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1994 studio album by Butt Trumpet
Primitive Enema
Studio album by Butt Trumpet
Released1994
RecordedJuly–August, 1993
GenrePunk rock
Length30:54
LabelChrysalis
ProducerGeza X
Butt Trumpet chronology
Primitive Enema (7-inch)
(1994) 		Primitive Enema
(1994) 		Show & Tell: A Stormy Remembrance of TV Theme Songs
(1997)

Primitive Enema is the debut album by the Los Angeles punk band Butt Trumpet. It was produced by Geza X and released in 1994 by Chrysalis Records, with the recording sessions allegedly costing less than a thousand dollars. The album was the subject of a censorship campaign in Leominster, Massachusetts, after a mother campaigned against the sale of Parental Advisory-stickered records to minors. The band supported the album by touring with Fear. The album had sold more than 60,000 copies by the end of 2000.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Robert Christgau(dud)

Trouser Press wrote: "The double-bassist Los Angeles quintet ... is strictly out to offend on Primitive Enema, wielding a two-pronged fork of blaring punk aggression and tastelessly crude lyrics that make outrageous jokes of the three S's: scatology, sex and stoopidity." AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the group "crude and amateurish-and fiercely proud of it, by the way", and said the disc "made more sense on a smaller label". He also criticized Geza X's production, calling it "slightly too clean to make Primitive Enema sound dangerous."

Track listing

  • All songs written by Butt Trumpet.
  1. "Clusterfuck" 1:51
  2. "Funeral Crashing Tonight" 2:02
  3. "I've Been So Mad Lately" 2:16
  4. "Dicktatorship" 3:24
  5. "Classic Asshole" 2:27
  6. "Decapitated" 0:40
  7. "Dead Dogs" 1:08
  8. "I Left My Flannel In Seattle" 1:32
  9. "I'm Ugly And I Don't Know Why" 3:10
  10. "The Grindcore Song" 0:49
  11. "Primitive Enema" 2:01
  12. "I Left My Gun In San Francisco" 1:14
  13. "Shut Up" 1:58
  14. "Ten Seconds Of Heaven" 1:22
  15. "Yesterday" 2:33
  16. "Ode To Dickhead" 0:52
  17. "Pink Gun" 1:35
  18. "Blind" 5:18

Personnel

Butt Trumpet

  • Bianca Butthole: vocals, bass
  • Sharon Needles: vocals, bass
  • Thom Bone: bass, occasional vocal backing, ego
  • Blare N. Bitch: guitars, vocal backing
  • Jerry Geronimo: drums, percussion, cymbals, vocal backing

Additional personnel

  • Geza X., Jamie Schene, Andrea Beltramo (a.k.a. "The Butt Trumpettes"): vocal backing

Production

  • Arranged By Butt Trumpet
  • Produced By Thom Bone, with additional production by Geza X (deliberate error in liner notes is an inside joke)
  • Recorded & Mixed By Geza X & Thom Bone, July 31-August 2 (per liner notes "real cheap")
  • CD and cassette tape mastered By Dave Collins, Patricia Sullivan & Thom Bone; vinyl mastered By Bill Lightner & Thom Bone at A&M Studios and K-Disc in Hollywood, CA
  • All Songs Published By Buttwrenching Music.

References

  1. Phalen, Tom (16 Dec 1994). "An Alternative to 'Jingle Bells'". Tempo. The Seattle Times. p. 13.
  2. Cummings, Sue (Aug 18, 1994). "A Day in the Life of Butt Trumpet". LA Weekly. p. 48.
  3. Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. Miller Freeman Books. p. 815.
  4. Earles, Andrew (May 2010). "The Majors Get Weird". Spin. Vol. 26, no. 4. p. 80.
  5. Guilfoy, Christine (1 Mar 1995). "Mother seeks curb on explicit lyrics". Telegram & Gazette. p. A1.
  6. Locey, Bill (9 Mar 1995). "Punk Show Promises to Be Rude, Crude and Not for Prudes". Los Angeles Times. p. J6.
  7. Ross, Paige (3 Nov 2000). "Ready to rock". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. p. E4.
  8. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Primitive Enema- Butt Trumpet". AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  9. Christgau, Robert. "Butt Trumpet". Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  10. Robbins, Ira. "Butt Trumpet". Trouser Press. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
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