Weird Revolution Explained

Weird Revolution
Type:Album
Artist:Butthole Surfers
Cover:Butthole surfers weird revolution.jpg
Released:August 28, 2001
Length:63:42
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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 . 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.

Reception

The album was met with mixed-to-negative reviews. Pitchfork Media was particularly negative about it, saying "The thin music seems to emanate from a TV you can't turn off. Each song putters on a weak beat that jangles and blips as if they dumped the ambient sounds of a Midway arcade over some Black Grape outtakes."

Track listing

Notes

Singles

"The Shame of Life"

  1. "The Shame of Life"
  2. "The Shame of Life" (A Cappella)
  3. "The Shame of Life" (DJ Z-Trip Remix)
  4. "The Shame of Life" (Bonus Beats)

"Dracula from Houston"

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

Personnel

Butthole Surfers

Additional personnel