STP Not LSD
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| Studio album by Angry Samoans | ||||
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1988 |
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| Label (s) | Triple X Records | |||
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
23:24 |
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Bill Inglot |
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STP Not LSD is the fourth album by the American punk band Angry Samoans . It was released on Triple X Records in 1988 . Musically, the style of the much-criticized previous album Yesterday Started Tomorrow was continued: punk rock with alternative elements. The album was received with little enthusiasm by experts and the public.
Track list
- "I Lost (My Mind)" - 1:57 (Saunders, Turner)
- "Wild Hog Rhyde" - 2:07 (Saunders, Turner)
- "Laughing at Me" - 1:47 (cover version by Alice Cooper )
- "STP Not LSD" - 2:05 (Saunders)
- "Staring at the Sun" - 1:36 (Saunders)
- "Death of Beewak" - 2:07 (Todd Homer, Saunders)
- "Egyptomania" - 1:37 (Homer, Turner)
- "Attack of the Mushroom People" - 2:44 (Saunders)
- "Feet on the Ground" - 1:18 (Homer)
- "Garbage Pit" - 1:40 (Saunders)
- "(I'll Drink to This) Love Song" - 2:04 (Saunders)
- "Lost Highway" - 2:25 (Saunders)
History of origin
Like its predecessor, STP Not LSD was recorded at Penguin Studios in Glendale , California . The playing time of the album is short, so that, as with the previous releases, the categorization in LP or EP is difficult. At the time of the recording there were strong tensions within the band, especially Saunders and Homer often argued, also about the musical course of the band. Shortly after the album was released, Homer, who was critical of the growing proportion of rock elements in the music of the Angry Samoans, left the band.
In 1990 the album was reissued as a CD by Triple X Records without any changes to the content.
reception
AllMusic.com was fundamentally disappointed with STP Not LSD and called the album "one big platter of disappointment" ("one big plate full of disappointments"). The "Only Solitaire" blog confirms frequently mentioned criticisms of the album, but points out that it represents a return to the band's roots as a proto-punk garage rock band and was well done under this premise. Trouser Press positively emphasized the band's command of instruments, but criticized the singing: "Saunders and (...) Homer still sing their stupid lyrics as if they were reading them upside down in a mirror."