Second Coming is the fourth studio album by punk band The Dickies.[4] The album contained covers of "Hair" and Gene Pitney's "Town Without Pity."
| Second Coming | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, pop punk | |||
| Label | Enigma[1] | |||
| Producer | Ron Hitchcock | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Hi-Fi News & Record Review | A:1*[3] |
In 2007, the album was re-released by Captain Oi!, with the Killer Klowns From Outer Space EP as bonus tracks.
Critical reception edit
Trouser Press wrote that "while hardly the promised resurrection, Second Coming is still a perfectly (dis)respectable showing from one of our national treasures."[5] Alternative Rock wrote that the band was "bitingly, ferociously back to (near) best."[6]
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hair" | Galt MacDermot/James Rado/Gerome Ragni | 3:40 |
| 2. | "Monster Island" | Leonard Graves Phillips/Stan Lee/Enoch Hain | 2:16 |
| 3. | "Town Without Pity" | Dimitri Tiomkin/Ned Washington | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Cross Eyed Tammy" | Phillips/Lee | 3:04 |
| 5. | "Going Homo" | Phillips | 2:54 |
| 6. | "Dummy Up" | Phillips | 4:26 |
| 7. | "Booby Trap" | Phillips | 4:02 |
| 8. | "Magoomba II" | Phillips/Lee | 4:34 |
| 9. | "Caligula" | Phillips | 6:07 |
| 10. | "I'm Stan" | Phillips/Lee | 2:13 |
| 11. | "Monkey See, Monkey Do" | Phillips | 4:19 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Killer Klowns" | Phillips | 4:33 |
| 13. | "Booby Trap" (single version) | Phillips | 4:00 |
| 14. | "Jim Bowie" | Phillips/Lee/Steve Hufsteter | 3:05 |
| 15. | "Magoomba" | Phillips/Lee | 3:38 |
| 16. | "Eep Opp Ork (Uh, Uh)" | William Hanna/Joe Barbera/Hoyt Curtain | 3:14 |
Credits edit
The Dickies
- Leonard Graves Phillips - lead vocals, keyboards
- Stan Lee - guitars, vocals
- Enoch Hain - guitars, vocals
- Lorenzo "Laurie" Buhne - bass, vocals
- Cliff Martinez - drums
Additional musicians
- Jerry Angel - drums
- Lenny Castro - percussion
- John "Juke" Logan - harmonica
- Larry Klimas - flute
Production
- Produced and Engineered by Ron Hitchcock
- Additional Engineering by Jim Faraci, John X and Brian Fukuji
- Cover Painting by Jeff Wong
References edit
- ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Second Coming - the Dickies | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "Review: The Dickies — Second Coming" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 8. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. August 1989. p. 113. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "The Dickies Are Back, Just as Silly, Irreverent as Ever : Punk: Band will be in Huntington Beach Saturday evening, playing at Night Moves and pushing a new album called "Second Coming."". Los Angeles Times. October 19, 1989.
- ^ "Dickies". Trouserpress.com. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (June 30, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.