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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

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song. The album was released on the band's own label, Latino Buggerveil. It offers a wide assortment of

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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'' 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 ''

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''. The

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, which lasts for only six seconds, is the band's shortest song to date. "Ghandi" first appeared as a

on Independent Worm Saloon.

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" ''(

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/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'' sessions)
⁴ Studio recording, 1982 (''

'' sessions)
⁵ Studio recording, 1988 (''

'' sessions)
⁶ Practice space recording, 1992
⁷ Practice space recording, 1994

Personnel

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 ...

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 ...

* Quinn Matthews * Bill Jolly *

Jeff Pinkus Jeff "J.D." Pinkus (born October 26, 1967) is an American bassist best known for his work with Butthole Surfers from 1985 to 1994 and since their 2009 reunion. In 1990, he and Butthole Surfers' lead vocalist Gibby Haynes released '' Digital Du ...

* Scott Matthews *

King Coffey King Coffey (born Jeffrey Coffey; 1964) is an American drummer, known for being the drummer of the Psychedelic rock, psychedelic/noise rock band Butthole Surfers. He began drumming in a Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth Hardcore punk, hardcore pun ...

* Teresa Nervosa

References

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