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The Incredible Shrinking Dickies

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The Incredible Shrinking Dickies is the debut studio album by the California punk band The Dickies.[3][4] It peaked at #18 on the UK album charts.[4] The album includes the group's cover of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid," which reached No. 45 in the UK charts in July 1979. It was pressed on four different colors of vinyl (blue, yellow, orange, black).

The album was produced by John Hewlett, who in the late 1960s was a member of the UK garagepunk quartet John's Children.

Track listing

  1. "Give It Back" – 1:41 (Lee, Phillips, Huffsteter)
  2. "Poodle Party" – 1:09 (Kaballero)
  3. "Paranoid" – 2:04 (Iommi, Osbourne, Ward, Butler)
  4. "She" – 1:36 (Boyce, Hart)
  5. "Shadow Man" – 2:04 (Lee, Ainsworth)
  6. "Mental Ward" – 1:49 (Lee, Club, Glibb)
  7. "Eve Of Destruction" – 1:57 (Sloan)
  8. "You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)" – 1:50 (Lee, Wagon)
  9. "Waterslide" – 2:32 (Lee, Phillips)
  10. "Walk Like An Egg" – 2:21 (Lee, Wilde)
  11. "Curb Job" – 2:36 (Lee, Wilde)
  12. "Shake & Bake" – 1:56 (Huffsteter)
  13. "Rondo (The Midgets Revenge)" – 3:12 (Phillips)

CD reissue bonus tracks

  1. "I'm Ok, You're Ok" – 2:10 (Lee, Club, Goddard)
  2. "Silent Night" – 2:17 (Traditional: Arr. The Dickies)
  3. "Sounds of Silence" – 1:35 (Simon)
  4. "Banana Splits" – 1:54 (Adams, Barkon)
  5. "Hideous" – 1:13 (Lee, Club, Goddard)
  6. "Got It at the Store" – 1:41 (Goddard, Lee)

Personnel

  • Leonard Graves Phillips – Lead Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer, Organ
  • Stan Lee – Guitars, Vocals
  • Chuck Wagon – Keyboards, Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals
  • Billy Club – Bass, Vocals
  • Karlos Kaballero – Drums, No Vocals

Production:

  • Produced by John Hewlett
  • Engineered by Cisco de Luna, Earle Mankey & Gerry Kitchenham
  • Mastered by Frank de Luna

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-incredible-shrinking-dickies-mw0000206728
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "Dickies".
  4. ^ a b Thompson, Dave (June 29, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.



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