Surfin' M.O.D. is an EP from American crossover thrash band, M.O.D. It was released in 1988 on Megaforce Records and follows 1987's debut album, U.S.A. for M.O.D.[2] In 1989, the band subsequently released Gross Misconduct, their second full length-studio album.

Surfin' M.O.D.
A shark with an M.O.D. T-shirt biting off a surfer's leg.
EP by
Released1988
RecordedPyramid Sound,
Ithaca, New York, USA
GenreCrossover thrash
Length19:48
21:40 (with bonus)
LabelMegaforce Records
ProducerAlex Perialas
M.O.D. chronology
U.S.A. for M.O.D.
(1987)
Surfin' M.O.D.
(1988)
Gross Misconduct
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Apart from Billy Milano, it featured a completely different line-up compared to the first album released a little more than a year previous – it included among others, Tim Mallare on drums, who later went on to play with the thrash metal band Overkill.

This release has two parts:

-"The Movie" (track 1) which is a spoken word story featuring actual songs in between the dialogue for a fake movie.

-"The Sound Track Without The Movie" (tracks 2-8). It is the actual music from the movie separated into tracks and without all the dialogue.

Incorrect Track listing

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The CD lists the following erroneous track list on the cover:

No.TitleLength
1."Surfin' U.S.A." 
2."Surf's Up" 
3."Sargent Drexell Theme" 
4."Mr. Oofus" 
5."Party Animal" 
6."Color My World" 
7."Shout" 
  • This track list is in fact incorrect, as "The Movie" is track one, "Sargent Drexell Theme" is only included as part of track one, and there is an unlisted CD-bonus track ("New Song") as track eight.

Actual Track listing

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All songs written by M.O.D., unless stated otherwise

No.TitleLength
1."The Movie
  • Goldfish from Hell
  • Totally Narley Talking by Katrina & Bill
  • Surfin' U.S.A.
  • More Narley Talking by Katrina & Bill
  • Surf's Up
  • Sargent Drexell Theme
  • Billy, Katrina & Alex Spot Oofus
  • Mr. Oofus
  • Still More Narley Talk & The Party Crash Scene
  • Party Animal
  • Bill's Big Love Scene
  • Color My World
  • Bill & Katrina split Up & The Big Party Scene
  • Shout
  • The Big Finale"
23:32
2."Surfin' U.S.A." (The Beach Boys cover)2:34
3."Surf's Up"2:03
4."Mr. Oofus"3:36
5."Party Animal"3:20
6."Color My World" (Chicago cover)1:57
7."Shout" (The Isley Brothers cover)4:26
8."New Song" (Scream cover)1:52
  • Track 8 is a CD bonus track.
  • The album includes several uncredited samples from the 1987 film "Back to the Beach", starring Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Lori Loughlin and Connie Stevens.
  • Credits

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    References

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    1. ^ Anderson, Jason. "M.O.D. Surfin' M.O.D. review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
    2. ^ Phillips, William; Cogan, Brian (March 20, 2009). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313348013 – via Google Books.
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