Flippin' Out
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Flippin' Out is an album by Gigolo Aunts
released in October 1993 on Fire Records in the UK and April 1994 on RCA/BMG in the US. It includes the track "Where I Find My Heaven", featured on the soundtrack to 1994 comedy film, Dumb and Dumber, which helped to break the band into the charts. The US and UK versions feature different track listings. The title track, "Flippin' Out", was originally recorded by the Wizards, a NY/NJ supergroup circa 1988/1989, part of a six song EP that was never released. In a story attributed to Phil Marino, known for his work photographing the band, the Gigolo Aunts became acquainted with the song through Rob Norris, the producer of their debut album, Everybody Happy
. Norris, a former member of the Bongos
and at the time a current member of the Wizards, reportedly sent a tape of the six song EP to the Gigolo Aunts, who recorded "Flippin' Out" as the title track for the album. The album cover features Chloë Sevigny
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UK Version (Fire Records) Catalog Number: FIRELP35 (1993) Format: LP
US Version (RCA/BMG) Catalog Number: 07863 66392-2 (1994) Format: CD
US Version (RCA/BMG) Catalog Number: RMJ 66392-2 (1994) Format: CD [Promo]
Gigolo Aunts
-Early history:The band was formed by middle school students Steve Hurley, Dave Gibbs, Phil Hurley and Paul Brouwer in 1981 in Potsdam, New York, originally known as Sniper...
released in October 1993 on Fire Records in the UK and April 1994 on RCA/BMG in the US. It includes the track "Where I Find My Heaven", featured on the soundtrack to 1994 comedy film, Dumb and Dumber, which helped to break the band into the charts. The US and UK versions feature different track listings. The title track, "Flippin' Out", was originally recorded by the Wizards, a NY/NJ supergroup circa 1988/1989, part of a six song EP that was never released. In a story attributed to Phil Marino, known for his work photographing the band, the Gigolo Aunts became acquainted with the song through Rob Norris, the producer of their debut album, Everybody Happy
Everybody Happy
Everybody Happy is the 1988 debut album by Gigolo Aunts, released on Coyote Records.-Track listing:US Version Catalog Number: TTC 88146 , Formats: LP, Cassette#"Summertime Evening" 3:50...
. Norris, a former member of the Bongos
The Bongos
The Bongos were a rock band from Hoboken, New Jersey, primarily active in the 1980s. With a unique blend of British Invasion-flavored power pop, jangly guitars, and dance beats they made the leap to national recognition with the advent of MTV.-Biography:...
and at the time a current member of the Wizards, reportedly sent a tape of the six song EP to the Gigolo Aunts, who recorded "Flippin' Out" as the title track for the album. The album cover features Chloë Sevigny
Chloë Sevigny
Chloë Stevens Sevigny is an American film actress, fashion designer and former model. Sevigny gained reputation for her eclectic fashion sense and developed a broad career in the fashion industry in the mid 1990s, both for modeling and for her work at New York's Sassy magazine, which labeled her...
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Track listing
UK Version (Fire Records) Catalog Number: FIRECD35 (1993) Format: CDUK Version (Fire Records) Catalog Number: FIRELP35 (1993) Format: LP
- "CopeCope (song)"Cope" is a song written and performed by Gigolo Aunts. Originally available as the B-side to the independently released 1991 "Bloom" 7" single, it was released as a single in its own right in October 1992 on Fire Records and later appeared on the Gigolo Aunts' album Flippin' Out. In support of...
" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 3:49 - "Where I Find My Heaven" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 3:23
- "Lullaby" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 5:06
- "Easy Reader" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 3:55
- "Figurine" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 5:01
- "Mrs. WashingtonMrs. Washington"Mrs. Washington" is a song written and performed by Gigolo Aunts and the title song from their 1993 and 1994 singles. The song also appears on the album, Flippin' Out. The August 1993 7" single includes a cover of "Serious Drugs", a 1992 single by BMX Bandits later included on their 1995 album,...
" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 4:48 - "BloomBloom (song)"Bloom" is a song written and performed by Gigolo Aunts. It was first released in fall 1991 as the A-side to a 7" single, backed with "Cope", on the independent Summerville label. After appearing as a track on the October 1992 "Cope" single , it was released again as a single in its own right in...
" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 4:01 - "GunGun (Gigolo Aunts song)"Gun" is a song written and performed by Gigolo Aunts. It was released as a single in March 1993 on Fire Records and appears on the Gigolo Aunts' album, Flippin' Out. The white label promo single has a different track listing than that released for commercial consumption, replacing the "Take Me...
" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 4:38 - "Pin Cushion" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 4:41
- "Flippin' Out" (Vincent Casey) 6:10
US Version (RCA/BMG) Catalog Number: 07863 66392-2 (1994) Format: CD
US Version (RCA/BMG) Catalog Number: RMJ 66392-2 (1994) Format: CD [Promo]
- "CopeCope (song)"Cope" is a song written and performed by Gigolo Aunts. Originally available as the B-side to the independently released 1991 "Bloom" 7" single, it was released as a single in its own right in October 1992 on Fire Records and later appeared on the Gigolo Aunts' album Flippin' Out. In support of...
" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 3:47 - "Lemon Peeler" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 3:28
- "Ride On, Baby, Ride On" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 5:15
- "BloomBloom (song)"Bloom" is a song written and performed by Gigolo Aunts. It was first released in fall 1991 as the A-side to a 7" single, backed with "Cope", on the independent Summerville label. After appearing as a track on the October 1992 "Cope" single , it was released again as a single in its own right in...
" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 4:00 - "Figurine" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 5:03
- "Where I Find My Heaven" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 3:23
- "Lullaby" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 5:07
- "Mrs. WashingtonMrs. Washington"Mrs. Washington" is a song written and performed by Gigolo Aunts and the title song from their 1993 and 1994 singles. The song also appears on the album, Flippin' Out. The August 1993 7" single includes a cover of "Serious Drugs", a 1992 single by BMX Bandits later included on their 1995 album,...
" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 4:46 - "GunGun (Gigolo Aunts song)"Gun" is a song written and performed by Gigolo Aunts. It was released as a single in March 1993 on Fire Records and appears on the Gigolo Aunts' album, Flippin' Out. The white label promo single has a different track listing than that released for commercial consumption, replacing the "Take Me...
" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 4:38 - "Pin Cushion" (Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley, Hurley) 4:43
- "Flippin' Out" (Vincent Casey) 6:10