Everything about The Dictators Go Girl Crazy totally explained
The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! was the influential 1975 debut album of the
New York-based
proto-punk band
The Dictators.
Trouser Press lauded the band's first—and arguably best—release as a "wickedly funny, brilliantly played and hopelessly naïve masterpiece of self-indulgent smartass rock'n'roll". Originally released on the
Epic label on 1975, the album has been re-issued on CD and LP by Epic,
Norton Records and
Sony Music Media.
Influence
In its review,
All Music Guide notes that while the album was confusing to audiences at the time of its release, it became inspirational for dozens of groups to follow, with its blend of
punk rock and
heavy metal.
Trouser Press also enthuses that the band deserves "scads of credit" for "blazing a long trail, melding the essentials of junk culture...with loud/hard/fast rock'n'roll and thus creating an archetype".
In addition to musicians, the album was also one of two factors influencing the creation of
Punk Magazine by music journalist
Legs McNeil. In
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, McNeil said that the album so resonated with him and his friends that they started the magazine strictly so they could "hang out with the Dictators".
Track listing
Except where otherwise noted, all tracks composed by Andy Shernoff.
"The Next Big Thing" – 4:20
"I Got You Babe" (Sonny Bono) – 4:08
"Back to Africa" – 3:35
"Master Race Rock" – 4:13
"Teengenerate" – 3:24
"California Sun" (Henry Glover, Morris Levy) – 3:04
"Two Tub Man" – 4:08
"Weekend" – 4:00
"(I Live For) Cars and Girls" – 3:56
Personnel
Performance
Ross "The Boss" Funichello – guitar, vocals
Scott Kempner – guitar
Stu Boy King – percussion, drums
Handsome Dick Manitoba – vocals
Andy Shernoff – bass, keyboards, vocals
Production
Greg Calbi – mastering
David Gahr – photographer
Tim Geelan – engineer
Murray Krugman – producer
Sandy Pearlman – producer
Ed Sprigg – mixing
Lou Waxman – engineerFurther Information
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