Frenzy (Mojo Nixon album)

Frenzy
Frenzy
Studio album by Mojo Nixon, Skid Roper
Released	1986
Genre	Blues; R&B; rockabilly;
Label	Restless
Producer	Ron Goudie
Mojo Nixon, Skid Roper chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Robert Christgau	B+^[5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	^[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[7]

Frenzy is the second album by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper, released in 1986.^[8]^[2]

The album was re-released on CD in 2005, with the EP Get Out Of My Way! added to the end. The CD uses the Get Out of My Way! mix of "Stuffin' Martha's Muffin," which filters the telephone conversation part of Nixon's opening monologue to sound like he is talking on the phone, instead of the original Frenzy LP mix. "Transylvanian Xmas" is a version of "Joy to the World," performed by Roper on harmonica with the melody tweaked to sound spooky; Nixon plays bongos. "Jesus at McDonalds" is a newer recording of the song from their first LP, Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper.

Critical reception[]

Trouser Press wrote that "the musical accompaniment to Nixon’s often hysterical socio-political commentary is mostly a frisky down-home mixture of blues, R&B and rockabilly."^[1] The Los Angeles Times wrote that "the duo ravages the basic blues structure with violent strokes of new wave madness."^[2]

Track listing[]

All songs written by Mojo Nixon and published by Tallywacker Tunes/La Rana Music except as indicated.

"The Amazing Bigfoot Diet"
"Stuffin' Martha's Muffin"
"I Hate Banks"
"Feeling Existential"
"Be My Lover" (M. Bruce) Ezra Music BMI
"Where the Hell's My Money?"
"Gonna Put My Face On a Nuclear Bomb"
"Ain't Got No Boss"
"I'm Living With a Three-Foot Anti-Christ"
"Gonna Eat Them Words"
"Twilight's Last Gleaming" (Joey Harris) Harris Control BMI
"23 Mile Ride"
"In a Gadda Da Vida" (Doug Ingle) Ten East/Cotillion/Itasca BMI
"The Ballad of Wendell Scott"
"Get Out of My Way!" (CD Re-release)
"Rutabagas" (CD Re-release)
"Burn Down the Malls" (CD Re-release)
"Son of Santa" (CD Re-release)
"Transylvanian Xmas" (Trad.) Arr. by Skid Roper (CD Re-release)
"Jesus at McDonalds" (CD Re-release)

Personnel[]

Mojo Nixon - vocals, guitar, sonic love jug, bongos
Skid Roper - washboard, banjo, mandolin, maracas, harmonica, vocal on "In A Gadda Da Vida," kick box, harp, bells, tambourine
Steve Wynn - guest vocal on "Feeling Existential"
The Bigfoot Choir - David Farage, Steve Wynn, Douglas Farage, Pete Webster, Chris Davies, Johnette, Fish Karma, Bruce Joyner, Paul Kamanski, Scott A. Reilly
Moron Tallywacker Choir - Allan Waddle, Dean Naleway, Charley Brown, Scott A. Reilly, Peter Holsapple, Ileen Markel, Ron Lepper
Engineered and mixed by Robert Feist

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mojo Nixon". Trouser Press. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "RECORDS VARY FROM HEAVY METAL TO PUNK : SAN DIEGO BANDS GET MUSIC SPINNING". Los Angeles Times. December 30, 1986.
^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin – via Google Books.
^ AllMusic
^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Mojo Nixon". www.robertchristgau.com.
^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 820.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 510.
^ "Mojo Nixon | Biography & History". AllMusic.

External links[]

Mojo Nixon's home page

[TP-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mojo Nixon". Trouser Press. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

[auto-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "RECORDS VARY FROM HEAVY METAL TO PUNK : SAN DIEGO BANDS GET MUSIC SPINNING". Los Angeles Times. December 30, 1986.

[3] Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin – via Google Books.

[4] AllMusic

[5] "Robert Christgau: CG: Mojo Nixon". www.robertchristgau.com.

[6] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 820.

[7] The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 510.

[8] "Mojo Nixon | Biography & History". AllMusic.

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