Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper (album)

Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper is the debut album of Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper, released in 1985.[1][6]

Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
Studio album by
Released1985
Recorded1985
StudioThe Bungalow, Coronado, California; Soundtrax, San Diego, California
LabelEnigma[1]
ProducerRon Goudie[2]
Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper chronology
Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
(1985)
Get Out of My Way!
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Robert ChristgauC+[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Production

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The released album had served as the duo's demo tape.[7]

Critical reception

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Trouser Press called the album "a bit on the tame side — songs with titles like 'Jesus at McDonalds' and 'Art Fag Shuffle' should be great, but are merely clever."[8]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Mojo Nixon; except where indicated

  1. "Jesus at McDonalds"
  2. "Mushroom Maniac"
  3. "Moanin' With Your Mama"
  4. "Promised Land Tonight"
  5. "Guns To My Head"
  6. "I'm in Love with Your Girlfriend"
  7. "Rockin' Religion"
  8. "Big Payback" (Bruce Springsteen)
  9. "Comin' Down"
  10. "Mama Possums"
  11. "King of the Couch"
  12. "Art Fag Shuffle"
  13. "Black Yo' Eye"
  14. "Ain't Got Nobody" [cassette only]
  15. "Death Row Blues" [cassette only]

Personnel

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  • Skid Roper - upright washboard and other stuff
  • Mojo Nixon - vocals, guitar and foot percussion
Technical
  • Recorded at The Bungalow, Coronado, Calif., except "Rockin' Religion" and "Black Yo' Eye", recorded at Soundtrax, S.D. Calif.
  • Produced by Ron Goudie
  • Mixed at Hit Single Below a Shopping Center
  • Photography by Jeff de Rose
  • Design by Skidmore Grafix

References

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  1. ^ a b "LOCAL DUO'S 1ST ALBUM BLENDS BLUES, HUMOR". Los Angeles Times. January 8, 1985.
  2. ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 820.
  3. ^ Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper at AllMusic
  4. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Mojo Nixon". www.robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 510.
  6. ^ "Mojo Nixon | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ Buckley, Peter (December 1, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Mojo Nixon". Trouser Press. Retrieved 1 December 2020.