''Humpty Dumpty LSD'' is the second compilation album by American
experimental rock
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band
Butthole Surfers
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, released in July 2002. All songs were written by Butthole Surfers, except for "Earthquake," which is a cover version of the
13th Floor Elevators
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song.
The album was released on the band's own label,
Latino Buggerveil. It offers a wide assortment of
demos
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, unreleased studio tracks and songs originally released on compilations, recorded between 1982 and 1994. Most notably, it contains outtakes from the 1985 sessions for Butthole Surfers' ''
Rembrandt Pussyhorse
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'' studio album. Some tracks are unfinished songs; for example, "Day of the Dying Alive" was later reworked as "Jimi," while the vinyl-only song "Sherman" is an alternative version of "Backass," both of which are on ''
Hairway to Steven''.
The
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, which lasts for only six seconds, is the band's shortest song to date. "Ghandi" first appeared as a
bonus track
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on
Independent Worm Saloon
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.
Track listing
#"Night of the Day" – 2:20
1
#"One Hundred Million People Dead" (a.k.a. "100 Million People Dead") – 7:22
2
#"I Love You Peggy" – 3:25
3
#"Space I" – 5:48
2
#"Perry Intro" – 1:36
3
#"Day of the Dying Alive" – 5:46
2
#"Eindhoven Chicken Masque" – 2:52
3
#"Just a Boy" – 4:02
4
#"Sinister Crayon" – 4:00 ''(2-LP version only)''
#"Hetero Skeleton" – 4:58
3
#"Earthquake" ''(
Roky Erickson
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Ericks ...
/Tommy Hall)'' – 4:55
5
#"Ghandi" – 2:28
6
#"I Hate My Job" – 2:04
4
#"Space II" – 5:11
2
#"Concubine Solo" – 1:46
1
#"All Day" – 8:32
2 (featuring
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on guest vocals)
#"Sherman" – 6:10 ''(2-LP version only)''
#"DADGAD" – 6:00
7
#(untitled bonus track) – 0:06
1 4-track recording, 1983
2 Home 8-track recording, 1987
3 Studio recording, 1985 (''
Rembrandt Pussyhorse
''Rembrandt Pussyhorse'' is the second full-length studio album by American experimental rock band Butthole Surfers, released in April 1986. All songs were written and produced by Butthole Surfers, except "American Woman"—which was written by R ...
'' sessions)
4 Studio recording, 1982 (''
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 ...
'' sessions)
5 Studio recording, 1988 (''
Hairway to Steven'' sessions)
6 Practice space recording, 1992
7 Practice space recording, 1994
Personnel
*
Gibby Haynes
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*
Paul Leary
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* Quinn Matthews
* Bill Jolly
*
Jeff Pinkus
* Scott Matthews
*
King Coffey
*
Teresa Nervosa
References
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Butthole Surfers albums
2002 compilation albums