The Incredible Shrinking Dickies

by The Dickies

Overview

This first release by the California-based Dickies contains songs best described as percolating, hyperactive cartoon hardcore, colored with a noticeable bit of Ramones influence. All the songs on this album are frantically fast and very short; over half the selections here have durations under two minutes, and only the instrumental number "Rondo" is longer than three minutes. Most of the tunes here have agreeably goofball lyrics that are often only semi-intelligible. Chucklesome touches such as dog-barking vocals in "Poodle Party," a quote from the Champs' instrumental "Tequila" in "Shadow Man," cuckoo clock noises in "Mental Ward," and a rubber ducky solo in "Curb Job" help keep the songs firmly tongue in cheek. Black Sabbath's "Paranoid," the Monkees' "She," and Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" are given the same dizzy treatment as everything else here. This album is good, crazy fun and worth a listen. ~ David Cleary

Product Details

Release Date:	12/04/2020
Label:	Survival Research
UPC:	0634438056720

Tracks

1. Give It Back
2. Poodle Party
3. Paranoid
4. She
5. Shadow Man
6. Mental Ward
7. Eve of Destruction
8. You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)
9. Waterslide
10. Walk Like an Egg
11. Curb Job
12. Shake & Bake
13. Rondo (The Midgets Revenge)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Dickies   Primary Artist
Stan Lee   Guitar,Vocals
Billy Club   Bass,Vocals
Leonard Graves Phillips   Organ,Piano,Vocals,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Chuck Wagon   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Saxophone
Bonita Butter   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Karlos Kaballero   Drums
Chuck Wagon & the Wheels   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Saxophone

Technical Credits

Tony Iommi   Composer
Stan Lee   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Paul Simon   Composer
Steve Huffsteter   Composer
Steve Hufsteter   Composer
Lee Adams   Composer
Bobby Hart   Composer
Bill Ward   Composer
Billy Club   Composer
The Dickies   Arranger
Ritchie Adams   Composer
Geezer Butler   Composer
Leonard Graves Phillips   Composer
Franz Gruber   Composer
Joseph Mohr   Composer
Scott Goddard   Composer
P.F. Sloan   Composer
Ozzy Osbourne   Composer
Tommy Boyce   Composer
Danny Wilde   Composer
Cisco DeLuna   Engineer
Earle Mankey   Engineer,Producer
Mark Brennan   Liner Notes
Tim Turan   Mastering
Chuck Wagon   Composer
Steve Goddard   Composer
Ian Ainsworth   Composer
Karlos Kaballero   Composer
Frank DeLuna   Mastering
John Hewlett   Producer
Marcus H. Barkan   Composer
Karlos Cabballero   Composer