Metaphysical Graffiti
Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Metaphysical Graffiti is the fifth studio album by the Dead Milkmen, released by Enigma Records in 1990.[1][2] The album title and cover art, the latter designed by the band's drummer Dean Clean,[3] parody the 1975 album Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin.[4][5] Two tracks ("Do the Brown Nose" and "If You Love Somebody, Set Them on Fire") appear on Death Rides a Pale Cow.
The album peaked at No. 164 on the Billboard 200.[6]
Production
Like Bucky Fellini and Beelzebubba, Metaphysical Graffiti was recorded in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Brian Beattie.[3][7] Gibby Haynes, of Butthole Surfers, appears on "Anderson, Walkman, Buttholes and How!"[8]
The video for "Methodist Coloring Book" had to be reedited before MTV would agree to play it, due to imagery the network was worried may be offensive.[9] Enigma printed and mailed coloring books to promote the track.[10]
Critical reception
Template:Music ratings People wrote: "When the Milkmen played their first punk parodies in the mid-1980s, they sounded appropriately fresh. Now they sometimes seem to be as dated as the music they ridicule."[11] The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "more screaming, more production and less melody."[12] The Ottawa Citizen called it "funny, loud, fast and violent."[13]
The Los Angeles Times wrote that "parody is in safe hands with the Dead Milkmen."[14] The Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph called Metaphysical Graffiti "a savagely sarcastic collection of commentaries on greed and religion."[15] The Washington Post thought that "Milkmen albums usually turn on the existence of a single standout tune-'Bitchin' Camaro', for example, or 'Punk Rock Girl'-and this outing doesn't seem to have one."[16]
Track listing
All songs written by the Dead Milkmen
- "Beige Sunshine" – 3:37
- "Do the Brown Nose" – 4:41
- "Methodist Coloring Book" – 2:38
- "Part 3" – 2:20
- "I Tripped Over the Ottoman" – 3:05
- "The Big Sleazy" – 4:08
- "If You Love Somebody, Set Them on Fire" – 2:01
- "Dollar Signs in Her Eyes" – 3:37
- "In Praise of Sha Na Na" – 3:25
- "Epic Tales of Adventure" – 2:55
- "I Hate You, I Love You" – 1:58
- "Now Everybody’s Me" – 3:55
- "Little Man in My Head" – 3:48
- "Anderson, Walkman, Buttholes and How!" – 3:25
- "Cousin Earl" – 6:36
References
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