Metaphysical Graffiti

Metaphysical Graffiti is the fifth studio album by The Dead Milkmen, released by Enigma Records in 1990.[4][5] The album title and cover art parody the 1975 album Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin.[6] Two tracks ("Do the Brown Nose" and "If You Love Somebody, Set Them on Fire") appear on Death Rides a Pale Cow.

Metaphysical Graffiti
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1, 1990
RecordedFebruary 1989 - January 1990
GenrePunk rock, comedy rock
Length52:09
LabelEnigma Records[1]
ProducerBrian "Bongwizard" Beattie[2]
The Dead Milkmen chronology
Beelzebubba
(1988)
Metaphysical Graffiti
(1990)
Soul Rotation
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Gibby Haynes, of Butthole Surfers, appears on "Anderson, Walkman, Buttholes and How!"[1]

Critical reception

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."[7]

Track listing

All songs written by The Dead Milkmen

  1. "Beige Sunshine" – 3:37
  2. "Do the Brown Nose" – 4:41
  3. "Methodist Coloring Book" – 2:38
  4. "Part 3" – 2:20
  5. "I Tripped Over the Ottoman" – 3:05
  6. "The Big Sleazy" – 4:08
  7. "If You Love Somebody, Set Them on Fire" – 2:01
  8. "Dollar Signs in Her Eyes" – 3:37
  9. "In Praise of Sha Na Na" – 3:25
  10. "Epic Tales of Adventure" – 2:55
  11. "I Hate You, I Love You" – 1:58
  12. "Now Everybody’s Me" – 3:55
  13. "Little Man in My Head" – 3:48
  14. "Anderson, Walkman, Buttholes and How!" – 3:25
  15. "Cousin Earl" - 6:36

References

  1. "TrouserPress.com :: Dead Milkmen". www.trouserpress.com.
  2. Staff, Parry Gettelman of The Sentinel. "DON'T HAVE A COW, MAN, IT'S JUST THE DEAD MILKMEN". OrlandoSentinel.com.
  3. Metaphysical Graffiti at AllMusic
  4. LLC, SPIN Media (June 29, 1990). "Spilled Milkmen". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC via Google Books.
  5. "Picks and Pans Review: Metaphysical Graffiti". PEOPLE.com.
  6. Auxier, Randall E. (May 22, 2017). Metaphysical Graffiti: Deep Cuts in the Philosophy of Rock. Open Court Publishing. ISBN 9780812699692 via Google Books.
  7. "Picks and Pans Review: Metaphysical Graffiti".



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