One Fierce Beer Coaster
One Fierce Beer Coaster | ||||
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Bloodhound Gang | ||||
Released | December 3, 1996 | |||
Recorded | March–June 1996 | |||
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Length | 63:57 | |||
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Singles from One Firece Beer Coaster | ||||
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One Fierce Beer Coaster is the second studio album by American band
One Fierce Beer Coaster was initially released by the independent label Republic Records before being re-released by Geffen Records due to underground popularity. The album has received mixed to moderately favorable reviews. Three singles were released from the album including "Fire Water Burn", "I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks" and "Why's Everybody Always Pickin' on Me?" The first single, "Fire Water Burn", was a modern rock hit, landing on nine national charts.
Background and development
The Bloodhound Gang began as a small alternative band from
In March 1995 the group signed to
Music
The Bloodhound Gang entered Dome Sound/Ultra Psyche Studios with engineer Rich Gavalis in March 1996 to record One Fierce Beer Coaster.
Style
While the album's predecessor, Use Your Fingers, was written and recorded in a more hip hop-oriented style, featuring distinct rap beats, One Fierce Beer Coaster featured a more alternative-oriented sound. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described The Bloodhound Gang's sound as, "smarmy, smirky alternative funk-metal, complete with junk culture references and "ironic" musical allusions."[1] Former Bloodhound Gang guitarist Lupus Thunder credits Weezer as an inspiration for "Fire Water Burn" and Lemonade and Brownies-era Sugar Ray for "Kiss Me Where It Smells Funny."[5]
To create the hip-hop and rock fusions on the album, Jimmy Pop utilized the standard hip hop technique of
Lyricism
The lyrics for One Fierce Beer Coaster utilize over-the-top parody and
The album's best-known single, "Fire Water Burn", is a diatribe against a white boy who attempts, and fails, to act like a black thug. "I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks" parodies the belief that girls only like gay men, playing on the stereotype that gay men are often better looking and more sensitive than straight men. "Why's Everybody Always Pickin' on Me?" is mainly about how Jimmy Pop was constantly picked on in high school and has since developed extreme katagelophobia, an intense fear of being ridiculed.[4]
The album also includes a cover of Run-DMC's "It's Tricky" and "Boom", which features an appearance by Vanilla Ice.[6]
Release and promotion
"[Maverick] really wanted to sign the band in the worst possible way, even to the point where I had to tell Madonna that I couldn’t put her on the phone with Jimmy Pop."
—Brett Alperowitz[13]
One Fierce Beer Coaster was originally released on Republic Records, which, under its earlier name, Cheese Factory Records, had previously released material by the band.[14] As word-of-mouth praise for the album spread, however, Geffen Records signed the band after two months.[1]
The original release contained a song called "Yellow Fever", which was about having sex with Asian women, as well as a
"Fire Water Burn" played a major role in the slow build of interest that ultimately led to the band's mainstream breakthrough.
Omission of "Yellow Fever"
When Geffen Records re-released the album, the label refused to release the song "Yellow Fever" because of its racial lyrical content. As such, the song was removed from Geffen pressings of the album.
I think on the first record there's stuff that [offended people]… Really we're not trying to shock anybody, we're just saying things that we laugh at," he explained. "That was always the idea. The same things that we talk about on the bus are the same things we put on our records. On the first record we had lyrics like, 'There's little children unattended, let me get some poison candy,' which to me, that isn't very good.[17]
In 2000, the song was the subject of further controversy when students at the
The album has been released on
Reception
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | [20] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [21] |
One Fierce Beer Coaster has received mixed reviews. Officially reviewing the album for
Chart performance
On January 18, 1997, One Fierce Beer Coaster debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 132; it peaked at number 57 less than a month later.[24] On October 16, 1998, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), meaning that it had shipped 500,000 copies in the United States.[25]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jimmy Pop except when noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Kiss Me Where It Smells Funny" | Jimmy Pop, Lupus Thunder | 3:08 |
2. | "Lift Your Head Up High (And Blow Your Brains Out)" | 4:58 | |
3. | "Fire Water Burn" | Jimmy Pop, Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three | 4:54 |
4. | "Yellow Fever" | 4:42 | |
5. | "I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks" | 3:49 | |
6. | "Why's Everybody Always Pickin' on Me?" | Jimmy Pop, Mike Sharpe, Harry Middlebrooks | 3:22 |
7. | "It's Tricky" (Run-DMC cover) | Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels | 2:37 |
8. | "Asleep at the Wheel" | 4:05 | |
9. | "Shut Up" | Jimmy Pop, Colin Hay, Ron Strykert | 3:15 |
10. | "Your Only Friends Are Make Believe" | Jimmy Pop, Duran Duran | 7:02 |
11. | "Boom" (featuring Vanilla Ice) | Jimmy Pop, Vanilla Ice | 4:06 |
12. | "Going Nowhere Slow" | Jimmy Pop, Lupus Thunder | 4:22 |
13. | "Reflections of Remoh" | 0:53 | |
69. | "Hidden track" | 8:00 | |
Total length: | 63:57 (With silence) |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Kiss Me Where It Smells Funny" | Jimmy Pop, Lupus Thunder | 3:08 |
2. | "Lift Your Head Up High (And Blow Your Brains Out)" | 4:58 | |
3. | "Fire Water Burn" | Jimmy Pop, Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three | 4:54 |
4. | "I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks" | 3:49 | |
5. | "Why's Everybody Always Pickin' on Me?" | Jimmy Pop, Mike Sharpe, Harry Middlebrooks | 3:22 |
6. | "It's Tricky" (Run-DMC cover) | Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels | 2:37 |
7. | "Asleep at the Wheel" | 4:05 | |
8. | "Shut Up" | 3:15 | |
9. | "Your Only Friends Are Make Believe" | Jimmy Pop, Duran Duran | 7:02 |
10. | "Boom" (featuring Vanilla Ice) | Jimmy Pop, Vanilla Ice | 4:06 |
11. | "Going Nowhere Slow" | Jimmy Pop, Lupus Thunder | 4:22 |
12. | "Reflections of Remoh" | 0:53 | |
Total length: | 46:15 |
No. | Title | Note(s) | Length |
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13. | "Fire Water Burn" (Donkey version) | Censored version of "Fire Water Burn" | 4:10 |
14. | "Fire Water Burn" (Jim Makin' Jamaican mix) | Remix | 5:00 |
Total length: | 55:25 |
Personnel
Adapted from the album booklet.[6]
Band members
- Jimmy Pop – lead vocals, guitar, samples, production
- Lüpüs Thünder – backing vocals, guitar
- Spanky G – drums
- Evil Jared – bass
- DJ Q-Ball – backing vocals, turntables, keys, programming
Guest musicians
- Rob Van Winkle – guest vocals on "Boom"
Production
- Avery Lipman – executive producer
- Monte Lipman – executive producer
- Joseph M. Palmaccio – mastering
- Rich Gavalis – engineer, editing, mixing
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Certifications
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Singles
Year | Song | Peak positions | |||||||
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US Mod [38] |
US Main [39] |
AUS [27] |
NLD [40] |
NOR [41] |
NZL [42] |
SWE [43] |
UK
[44] | ||
1997 | "Fire Water Burn" | 18 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | — |
1997 | "I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks" | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | — | — |
1997 | "Why's Everybody Always Pickin' on Me?" | — | — | 64 | 85 | — | 7 | — | 56 |
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