Blood Guts & Pussy is a 1990

1990 in music

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 album by the Dwarves

Dwarves (band)

Dwarves is an American punk band formed in Chicago, Illinois, as The Suburban Nightmare, in the mid-1980s. They are currently based in San Francisco, California. Formed as a garage punk band, their career subsequently saw them move in a hardcore direction before settling into an eclectic punk rock...

. It was their first album for Sub Pop

Sub Pop

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, and the album's sleeve was the subject of controversy, receiving protests from feminists. Dwarves frontman Blag The Ripper asserts that the Blood Guts & Pussy classic "Drug Store" is one of his favourite songs to play live, and that it is frequently requested during live sets. "Drug Store" was played acoustically

Acoustic music

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 by the Dwarves in the United Kingdom

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 in 2005.

Track listing

1. "Back Seat of My Car" (Dwarves) – 1:05
2. "Detention Girl" (Dwarves) – 1:33
3. "Let's Fuck" (Dwarves) – 1:01
4. "Drug Store" (Dwarves) – 1:06
5. "Skin-Poppin' Slut" (Dwarves) – :56
6. "Fuck You Up and Get High" (Sigh Moan) – :40
7. "Insect Whore" (Dwarves) – :53
8. "Flesh Tantrum" (Dwarves) – 1:07
9. "SFVD" (Dwarves) – :50
10. "What Hit You" (Dwarves) – 1:12
11. "Astro Boy" (Dwarves) – 1:20
12. "Motherfucker" (Dwarves) – 1:23

• The vinyl format includes the bonus track "Gash Wagon", but does not include "Astro Boy" or "Motherfucker". Some CD issues include the bonus tracks "Fuckhead" and "She's a Bitch".

Critical reception

The album received a 4.5/5 rating from Allmusic's Matt Carlson, who commented on the album's "explicit exploitation and genuinely disgusting humor", describing it as "thirteen songs full of general punk sloppiness and distortion performed in 14 minutes". David Sprague of Trouser Press

Trouser Press

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described the album as "tight and musicianly". It was voted "most offensive album ever made" in SPIN

Spin (magazine)

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.

Both commented on the album's sleeve, which was described as "equally disgusting" as the album title, featuring a photograph by Michael Lavine

Michael Lavine

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 of three nude models covered in animal blood, which Sprague saw as designed for "calculated offence". The sleeve art was referenced on the 2000 album Come Clean

Come Clean (Dwarves Album)

The Dwarves Come Clean is an album released by punk rock band Dwarves on the Epitaph label in February 2000. It was reissued as a picture disc LP in July 2000 on the Cold Front label.The band offered the song "River City Rapist" to George W...

, which was similar, but with the blood replaced with soap.

The album was described as "a bona-fide punk classic" by the OC Weekly

OC Weekly

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. Douglas Wolk of Pitchfork Media

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 said it was the band's "Platonic ideal

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of phallic stupidity".

Personnel

• Blag Jesus (now known as Blag Dahlia/Blag The Ripper)
• The Dwarves - Producer
• Jack Endino - Engineer
• He Who Cannot Be Named
• Jane Higgins - Photography
• Julia - Photography
• Michael Lavine - Photography
• Vadge Moore
• Salt Peter - Bassist
• Charles Peterson - Photography