Weird Revolution

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Weird Revolution
Studio album by
Butthole Surfers
ReleasedAugust 28, 2001
Genre
Length60:15
Label
Producer
Butthole Surfers chronology
Electriclarryland
(1996) 		Weird Revolution
(2001) 		Humpty Dumpty LSD
(2002)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media
(0.4/10)[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Spin6/10[6]

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.

The initial release of this album featured a

Dracula From Houston
" was featured in an episode of the NBC comedy series Scrubs.

As of 2024, Weird Revolution remains the band's last album to date.

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" (includes hidden track[note 1])22:23

Notes

  1. ^ 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".

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

  • Paul Leary – production, mixing (Track 11)
  • Rob Cavallo – production (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

References

  1. ^ "Weird Revolution by Butthole Surfers". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. Allmusic
    . Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  3. ^ "Review: 'Weird Revolution". Entertainment Weekly. New York. September 7, 2001. p. 67. A typical morass of computerized beat science, vague exoticism, and singer Gibby Haynes' crackpot mantras...
  4. ^ Brackett, Nathan. "Butthole Surfers". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 123, cited March 17, 2010
  5. ^ DiCrescenzo, Brent. "Weird Revolution". pitchfork.com. August 2001, Retrieved on 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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