''Electriclarryland'' is the seventh studio album by the American

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band

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, released on May 6, 1996 by

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. This album brought Butthole Surfers their first Top 40 hit with "

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". The album was

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by the

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on August 20, 1996. The title of this album is a

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of Jimi Hendrix's third studio album entitled ''

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''. This is the second time the band has used a parody title for one of their releases. The first was ''

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'', which references the song "

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" by

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. The album's original title was going to be ''Oklahoma!'', but fearing lawsuits, Capitol forced the band to change the name.Butthole Surfers – The Anal Obsession
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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 ''

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'' soundtrack and the original in ''

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''. Additionally, the band performed "Ulcer Breakout" on an episode of ''

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''. The basic recordings were made at

Paul Leary Paul Leary Walthall (born May 7, 1957), known as Paul Leary, is an American musician and music producer from Austin, Texas, best known as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist for the American rock band Butthole Surfers. He is also t ...

's house in Austin, Texas, at Arlyn Studios, also in Austin, and

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in Woodstock, New York. Mixing and mastering was done at

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in Los Angeles, California.

Album cover

The album cover depicts a man's eardrum being impaled by a pencil. The original album artwork was inspired by the 1974

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. It was then replaced by a cover depicting a

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due to the graphic image.

Critical reception

Track listing

All songs written by the Butthole Surfers.

Personnel

Butthole Surfers

Gibby Haynes Gibson Jerome Haynes (born September 30, 1957) is an American musician, radio personality, painter, author and the lead singer of the band Butthole Surfers. Early life and career Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Gibby Haynes is the son of actor ...

– vocals, keyboards *

– producer, guitar, mixing, bass *

King Coffey King Coffey (born Jeffrey Coffey; 1964) is an American drummer, known for being the drummer of the psychedelic/noise rock band Butthole Surfers. He began drumming in a Fort Worth hardcore punk band called The Hugh Beaumont Experience in high ...

– drums

Additional personnel

* Andrew Weiss –

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(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 Mark Eddinger is an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, music producer, record company executive, and music and entertainment industry consultant. Eddinger is also involved as an executive and consultant in other business sectors unrelated ...

– keyboards (track 3) * Danno Saratak – drum programming (tracks 3 and 10) * Steve Thompson – producer * Christopher Shaw – engineer, mixing * Stuart Sullivan – engineer, mixing *

Paul Mavrides Paul Mavrides (born 1952) is an American artist, best known for his critique-laden comics, cartoons, paintings, graphics, performances and writings that encompass a disturbing yet humorous catalog of the social ills and shortcomings of human c ...

– illustrations, cover design, cover art * Will Van Overbeek – photography * Tommy Steele – art direction * Wendy Dougan – art direction, design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

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