Paul Leary - The History Of Dogs, 1991, FLAC, Butthole Surfers G

Paul Leary - The History of Dogs

1991

Record Label: Rough Trade



All songs Written, Aranged, Performed and Produced by Paul Leary.



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1 The Birds Are Dying  3:57

2 Apollo One  3:10

3 Dalhart Down the Road  2:35

4 How Much Longer  3:58

5 He's Working Overtime  3:19

6 Indians Storm the Government 	3:37

7 Is It Mikey  2:38

8 Too Many People  3:19

9 The City  3:54

10 Fine Home  2:27





Review by Matt Fink:

Taking a hiatus from his Butthole Surfer bandmates, Paul Leary seizes the spotlight by taking over all the instrumental and vocal duties on The History of Dogs. An apocalyptic and paranoid song cycle, rife with B-movie horror and Gulf War references that tend to date themselves to the album's 1991 release, Leary has little of Gibby Haynes' wit or flair as a lyricist. Delivering his nonsensical and occasionally sophomoric verse with a falsetto that is equal parts Tiny Tim and John Lydon, Leary occasionally approaches the visceral drive of the Surfers in tracks like "Apollo One" and "He's Working Overtime." The strangely orchestral tones of "The Birds Are Dying" and "Fine Home" are triumphs in production but do little to distract the listener from his largely vague and nonsensical verse. Of course, it doesn't take an avid Butthole Surfer fan to find some humor in a song like "Indians Storm the Government," but for those who think they may fall outside of that classification, this disc comes without a strong recommendation.