Weird Revolution

Weird Revolution
Weird Revolution
Studio album by Butthole Surfers
Released	August 28, 2001
Genre	Hip hop; alternative rock; electronica;
Length	63:42
Label	Surfdog; Hollywood;
Producer	Paul Leary; Rob Cavallo;
Butthole Surfers chronology

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	46/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C+^[3]
Pitchfork Media	(0.4/10)^[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]
Spin	6/10^[6]

Weird Revolution is the eighth studio album by the alternative rock band Butthole Surfers, released in 2001 on Surfdog Records and Hollywood Records. It is in large part a rerecorded version of an earlier album, tentatively entitled After the Astronaut, that was abandoned in 1998.

The initial release of this album featured a lenticular cover and jewel case that shows the baby's limbs moving and shooting a beam at other aircraft on the cover. The song "They Came In" was featured on the soundtrack to Mission: Impossible 2. The song "The Shame of Life" was featured in the trailer for Phone Booth. The song "Dracula From Houston" was featured in an episode of the NBC comedy series Scrubs.

As of 2024, Weird Revolution remains the band's last album to date.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Weird Revolution"	3:36
2.	"The Shame of Life"	3:54
3.	"Dracula from Houston"	3:42
4.	"Venus"	3:55
5.	"Shit Like That"	3:18
6.	"Mexico"	3:50
7.	"Intelligent Guy"	3:04
8.	"Get Down"	5:29
9.	"Jet Fighter"	2:57
10.	"The Last Astronaut"	4:07
11.	"Yentel"	3:22
12.	"They Came In" (includes hidden track^{[note 1]})	22:23

Notes

^ The song "They Came In" ends at minute 4:02. After 17 minutes and 50 seconds of silence, at minute 21:52 begins a hidden track: it's a reprise of the song "The Last Astronaut".

Singles

"The Shame of Life"

"The Shame of Life"
"The Shame of Life" (A Cappella)
"The Shame of Life" (DJ Z-Trip Remix)
"The Shame of Life" (Bonus Beats)

"Dracula from Houston"

"Dracula from Houston (The Bike Song) (Radio Edit)"
"They Came In"
"Call Out Hook"

Personnel

Butthole Surfers

Gibby Haynes – vocals
Paul Leary – guitars
King Coffey – drums

Additional personnel

Paul Leary – production, mixing (Track 11)
Rob Cavallo – production (Tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 8), A&R
Michael Bradford – engineering (Tracks 1, 2, & 7), additional production (Track 2)
Stuart Sullivan – engineering (Tracks 1, 4–7, & 9–12), mixing (Track 11)
Allen Sides – engineering (Tracks 2, 3, & 8)
Chris Lord-Alge – mixing (Tracks 1–10 & 12)
Brian Gardner – mastering
Nathan Calhoun – bass
Chris Vrenna – additional drum programming (Track 9)
Cheryl Jenets – A&R coordination
Dave Kaplan – management
Actionfigure – art direction, design

References

^ "Weird Revolution by Butthole Surfers". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
^ Kennedy, Patrick. "allmusic ((( Weird Revolution > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
^ "Review: 'Weird Revolution". Entertainment Weekly. New York. September 7, 2001. p. 67. A typical morass of computerized beat science, vague exoticism, and singer Gibby Haynes' crackpot mantras...
^ Brackett, Nathan. "Butthole Surfers". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 123, cited March 17, 2010
^ DiCrescenzo, Brent. "Weird Revolution". pitchfork.com. August 2001, Retrieved on March 17, 2010.
^ Rotter, Jeffrey (October 2001). "Butthole Surfers: Weird Revolution". Spin. 17 (10): 133–34. Retrieved February 14, 2018.