Weird Revolution

Weird Revolution is the eighth studio album by the alternative rock band Butthole Surfers, released in 2001 on Surfdog Records and Hollywood Records. It is in large part a rerecorded version of an earlier album, tentatively entitled After the Astronaut, that was abandoned in 1998.

Weird Revolution
Studio album by
Butthole Surfers
ReleasedAugust 28, 2001
Length60:15
LabelSurfdog / Hollywood
ProducerPaul Leary, Rob Cavallo
Butthole Surfers chronology
After the Astronaut
(N/A)		 Weird Revolution
(2001)		 Humpty Dumpty LSD
(2002)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic46/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[3]
Pitchfork Media(0.4/10)[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Spin6/10[6]

The initial release of this album featured a lenticular cover and jewel case that shows the baby's limbs moving and shooting a beam at other planes on the cover. The song "They Came In" was featured on the soundtrack to Mission: Impossible 2. The song "The Shame of Life" was featured in the trailer for Phone Booth.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The Weird Revolution"3:36
2."The Shame of Life"3:54
3."Dracula from Houston"3:42
4."Venus"3:55
5."Shit Like That"3:18
6."Mexico"3:50
7."Intelligent Guy"3:04
8."Get Down"5:29
9."Jet Fighter"2:57
10."The Last Astronaut"4:07
11."Yentel"3:22
12."They Came In" (The song "They Came In" ends at minute 4:02. After 17 minutes and 50 seconds of silence, at minute 21:52 begins a hidden track: it's a reprise of the song "The Last Astronaut".)22:23

Singles

"The Shame of Life"

  1. "The Shame of Life"
  2. "The Shame of Life" (A Cappella)
  3. "The Shame of Life" (DJ Z-Trip Remix)
  4. "The Shame of Life" (Bonus Beats)

"Dracula from Houston"

  1. "Dracula from Houston (The Bike Song) (Radio Edit)"
  2. "They Came In"
  3. "Call Out Hook"

Personnel

Butthole Surfers

Additional personnel
  • Rob Cavallo – producer (Tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 8), A&R
  • Michael Bradford – engineering (Tracks 1, 2, & 7), additional production (Track 2)
  • Stuart Sullivan – engineering (Tracks 1, 4–7, & 9–12), mixing (Track 11)
  • Allen Sides – engineering (Tracks 2, 3, & 8)
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing (Tracks 1–10 & 12)
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Nathan Calhoun – bass
  • Chris Vrenna – additional drum programming (Track 9)
  • Cheryl Jenets – A&R coordination
  • Dave Kaplan – management
  • Actionfigure – art direction, design

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2001 The Billboard 200 130

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
2001 "The Shame of Life" Modern Rock Tracks 24

References
  1. "Weird Revolution by Butthole Surfers". Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. Kennedy, Patrick. "allmusic ((( Weird Revolution > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  3. "Review: 'Weird Revolution". Entertainment Weekly. New York: 67. September 7, 2001. A typical morass of computerized beat science, vague exoticism, and singer Gibby Haynes' crackpot mantras...
  4. DiCrescenzo, Brent. "Weird Revolution". pitchfork.com. August 2001, Retrieved on March 17, 2010.
  5. Brackett, Nathan. "Butthole Surfers". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 123, cited March 17, 2010
  6. Rotter, Jeffrey (October 2001). "Butthole Surfers: Weird Revolution". Spin. 17 (10): 133–34. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
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