Musical Monkey is the fourth album by the Huntington Beach, California, punk rock band Guttermouth, released in 1997 by Nitro Records.[3][4]
| Musical Monkey | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 15, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 28:16 | |||
| Label | Nitro | |||
| Producer | Donnell Cameron, Guttermouth | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [2] |
The album peaked at No. 44 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.[5]
Critical reception
editThe Los Angeles Times determined that Guttermouth's "ridicule of gays, animal-rights zealots, punk rock factionalists and sundry other targets is so over-the-top and scattershot that it obviously is just a prank against social rectitude, an emission not of seething malice but of junior-high-level perversity ... This approach robs Guttermouth of any real satiric bite (which would require moral outrage to buttress the foolery), but the band's raunchy humor in the service of knuckleheadedness does bring some guilty titters."[2] The Illawarra Mercury opined that the band "are masters of the somewhat difficult art of combining social commentary with outrageous satire, and putting it to music that's hard, fast and strangely melodic for punk."[6]
AllMusic wrote: "From Orange County comes a band that reflects all the worst aspects of the Orange County punk scene."[1] OC Weekly deemed the album one of the band's "seminal OC punk records," writing that it "watermark[s] the time and place as well as anything put out during that era."[7] Cincinnati CityBeat called "Lipstick" "a vindictive, twisted song—and also weirdly compelling and memorable."[8]
Track listing
editAll songs written by Guttermouth
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "What's the Big Deal?" | 1:55 |
| 2. | "Lucky the Donkey" | 1:43 |
| 3. | "Big Pink Dress" | 1:23 |
| 4. | "Do the Hustle" | 2:23 |
| 5. | "Good Friday" | 1:09 |
| 6. | "Baker's Dozen" | 2:09 |
| 7. | "Abort Mission" | 2:11 |
| 8. | "Corpse Rotting in Hell" | 1:26 |
| 9. | "Lipstick" | 2:52 |
| 10. | "When Hell Freezes Over" | 1:19 |
| 11. | "S.D.F.B" (Suckin' Dick for Beer) | 1:45 |
| 12. | "What If?" | 2:25 |
| 13. | "Perfect World" | 1:53 |
| 14. | "Gold" | 1:36 |
| 15. | "Musical Monkey" | 2:00 |
| Total length: | 28:16 | |
Performers
editAlbum information
edit- Record label: Nitro Records
- Recorded at Westbeach Recorders by Donnell Cameron
- Mixed at Wesbteach Recorders by Donnell Cameron and Guttermouth
- Mastered by Eddie Schrayer at Oasis Mastering
References
edit- ^ a b "Musical Monkey - Guttermouth | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ a b Boehm, Mike (3 Oct 1997). "Mighty Mouths: Over-the-Top Lyrics Push Raunchy CD Beyond Extremes". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 30.
- ^ "Guttermouth Biography, Songs, & Albums | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Nakashima, William (September 26, 1997). "Sound Check". Orange County Register. p. F52.
- ^ "Guttermouth". Billboard. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ Brienen, Julee (July 24, 1997). "Guttermouth just monkeying around". Illawarra Mercury. News. p. 40.
- ^ "Guttermouth Front Man Mark Adkins Loves Playing Punk and Talking Shit – OC Weekly". www.ocweekly.com.
- ^ "Guttermouth". Cincinnati CityBeat. Retrieved 28 December 2021.