Surfin' M.O.D.

Surfin' M.O.D.
Surfin' M.O.D.
EP by M.O.D.
Released	1988
Recorded	Pyramid Sound,; Ithaca, New York, USA
Genre	Crossover thrash
Length	19:48 ; 21:40 (with bonus)
Label	Megaforce Records
Producer	Alex Perialas
M.O.D. chronology

Surfin' M.O.D. is an EP from American crossover thrash band, M.O.D. It was released in 1988 on Megaforce Records and follows 1987's debut album, U.S.A. for M.O.D.^[2] In 1989, the band subsequently released Gross Misconduct, their second full length-studio album.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Apart from Billy Milano, it featured a completely different line-up compared to the first album released a little more than a year previous – it included among others, Tim Mallare on drums, who later went on to play with the thrash metal band Overkill.

This release has two parts:

-"The Movie" (track 1) which is a spoken word story featuring actual songs in between the dialogue for a fake movie.

-"The Sound Track Without The Movie" (tracks 2-8). It is the actual music from the movie separated into tracks and without all the dialogue.

Incorrect Track listing

The CD lists the following erroneous track list on the cover:

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Surfin' U.S.A."
2.	"Surf's Up"
3.	"Sargent Drexell Theme"
4.	"Mr. Oofus"
5.	"Party Animal"
6.	"Color My World"
7.	"Shout"

This track list is in fact incorrect, as "The Movie" is track one, "Sargent Drexell Theme" is only included as part of track one, and there is an unlisted CD-bonus track ("New Song") as track eight.

Actual Track listing

All songs written by M.O.D., unless stated otherwise

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Movie Goldfish from Hell Totally Narley Talking by Katrina & Bill Surfin' U.S.A. More Narley Talking by Katrina & Bill Surf's Up Sargent Drexell Theme Billy, Katrina & Alex Spot Oofus Mr. Oofus Still More Narley Talk & The Party Crash Scene Party Animal Bill's Big Love Scene Color My World Bill & Katrina split Up & The Big Party Scene Shout The Big Finale"	23:32
2.	"Surfin' U.S.A." (The Beach Boys cover)	2:34
3.	"Surf's Up"	2:03
4.	"Mr. Oofus"	3:36
5.	"Party Animal"	3:20
6.	"Color My World" (Chicago cover)	1:57
7.	"Shout" (The Isley Brothers cover)	4:26
8.	"New Song" (Scream cover)	1:52

Track 8 is a CD bonus track.

The album includes several uncredited samples from the 1987 film "Back to the Beach", starring Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Lori Loughlin and Connie Stevens.

Credits

Billy Milano – vocals
Louis Svitek – guitar
John Monte – bass
Tim Mallare – drums
Recorded at Pyramid Sound, Ithaca, New York, USA
Produced, engineered, and mixed by Alex Perialas
Assistant engineered by Rob Hunter
Cover art by Craig Hamilton

References

^ Anderson, Jason. "M.O.D. Surfin' M.O.D. review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
^ Phillips, William; Cogan, Brian (March 20, 2009). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313348013 – via Google Books.

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[1] Anderson, Jason. "M.O.D. Surfin' M.O.D. review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-05-21.

[2] Phillips, William; Cogan, Brian (March 20, 2009). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313348013 – via Google Books.

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