Underground Album is the 21st studio album by American country

Country

A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...

 musician David Allan Coe

David Allan Coe

David Allan Coe is an American outlaw country music singer who achieved popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He has written and performed over 280 original songs throughout his career...

. It was released as a mail order album, sold exclusively through the back pages of the biker

Biker

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 magazine Easyriders.

Lyrics

Underground Album is Coe's followup to his 1978 album Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred (David Allan Coe album)

Nothing Sacred is the eleventh studio album by American country musician David Allan Coe. Released in 1978, it is Coe's fourth independent album, after Penitentiary Blues, Requiem for a Harlequin and Buckstone County Prison....

and contains profane, sexually explicit lyrics.

Reception

The album was generally criticized as being profane and crude. Allmusic, which did not review the album, gave it three out of five stars. "Nigger Fucker" resulted in Coe being accused of racism. Neil Strauss

Neil Strauss

Neil Darrow Strauss , also known by the pen names Style and Chris Powles, is an American and Kittitian author, journalist and ghostwriter...

 described the album's material as "among the most racist, misogynist, homophobic and obscene songs recorded by a popular songwriter." Coe responded to the accusations by stating "Anyone that hears this album and says I'm a racist is full of shit". He also stated that he contacted Strauss during the writing of the article, but Strauss only acknowledged talking to Coe's manager, who would only comment off the record.

Track listing

All songs written by David Allan Coe

David Allan Coe

David Allan Coe is an American outlaw country music singer who achieved popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He has written and performed over 280 original songs throughout his career...

1. "Rock and Roll Fever" - 3:10
2. "Panheads Forever" - 3:09
3. "Nigger Fucker" - 2:28
4. "Coffee" - 5:28
5. "One Monkey" - 3:14
6. "One More Time" - 3:13
7. "Little Sussie Shallow Throat" - 2:57
8. "Pick Em, Lick Em, Stick Em" - 2:56
9. "Don't Bite the Dick" - 2:27
10. "Fuckin' in the Butt" - 2:11