''Human Butt'' is the fifth live
spoken word
Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a late 20th century continuation of an ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetics of ...
album by
Henry Rollins
Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, and presenter. After performing in the short-lived hardcore punk band State of Alert in 1980, Roll ...
, released in 1992 by
Quarterstick Records
Quarterstick Records is a sublabel of Touch and Go Records.
Artists
*Bad Livers
*Calexico
* DK3
* Dead Child
* June of 44
*Kepone
* The Mekons
* Mi Ami
*Peter Móren (of Peter, Bjorn and John)
*Mule
* Naked Raygun
*Tara Jane O'Neil
* Pegboy
*Ph ...
. It was reissued with new artwork on
2.13.61 Records on February 3, 2009. It is made up of recordings from 1989 and 1990 from
Chicago, IL,
Santa Monica, CA
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,
Hamburg, Germany and
Lausanne, Switzerland
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.
On the 2009 reissue track listing, "Hated" is not listed, and it shows "Decoration" as the first track of disc two. They run consecutively and are the only two tracks to be included from the same performance.
Liner Notes
– Henry Rollins
Track listing
Disc 1
#"Adventures of An Asshole" – 52:03
#*Recorded in Chicago, IL 1989
#"Kicked In the Ass By Adventure" – 2:13
#*Recorded in Santa Monica, CA 1989
#"Smokin' the Filter" – 17:16
#*Recorded in Hamburg, Germany 1989
Disc 2
#"Hated" – 14:25
#*Recorded in Santa Monica, CA 1990
#"Decoration" – 23:28
#*Recorded in Santa Monica, CA 1990
#"Donate Your Bodies To Science You Fools!" – 27:30
#*Recorded in Chicago, IL 1990
#"Romance" – 8:24
#*Recorded in Lausanne, Switzerland 1989)
1992 live albums
Henry Rollins live albums
Live spoken word albums
Live comedy albums
Spoken word albums by American artists
Quarterstick Records live albums
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