Big Lizard in My Backyard

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Big Lizard in My Backyard
File:Big Lizard in My Backyard.jpg
Studio album by
the Dead Milkmen
Released1985
Recorded1985
Genre
Length42:14
LabelRestless
ProducerThe Dead Milkmen, John Wicks
The Dead Milkmen chronology
Big Lizard in My Backyard
(1985) 		Eat Your Paisley!
(1986)

Big Lizard in My Backyard is the debut album by the Dead Milkmen, released by Restless Records in 1985.[1][2]

Although the album yielded no singles, it achieved enough notoriety to create a fan base for the band. Five of the album's tracks appear on the 1997 compilation Death Rides a Pale Cow: The Ultimate Collection; four tracks appear on the 1998 compilation Cream of the Crop.

Production

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Big Lizard in My Backyard was produced by John Wicks and the band.[3] The introduction to "Bitchin' Camaro" was improvised.[4]

Cover artwork

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The album's cover artwork was designed by the band's drummer, Dean Clean.[5][non-primary source needed]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[6]
Robert ChristgauA−[7]
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Big Lizard in My Backyard received strong reviews, with critics singling out "Bitchin' Camaro", calling it "hilarious" and "career-making."[2][9] Maximum Rocknroll wrote that "these 20 satire-laced songs are real crack-ups, and backed up by tight playing that incorporates funk, country, and lots of other styles into their punk approach."[10] Spin called the album "frenetic goof pop," writing that it's "full of the kind of scruff-and-tumble guitar and funtime lyrics that made 1977 punk such a refreshing blast."[11]

Track listing

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All tracks written by the Dead Milkmen

  1. "Tiny Town" - 1:45
  2. "Beach Song" - 2:00
  3. "Plum Dumb" - 1:56
  4. "Swordfish" - 1:31
  5. "V.F.W. (Veterans of a Fucked Up World)" - 1:48
  6. "Rastabilly" - 1:07
  7. "Serrated Edge" - 1:59
  8. "Lucky" - 2:10
  9. "Big Lizard in My Backyard" - 1:59
  10. "Gorilla Girl" - 1:33
  11. "Bitchin' Camaro" - 3:01
  12. "Filet of Sole" - 1:57
  13. "Spit Sink" - 2:01 (Produced By Mike Ace & Jonny Earthshoe)
  14. "Violent School" - 1:58
  15. "Takin’ Retards to the Zoo" - 0:48 (Produced By Mike Ace & Jonny Earthshoe)
  16. "Junkie" - 0:52
  17. "Right Wing Pigeons" - 2:21
  18. "Dean’s Dream" - 1:49
  19. "Laundromat Song" - 1:47
  20. "Nutrition" - 2:17
  21. "Tugena" - 5:27 (instrumental)

"Gorilla Girl" was not included on the original U.S. Enigma/Fever LP release. "Tugena" was present on the original release (as the last track) but was unidentified and not labeled until later pressings.

Personnel

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References

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