Earth vs. Shockabilly

Earth vs. Shockabilly is the debut studio album of Shockabilly, released in 1983 by Rough Trade Records.[2] It was re-issued in 1988 on Shimmy Disc with four additional tracks and again in 1989 on CD as The Ghost of Shockabilly.

Earth vs. Shockabilly
Studio album by
Shockabilly
Released1983 (1983)
RecordedOctober 31, 1982 (1982-10-31)
GenreRock[1]
Length34:32
LabelRough Trade
Shimmy Disc (re-issue)
ProducerKramer
Shockabilly chronology
The Dawn of Shockabilly
(1982)		 Earth vs. Shockabilly
(1983)		 Greatest Hits
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."19th Nervous Breakdown" (The Rolling Stones cover)Jagger/Richards3:47
2."Are You Experienced?" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)Jimi Hendrix3:19
3."Psychedelic Basement"Eugene Chadbourne2:26
4."Big Money Broad"Eugene Chadbourne3:07
5."Tennessee Flat Top Box" (Johnny Cash cover)Johnny Cash4:06
6."City of Corruption"Eugene Chadbourne3:04
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."People Are Strange" (The Doors cover)Robby Krieger, Jim Morrison3:15
2."Day Tripper" (The Beatles cover)Lennon–McCartney3:43
3."Purple Haze" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)Jimi Hendrix2:44
4."Wrestling Woman"Eugene Chadbourne3:45
5."Oh Yoko!" (John Lennon cover)John Lennon1:16

Personnel

Adapted from the Earth vs. Shockabilly liner notes.[3]

Charts
Chart (1983) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[4] 17

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 1983 Rough Trade LP ROUGH 48
France 1984 Celluloid CEL 6645
United States 1988 Shimmy Disc CS, LP Shimmy 017

References
  1. Foster, Patrick. "Shockabilly: Earth vs. Shockabilly > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  2. Gehr, Richard; Green, Jim; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Shockabilly". Trouser Press. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  3. Earth vs. Shockabilly (sleeve). Shockabilly. London, United Kingdom: Rough Trade Records. 1983.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
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