All This and Puppet Stew is the sixth and latest studio album by the Los Angeles punk rock band the Dickies, released in 2001 on Fat Wreck Chords.[5] While the band remains a touring entity, All This and Puppet Stew is their last studio album to date.[6]
| All This and Puppet Stew | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 22, 2001 | |||
| Studio | Motor Studios (San Francisco, California) West Beach Studios (Hollywood, California) | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 32:26 | |||
| Label | Fat Wreck Chords | |||
| Producer | Ryan Greene Adam Krammer | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Reno Gazette-Journal |  [3] |
| The San Diego Union-Tribune | [4] |
Production edit
The band recorded the album over a period of five years; they at times had to be nudged to return to the studio by Fat Wreck Chords.[7]
Critical reception edit
The East Bay Express wrote that "nobody is better than the Dickies when it comes to writing dumb songs ... 'See My Way', 'Watching the Skies', and 'Free Willy' effortlessly cram fiery guitars and kickass drumming into a two-minute song and transform it into something you can hum for years and years."[8] The Sunday Herald Sun called the album a "classic," writing that "the catchy and melodic guitars of Stan Lee and the fast, cartoonish vocal style of Leonard Graves Phillips still drive their core sound."[9]
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by Stan Lee and L G Phillips, except where stated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "See My Way" | Michael T. Abrahams | 3:22 |
| 2. | "Keep Watchin' the Skies" | Phillips, Williams | 2:24 |
| 3. | "Free Willy" | 2:33 | |
| 4. | "Donut Man" | Irvin, Marc Benno | 2:56 |
| 5. | "Howdy Doody in the Woodshed II" | Hufsteter, Lee, Phillips | 1:31 |
| 6. | "Marry Me, Ann" | 2:26 | |
| 7. | "Sobriety" | 2:09 | |
| 8. | "I Did It" | 2:30 | |
| 9. | "Whack the Dalai Lama" | 2:24 | |
| 10. | "He's Courtin' Courtney" | 2:32 | |
| 11. | ""Nobody But Me"" | O' Kelly Isley, Rudolph Bernard Isley, Ron Isley | 2:06 |
| 12. | "My Pop the Cop" | 2:20 | |
| 13. | "It's Huge" | 3:13 |
Personnel edit
- Leonard Graves Phillips – vocals, keyboards
- Stan Lee – guitar
- Little Dave Teague – guitar
- Rick Dasher – bass, vocals
- Travis Johnson – drums
- Glen Laughlin - guitar (Donut Man & Whack the Dalai Lama), mandolin (Marry Me, Ann), vocals
- Recorded at Motor Studios, San Francisco, California, Roundhouse Recording (Toluca Lake, CA) and West Beach Studios, Hollywood, California, US
- Produced by Ryan Greene and Adam Krammer
- Engineered by Ryan Greene, Don Cameron and Glen Laughlin (O.D. engineer Donut Man & Whack the Dalai Lama)
References edit
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 891.
- ^ Earnest, Mark (5 Oct 2001). "CD Rack". Reno Gazette-Journal. p. H20.
- ^ Healy, James (July 19, 2001). "ALBUM REVIEWS - SHORT TAKES". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Entertainment. p. 18.
- ^ "The Dickies | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Sound Advice: The Dickies with The Queers and The Raging Nathans". www.citybeat.com.
- ^ "Hot and Throbbing – OC Weekly". www.ocweekly.com.
- ^ "Hearsay: The Dickies: All This and Puppet Stew FAT WRECK CHORDS". June 22, 2001.
- ^ "CD of the week". Sunday Herald Sun. Cue. 2 Sep 2001. p. 108.