Second Coming (Dickies album)
Second Coming is the fourth studio album by punk band The Dickies.[4] The album contained covers of "Hair" and Gene Pitney's "Town Without Pity."
| Second Coming | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, pop punk | |||
| Label | Enigma[1] | |||
| Producer | Ron Hitchcock | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Hi-Fi News & Record Review | A:1*[3] |
In 2007, the album was re-released by Captain Oi!, with the Killer Klowns From Outer Space EP as bonus tracks.
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "while hardly the promised resurrection, Second Coming is still a perfectly (dis)respectable showing from one of our national treasures."[5] Alternative Rock wrote that the band was "bitingly, ferociously back to (near) best."[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hair" | Galt MacDermot/James Rado/Gerome Ragni | 3:40 |
| 2. | "Monster Island" | Leonard Graves Phillips/Stan Lee/Enoch Hain | 2:16 |
| 3. | "Town Without Pity" | Dimitri Tiomkin/Ned Washington | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Cross Eyed Tammy" | Phillips/Lee | 3:04 |
| 5. | "Going Homo" | Phillips | 2:54 |
| 6. | "Dummy Up" | Phillips | 4:26 |
| 7. | "Booby Trap" | Phillips | 4:02 |
| 8. | "Magoomba II" | Phillips/Lee | 4:34 |
| 9. | "Caligula" | Phillips | 6:07 |
| 10. | "I'm Stan" | Phillips/Lee | 2:13 |
| 11. | "Monkey See, Monkey Do" | Phillips | 4:19 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Killer Klowns" | Phillips | 4:33 |
| 13. | "Booby Trap" (single version) | Phillips | 4:00 |
| 14. | "Jim Bowie" | Phillips/Lee/Steve Hufsteter | 3:05 |
| 15. | "Magoomba" | Phillips/Lee | 3:38 |
| 16. | "Eep Opp Ork (Uh, Uh)" | William Hanna/Joe Barbera/Hoyt Curtain | 3:14 |
Credits
The Dickies
- Leonard Graves Phillips - lead vocals, keyboards
- Stan Lee - guitars, vocals
- Enoch Hain - guitars, vocals
- Lorenzo "Laurie" Buhne - bass, vocals
- Cliff Martinez - drums
Additional musicians
- Jerry Angel - drums
- Lenny Castro - percussion
- John "Juke" Logan - harmonica
- Larry Klimas - flute
Production
- Produced and Engineered by Ron Hitchcock
- Additional Engineering by Jim Faraci, John X and Brian Fukuji
- Cover Painting by Jeff Wong
References
- Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
- "Second Coming - the Dickies | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- "Review: The Dickies — Second Coming" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 8. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. August 1989. p. 113. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021 – via World Radio History.
- "The Dickies Are Back, Just as Silly, Irreverent as Ever : Punk: Band will be in Huntington Beach Saturday evening, playing at Night Moves and pushing a new album called "Second Coming."". Los Angeles Times. October 19, 1989.
- "Dickies". Trouserpress.com. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- Thompson, Dave (June 30, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
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