The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back is a 1960 stand-up comedy album by Bob Newhart. Released soon after Newhart's top-selling debut The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, the sequel album reached No. 1 on the BillboardMonophonic Action Albums chart on January 9, 1961.[3] The two albums would occupy the top two positions on the chart for almost 30 weeks.[4] Propelled by the success of Newhart's first album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back had sold 150,000 advance copies at the time of its release.[5]