Earth vs. Shockabilly

Earth vs. Shockabilly
Studio album by Shockabilly
Released	1983 (1983)
Recorded	October 31, 1982 (1982-10-31)
Genre	Rock[1]
Length	34:32
Label	Rough Trade Shimmy Disc (re-issue)
Producer	Kramer
Shockabilly chronology
The Dawn of Shockabilly (1982) Earth vs. Shockabilly (1983) Greatest Hits (1983)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Earth vs. Shockabilly is the debut studio album of Shockabilly, released in 1983 by Rough Trade Records.[2] It was re-issued in 1988 on Shimmy Disc with four additional tracks and again in 1989 on CD as The Ghost of Shockabilly.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"19th Nervous Breakdown" (The Rolling Stones cover)	Jagger/Richards	3:47
2.	"Are You Experienced?" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)	Jimi Hendrix	3:19
3.	"Psychedelic Basement"	Eugene Chadbourne	2:26
4.	"Big Money Broad"	Eugene Chadbourne	3:07
5.	"Tennessee Flat Top Box" (Johnny Cash cover)	Johnny Cash	4:06
6.	"City of Corruption"	Eugene Chadbourne	3:04

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"People Are Strange" (The Doors cover)	Robby Krieger, Jim Morrison	3:15
2.	"Day Tripper" (The Beatles cover)	Lennon–McCartney	3:43
3.	"Purple Haze" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)	Jimi Hendrix	2:44
4.	"Wrestling Woman"	Eugene Chadbourne	3:45
5.	"Oh Yoko!" (John Lennon cover)	John Lennon	1:16

Personnel

Adapted from the Earth vs. Shockabilly liner notes.[3]

Shockabilly Eugene Chadbourne – vocals, electric guitar Kramer – vocals, organ, tape, production, engineering David Licht – percussion

Production and additional personnel Sheena Dupuis – design Michael Macioce – cover art George Peckham – mastering Geoff Travis – executive producer

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart[4]	17

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1983	Rough Trade	LP	ROUGH 48
France	1984	Celluloid		CEL 6645
United States	1988	Shimmy Disc	CS, LP	Shimmy 017

References

1. Foster, Patrick. "Shockabilly: Earth vs. Shockabilly > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
2. Gehr, Richard; Green, Jim; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Shockabilly". Trouser Press. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
3. Earth vs. Shockabilly (sleeve). Shockabilly. London, United Kingdom: Rough Trade Records. 1983.
4. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2016.

External links

• Earth vs. Shockabilly at Discogs (list of releases)