''Back from Samoa'' is the debut full-length

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by the American punk rock band

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. It was released in 1982 on

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Production

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Critical reception

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'' wrote that "the brief, well-played songs on ''Back From Samoa'' have cool titles ... but the lyrics are rarely as clever." ''

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'' called the album "hilarious," writing that it "rocks like a spastic colon." The ''

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'' wrote that "the extremism of this viciously witty, explosive thrash is compelling, perhaps because it's rooted in self-hatred."

Track listing

# "Gas Chamber" – 1:02 ( "Metal Mike" Saunders/Gregg Turner) # "The Todd Killings" – 0:38 (Saunders/Turner) # "Lights Out" – 0:52 (Saunders/Turner) # "My Old Man's a Fatso" – 1:32 (Saunders) # "Time Has Come Today" – 2:07 (Joseph Chambers/Willie Chambers) # "They Saved Hitler's Cock" – 1:40 (Jeff Dahl/Todd Homer/Turner) # "Homo-Sexual" – 0:52 (J. Falwell) # "Steak Knife" – 1:00 (Saunders/Turner) # "Haizman's Brain Is Calling" – 1:56 (Saunders/Turner) # "Tuna Taco" – 0:38 (Homer) # "Coffin Case" – 0:39 (Saunders) # "You Stupid Jerk" – 0:23 (Saunders) # "Ballad of Jerry Curlan" – 3:08 (P.J. Galligan/Turner/Bill Vockeroth) # "Not of This Earth" – 1:11 (Saunders/Turner)

Personnel

* "Metal Mike" Saunders - vocals, guitar * Gregg Turner - vocals, guitar * P.J. Galligan - guitar * Todd Homer - bass guitar, vocals * Bill Vockeroth - drums * Ronn Spencer - album design

References

{{Authority control 1982 debut albums Angry Samoans albums Bad Trip Records albums Triple X Records albums