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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