Beat Until Stiff
| Beat Until Stiff | ||||
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Portsmouth, NH | ||||
| Genre | Noise rock, post-hardcore, grunge | |||
| Length | 33:04 | |||
| Label | Toxic Shock | |||
| Producer | Paul Q. Kolderie | |||
| Hullabaloo chronology | ||||
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Beat Until Stiff is the second release, and first full-length album, by
Note that Hullabaloo rarely used their real names and instruments on the personnel listing of their records. The names on this record are their "British Invasion" names. These names are also scrawled upon a picture of the British invasion band The Hullaballoos on the inner sleeve.[6]
Beat Until Stiff's new songs were recorded and mixed at the Fort Apache South studio by Paul Q. Kolderie. Kolderie also re-mixed the two previously released songs for this album. The cover art for the album lists the producers as "Hugo & Luigi,"[6] but this is yet another allusion to The Hullaballoos, who were "packaged for U.S. consumption by Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, notorious vice presidents and A&R directors of Roulette Records.".[7]
Critical reception
Beat Until Stiff rolls like a big old tank truck fulla beer and piss taking a fast turn onto Alice Cooper Memorial Turnpike.—Spin[8]
Here's a totally psychotic mindfuck if there ever was one....Satan himself would shit his pants if he heard the vocals on this album.—GROT[1]
An album worth having two copies of, for when your first wears out.—Backlash[3]
TQ hollers as if possessed by the spirits of both Ozzy and Jimmy Swaggart while the band bashes out chords of destruction and disarray...—CMJ[9]
If Marlon Brando's Godfather figure had been played by a growling lion, he would be the singer of this band.—Rockpool[2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Hullabaloo, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gotta Go" | 3:54 | |
| 2. | "Beat Until Stiff" | 3:43 | |
| 3. | "Suicidal Maniac" | 2:00 | |
| 4. | "The Lickyerbutt Song †" (previously released on Suffer This: A Compilation of Boston's Backwash) | 1:56 | |
| 5. | "The Violent Death of Johnny Camaro" | 2:58 | |
| 6. | "Hole Lotta Rosie" (cassette only bonus track) | Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott | 3:34 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Louisville Slugger" | 2:21 |
| 2. | "Retardo Porn" (guitar solo by Mr. Horribly Charred Infant of the Happy Flowers) | 3:31 |
| 3. | "B.H.T." | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Taskmaster †" (previously released on Suffer This: A Compilation of Boston's Backwash) | 3:58 |
| 5. | "This is my Rifle" | 2:19 |
| 6. | "Sea of Trash" (hidden track) | 2:59 |
Personnel
- Hullabaloo
- Spanker Phelge (a possible allusion to "Rolling Stones vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards)
- Ronny Sores
- Harry "Squirty" Sores
- Horseglue Minibike
- Technical personnel
- Paul Kolderie- Recording of all songs except †; Mixing of all songs
- Jeff Landrock - Recording of †
- J.J. Gonson - Photography
References
- ^ a b John L. (1989). "Hullabaloo Beat Until Stiff". GROT.
- ^ a b "Beat Until Stiff". Rockpool. Oct 15, 1989.
- ^ a b H.H. (1989). "Hullabaloo,Beat Until Stiff". Backlash.
- ^ Fell, Kris (January 26, 1990). "Grand slam". Boston Phoenix.
- ^ "Hullabaloo (3) - Beat Until Stiff". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ^ a b c Hullabaloo (1989). Beat Until Stiff (LP). Toxic Shock Records.
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. "The Hullaballoos - Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic.
- ISSN 0886-3032.
- ^ "Hullabaloo Beat Until Stiff". CMJ. June 30, 1989.
External links
Beat Until Stiff at Discogs (list of releases)