Back from Samoa

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Back from Samoa
Back from Samoa.jpg
Studio album by
Angry Samoans
Released1982
GenreHardcore punk
Length17:38
LabelTriple X Records
Angry Samoans chronology
Inside My Brain
(1980) 		Back from Samoa
(1982) 		Yesterday Started Tomorrow
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[4]

Back from Samoa is the debut full-length album by the American punk rock band Angry Samoans.[5] It was released in 1982 on Bad Trip Records.[6][3]

Production[]

The album contains a cover of the Chambers Brothers' "Time Has Come Today."[7]

Critical reception[]

Trouser Press wrote that "the brief, well-played songs on Back From Samoa have cool titles ... but the lyrics are rarely as clever."[8] Alternative Press called the album "hilarious," writing that it "rocks like a spastic colon."[9] The Spin Alternative Record Guide wrote that "the extremism of this viciously witty, explosive thrash is compelling, perhaps because it's rooted in self-hatred."[4]

Track listing[]

  1. "Gas Chamber" – 1:02 ("Metal Mike" Saunders/Gregg Turner)
  2. "The Todd Killings" – 0:38 (Saunders/Turner)
  3. "Lights Out" – 0:52 (Saunders/Turner)
  4. "My Old Man's a Fatso" – 1:32 (Saunders)
  5. "Time Has Come Today" – 2:07 (Joseph Chambers/Willie Chambers)
  6. "They Saved Hitler's Cock" – 1:40 (Jeff Dahl/Todd Homer/Turner)
  7. "Homo-Sexual" – 0:52 (J. Falwell)
  8. "Steak Knife" – 1:00 (Saunders/Turner)
  9. "Haizman's Brain Is Calling" – 1:56 (Saunders/Turner)
  10. "Tuna Taco" – 0:38 (Homer)
  11. "Coffin Case" – 0:39 (Saunders)
  12. "You Stupid Jerk" – 0:23 (Saunders)
  13. "Ballad of Jerry Curlan" – 3:08 (P.J. Galligan/Turner/Bill Vockeroth)
  14. "Not of This Earth" – 1:11 (Saunders/Turner)

Personnel[]

  • "Metal Mike" Saunders - vocals, guitar
  • Gregg Turner - vocals, guitar
  • P.J. Galligan - guitar
  • Todd Homer - bass guitar, vocals
  • Bill Vockeroth - drums
  • Ronn Spencer - album design

References[]

  1. ^ Back from Samoa at AllMusic
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 1: MUZE. p. 198.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 14–15.
  5. ^ "Angry Samoans | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Blush, Steve (2001). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Feral House. p. 305.
  7. ^ "Cover songs of the '80s: Angry Samoans' 'Time Has Come Today'". Tampa Bay Times.
  8. ^ "Angry Samoans". Trouser Press. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  9. ^ Stegall, Tim (April 21, 2020). "These 15 punk albums from 1982 continue to bring the fire to this day".
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