''Electriclarryland'' is the seventh

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by the American

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band

Butthole Surfers Butthole Surfers are an American rock band formed in San Antonio, Texas, by singer Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but its core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has ...

, released on May 6, 1996, by

Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-base ...

. 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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'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 '' Hairway to Steven'', 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. 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 ''

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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 rock band Butthole Surfers Butthole Surfers ar ...

'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

The album received mixed reviews from critics.

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 acto ...

– vocals, keyboards *

– guitar, bass (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 11 and 13), production, mixing * King Coffey – 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 – keyboards (track 3) * Danno Saratak – drum programming (tracks 3 and 10)

Technical personnel

* Steve Thompson – production * 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

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

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