed.). Sugerties, NY: Cheap Drugs (CD09). p. 383. ISBN 978-0-578-16439-7.
11. "Electriclarryland". Plugged In. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
12. "Australiancharts.com – Butthole Surfers – Electriclarryland". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
13. "Charts.nz – Butthole Surfers – Electriclarryland". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
14. "Butthole Surfers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2020.