Second Coming (Dickies album) explained

Second Coming is the fourth studio album by punk band The Dickies.^[2] The album contained covers of "Hair" and Gene Pitney's "Town Without Pity."

In 2007, the album was re-released by Captain Oi!, with the Killer Klowns From Outer Space EP as bonus tracks.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "while hardly the promised resurrection, Second Coming is still a perfectly (dis)respectable showing from one of our national treasures."^[3] Alternative Rock wrote that the band was "bitingly, ferociously back to (near) best."^[4]

Credits

The Dickies

• Leonard Graves Phillips - lead vocals, keyboards
• Stan Lee - guitars, vocals
• Enoch Hain - guitars, vocals
• Lorenzo "Laurie" Buhne - bass, vocals
• Cliff Martinez - drums

Additional musicians

• Jerry Angel - drums
• Lenny Castro - percussion
• John "Juke" Logan - harmonica
• Larry Klimas - flute

Production

• Produced and Engineered by Ron Hitchcock
• Additional Engineering by Jim Faraci, John X and Brian Fukuji
• Cover Painting by Jeff Wong

Notes and References

1. Book: Popoff, Martin. Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. September 8, 2009. Penguin. 9781440229169. Google Books.
2. Web site: The Dickies Are Back, Just as Silly, Irreverent as Ever : Punk: Band will be in Huntington Beach Saturday evening, playing at Night Moves and pushing a new album called "Second Coming.". October 19, 1989. Los Angeles Times.
3. Web site: Dickies. Trouserpress.com. 23 July 2023.
4. Book: Thompson, Dave. Alternative Rock. June 30, 2000. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9780879306076. Google Books.