''Primitive Enema'' is the debut album by the

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band

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. It was produced by

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and released in 1994 by

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, with the recording sessions allegedly costing less than a thousand dollars. The album was the subject of a censorship campaign in

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, after a mother campaigned against the sale of Parental Advisory-stickered records to minors. The band supported the album by touring with

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. The album had sold more than 60,000 copies by the end of 2000.

Reception

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'' wrote: "The double-bassist Los Angeles quintet ... is strictly out to offend on ''Primitive Enema'', wielding a two-pronged fork of blaring punk aggression and tastelessly crude lyrics that make outrageous jokes of the three S's: scatology, sex and stoopidity."

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called the group "crude and amateurish-and fiercely proud of it, by the way", and said the disc "made more sense on a smaller label". He also criticized Geza X's production, calling it "slightly too clean to make ''Primitive Enema'' sound dangerous."

Track listing

*All songs written by Butt Trumpet. # "Clusterfuck" 1:51 # "Funeral Crashing Tonight" 2:02 # "I've Been So Mad Lately" 2:16 # "Dicktatorship" 3:24 # "Classic Asshole" 2:27 # "Decapitated" 0:40 # "Dead Dogs" 1:08 # "I Left My Flannel In Seattle" 1:32 # "I'm Ugly And I Don't Know Why" 3:10 # "The Grindcore Song" 0:49 # "Primitive Enema" 2:01 # "I Left My Gun In San Francisco" 1:14 # "Shut Up" 1:58 # "Ten Seconds Of Heaven" 1:22 # "Yesterday" 2:33 # "Ode To Dickhead" 0:52 # "Pink Gun" 1:35 # "Blind" 5:18

Personnel

Butt Trumpet

*Bianca Butthole: vocals, bass *Sharon Needles: vocals, bass *Thom Bone: bass, occasional vocal backing, ego *Blare N. Bitch: guitars, vocal backing *Jerry Geronimo: drums, percussion, cymbals, vocal backing

Additional personnel

*Geza X., Jamie Schene, Andrea Beltramo (a.k.a. "The Butt Trumpettes"): vocal backing

Production

*Arranged By Butt Trumpet *Produced By Thom Bone, with additional production by Geza X (deliberate error in liner notes is an inside joke) *Recorded & Mixed By Geza X & Thom Bone, July 31-August 2 (per liner notes "real cheap") * CD and

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mastered By Dave Collins, Patricia Sullivan & Thom Bone;

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mastered By Bill Lightner & Thom Bone at A&M Studios and K-Disc in Hollywood, CA *All Songs Published By Buttwrenching Music.

References

{{Authority control Butt Trumpet albums 1994 debut albums Chrysalis Records albums Albums produced by Geza X