The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back

The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back is a 1960 stand-up comedy album by Bob Newhart. Released soon after Newhart's top-selling debut The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, the sequel album reached #1 on the Billboard Monophonic Action Albums chart on January 9, 1961.[3] The two albums would occupy the top two positions on the chart for almost 30 weeks.[4] Propelled by the success of Newhart's first album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back had sold 150,000 advance copies at the time of its release.[5]

The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back
Live album by
Released1960
GenreStand-up comedy
Length36:20
LabelWarner Bros.
Bob Newhart chronology
The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
(1960)
The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back
(1960)
Behind the Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
New Record Mirror5/5[2]

The album's tracks were recorded at the hungry i in San Francisco and Freddie's in Minneapolis.[6]

Track listing

  1. "Automation and a Private in Washington's Army" – 5:10
  2. "The Grace L. Ferguson Airline (And Storm Door Co.)" – 9:30
  3. "Bus Drivers School" – 6:13
  4. "Retirement Party" – 8:08
  5. "An Infinite Number of Monkeys" – 1:33
  6. "Ledge Psychology" – 5:10

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. "AllMusic Review by Sean Carruthers". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  2. Watson, Jimmy (6 May 1961). "Bob Newhart: The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 8. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. "Action Albums". Billboard Music Week. 9 January 1961. p. 16.
  4. Ess, Ramsey (2018-03-15). "An Appreciation of the Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart". Vulture. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  5. Smith, Cecil (1960-10-30). "It's Club Patrons Who Unbutton Lips". The Los Angeles Times. Vol. Calendar. p. 10.
  6. "The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back| Rhino". www.rhino.com. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  7. "American album certifications – Bob Newhart – Button-Down Mind Strikes Back". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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