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{{Infobox album
| name = Secret Robot Control
| type = [[Album]]
| artist = [[Baboon (band)|Baboon]]
| cover = secret_robot_control_album_cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 15, 1997
| recorded = July 1995 – February 1996
| venue =
| studio = [[Stank Booty Studios]], [[Denton, Texas]]
| genre = [[Rock and roll]]
| length = 38:18
| label = [[Wind-up Records|Wind-Up]]
| producer = [[Dave Willingham]], Baboon
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{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>Gabriel, Robert. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/secret-robot-control-mw0000020196 ''Secret Robot Control''], ''[[Allmusic]]''. Retrieved August 26, 2012.</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Austin Chronicle]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>Beets, Greg. [http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol16/issue38/music.recviews.html Texas Platters: ''Secret Robot Control''], ''[[Austin Chronicle]]''. Retrieved August 26, 2012.</ref>
| rev3 = [[CMJ]]
| rev3Score = (favorable)<ref>Sutter, Dawn. [https://web.archive.org/web/20050525021208/http://www.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=3349 ''Secret Robot Control''], [[CMJ]]. Retrieved August 26, 2012.</ref>
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'''''Secret Robot Control''''' is the second full-length album by the band [[Baboon (band)|Baboon]]. It was released in April 1997 on Wind-Up Records. The title of the album is taken from a [[painting]] by [[Todd Ramsell]], which is featured on the album's cover. The working title of the album was ''Destroy This Mad Brute!''

==Track listing==
# "Night of the Long Knives" – 2:57
# "I'm OK if You're OK" – 3:40
# "You and I" – 3:50
# "Numb" – 2:20
# "The Man with the Plastic Penis" – 2:10
# "BoxRotter" – 4:36
# "Bring Me the Head of Jack Skinner" – 3:08
# "Time Wounds All Heals" – 2:55
# "A Sip for Strength" – 5:26
# "You Kill Me" – 4:08
# "Nation of Twos" – 3:08

All songs by Baboon.

==Personnel==
* Brian Schmitz - [[bass guitar|bass]] (except on "A Sip For Strength" and "Night of the Long Knives"), [[guitar]] (on "A Sip For Strength" and "Night of the Long Knives"), backing [[Singing|vocals]], [[organ (music)|organ]] (on "Boxrotter")
* Mike Rudnicki - guitar (except on "A Sip For Strength" and "Night of the Long Knives"), bass (on "A Sip For Strength" and "Night of the Long Knives"), backing vocals, [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]] (on "Nation of Twos"), [[thumb piano]] (on "The Man with the Plastic Penis"), [[kitchen utensil]] bashing (on "I'm OK If You're OK")
* Steven Barnett - [[Drum kit|drums]] and [[percussion instrument|percussion]], keyboard (on "Bring Me the Head of Jack Skinner" and "Nation of Twos"), [[clarinet]] (on "A Sip For Strength"), [[paranoia]] bass, kitchen utensil bashing, and [[blender (device)|blender]] molestation on "I'm OK If You're OK", [[Tubular bells|chimes]] (on "The Man with the Plastic Penis"), final sequencing
* Andrew Huffstetler - lead and backing vocals, [[trombone]] (on "Bring Me the Head of Jack Skinner" and "A Sip For Strength")
* Kim Pendleton - backing vocals (on "A Sip For Strength")
* Dave Willingham - producer, mixer, final sequencing
* Paul Quigg - mixer ("Numb," "Bring Me the Head of Jack Skinner," "A Sip For Strength," and "Nation of Twos")
* Andy VanDette - mastering
* Todd Ramsell - album artwork

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Baboon (band) }}

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[[Category:1997 albums]]
[[Category:Baboon (band) albums]]

Secret Robot Control - Revision history

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