Electriclarryland is the seventh studio album

Studio album

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 by the American alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Butthole Surfers

Butthole Surfers

Butthole Surfers is an American alternative rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but its core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been consistent since 1983. Teresa Nervosa served as second...

, released in April 1996 (see 1996 in music

1996 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...

). This album brought the Butthole Surfers their first Top 40 hit with "Pepper

Pepper (song)

"Pepper" is a song by American alternative rock band Butthole Surfers. It appeared on their 1996 album Electriclarryland, and reached number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart...

". The album was certified gold by the RIAA on August 20, 1996.

The title of this album is a parody

Parody

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 of Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

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's 3rd studio album entitled Electric Ladyland

Electric Ladyland

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. This is the second time the band has used a parody title for one of their releases. The first was Hairway to Steven

Hairway to Steven

Hairway to Steven is the fourth full-length studio album by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in February 1988. All songs were written by the Butthole Surfers, co-produced by the Surfers and Ric Wallace, and mixed by Wallace...

which references the song "Stairway to Heaven

Stairway to Heaven

"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971. It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band's untitled fourth studio album . The song, running eight minutes and two seconds, is composed of several sections, which...

" by Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

. The album's original title was going to be Oklahoma!, but fearing lawsuits, Capitol forced the band to change the name.

The album was also released in a "clean" version with profanities removed and with an alternate album cover.

Track listing

1. "Birds" – 3:10
2. "Cough Syrup" – 4:33
3. "Pepper
   Pepper (song)
   "Pepper" is a song by American alternative rock band Butthole Surfers. It appeared on their 1996 album Electriclarryland, and reached number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart...
   
   " – 4:57
4. "Thermador" – 4:35
5. "Ulcer Breakout" – 2:34
6. "Jingle of a Dog's Collar
   Jingle of a Dog's Collar
   "Jingle of a Dog's Collar" is a song by American alternative rock band Butthole Surfers, from their 1996 album Electriclarryland. Though released as a CD single in Australia, the song failed to chart in the US.-Track listing:...
   
   " – 3:08
7. "TV Star" – 3:06
8. "My Brother's Wife" – 5:13
9. "Ah Ha" – 3:31
10. "The Lord Is a Monkey" – 4:46
11. "Let's Talk About Cars" – 4:34
12. "L.A." – 2:46
13. "Space" – 4:25

All songs written by the Butthole Surfers.

Butthole Surfers

• Gibby Haynes
  Gibby Haynes
  Gibson Jerome "Gibby" Haynes is an American musician, radio personality, and painter, and the lead singer of the group Butthole Surfers.-Early life and career:...
  
    – vocals
• Paul Leary
  Paul Leary
  Paul Leary is an American musician from Austin, TX, best known as the guitarist for American rock band Butthole Surfers. He is also the producer of a number of songs and albums by other bands, including U2, Sublime, the Meat Puppets, Daniel Johnston, The Reverend Horton Heat, Pepper, Maggie...
  
   – producer, guitar, mixing
• King Coffey
  King Coffey
  King Coffey is an American drummer, best known for being the drummer of the psychedelic/noise rock band the Butthole Surfers. He began drumming in a Fort Worth hardcore punk band called The Hugh Beaumont Experience. Around that same time he published a fanzine called Throbbing Cattle...
  
    – drums

Additional personnel

• Andrew Weiss
  Andrew Weiss
  Andrew Weiss is a bass guitarist and producer.He produced and played bass for most of the Ween albums; for Greg Ginn's post Black Flag band Gone; and for ex-Black Flag singer Henry Rollins's Rollins Band from 1987 to 1993. His distinctive bass sound on The End of Silence, an aggressive and slightly...
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   (Tracks 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
• Bill Carter – bass (Tracks 2 & 12)
• John Hagen – cello (Track 2)
• Fooch – peddle steel guitar (Track 7)
• Mark Eddinger
  Mark Eddinger
  Mark Eddinger is an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, music producer, record company executive, and music and entertainment industry consultant. Eddinger is also involved as an executive and consultant in other business sectors unrelated to the entertainment industry.-Early Years:Mark...
  
   – keyboards (Track 3)
• Danno Saratak – drum programming (Tracks 3 & 10)
• Steve Thompson
  Steve Thompson (musician)
  -Biography:Steve Thompson is an American record producer, Having worked with Guns N Roses, Madonna, John Lennon, Wu Tang, Korn, Cutting Crew, Belouis Some,Public Enemy, Whitney Houston, Metallica and Red Hot Chili Peppers...
  
   – producer
• Christopher Shaw – engineer, mixing
• Stuart Sullivan – engineer, mixing
• Paul Mavrides
  Paul Mavrides
  Paul Mavrides is an American artist, best known for his critique-laden comics, cartoons, paintings, graphics, performances and writings that encompass a disturbing yet humorous catalog of the social ills and shortcomings of human civilization...
  
   – illustrations, cover design, cover art
• Will Van Overbeek – photography
• Tommy Steele – art direction
• Wendy Dougan – art direction, design

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1996	The Billboard 200	31

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1996	"Pepper"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	19
		Modern Rock Tracks	1
		Top 40 Mainstream	38