Shaggs' Own Thing

Shaggs' Own Thing
Compilation album by The Shaggs
Released	1982
Recorded	1975
Genre	Outsider music, pop rock
Length	30:34
Label	Rounder
The Shaggs chronology
Philosophy of the World (1969) Shaggs' Own Thing (1982) The Shaggs (1988)

Shaggs' Own Thing is a 1982 compilation album by The Shaggs, containing tracks from a 1975 recording session that had gone unreleased due to the death of Austin Wiggin (the band members' father and manager) and the band's subsequent disbanding.^[1] In additional to the three Wiggin sisters (Dot, Helen, and Betty), this album includes contributions from their younger sister Rachel, brother Austin Jr., and nephew Robert.^[2]

History[]

Shaggs' Own Thing was compiled and released in the wake of the surprise success of a 1980 re-release of the Shaggs' only original album, 1969's Philosophy of the World. Shaggs' Own Thing includes several covers of popular songs of the early 1970s, in addition to new original songs and a re-recording of "My Pal Foot Foot" from Philosophy of the World.^[3] The album was noted for greater stylistic variety^[2] and a higher level of musicianship compared to the band's previous album.^[4]

Track listing[]

Side one

1. "You're Somethin' Special to Me"
2. "Wheels" (The String-A-Longs cover)
3. "Paper Roses" (Anita Bryant/Marie Osmond cover)
4. "Shaggs' Own Thing"
5. "Painful Memories"
6. "Gimme Dat Ding" (The Pipkins cover)

Side two

1. "My Cutie"
2. "Yesterday Once More" (The Carpenters cover)
3. "My Pal Foot Foot"
4. "I Love" (Tom T. Hall cover)
5. "Shaggs' Own Thing (vocal version)"

References[]

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