Earth vs. Shockabilly

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Released

1983

Recorded

October 31, 1982

Rock^[1]

Length

34:32

The Dawn of Shockabilly
(1982)

Earth vs. Shockabilly
(1983)

Greatest Hits
(1983)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Earth vs. Shockabilly is the debut studio album of Shockabilly, released in 1983 by Rough Trade Records.^[2] It was re-issued in 1988 on Shimmy Disc with four additional tracks and again in 1989 on CD as The Ghost of Shockabilly.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"19th Nervous Breakdown" (The Rolling Stones cover)	Jagger/Richards	3:47
2.	"Are You Experienced?" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)	Jimi Hendrix	3:19
3.	"Psychedelic Basement"	Eugene Chadbourne	2:26
4.	"Big Money Broad"	Eugene Chadbourne	3:07
5.	"Tennessee Flat Top Box" (Johnny Cash cover)	Johnny Cash	4:06
6.	"City of Corruption"	Eugene Chadbourne	3:04

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"People Are Strange" (The Doors cover)	Robby Krieger, Jim Morrison	3:15
2.	"Day Tripper" (The Beatles cover)	Lennon–McCartney	3:43
3.	"Purple Haze" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)	Jimi Hendrix	2:44
4.	"Wrestling Woman"	Eugene Chadbourne	3:45
5.	"Oh Yoko!" (John Lennon cover)	John Lennon	1:16

Adapted from the Earth vs. Shockabilly liner notes.^[3]

Chart (1983)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart^[4]	17

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1983	Rough Trade	LP	ROUGH 48
France	1984	Celluloid	LP	CEL 6645
United States	1988	Shimmy Disc	CS, LP	Shimmy 017

^ ^a ^b Foster, Patrick. "Shockabilly: Earth vs. Shockabilly > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
^ Gehr, Richard; Green, Jim; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Shockabilly". Trouser Press. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
^ Earth vs. Shockabilly (sleeve). Shockabilly. London, United Kingdom: Rough Trade Records. 1983.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2016.

v t e Shockabilly
Eugene Chadbourne Kramer David Licht
Studio albums	Earth vs. Shockabilly Colosseum Vietnam Heaven
Extended plays	The Dawn of Shockabilly Greatest Hits
Live albums	Live: ...Just Beautiful
Compilation albums	The Ghost of Shockabilly Vietnam/Heaven
Related articles	Shimmy-Disc

v t e Kramer
Discography
Studio albums	The Guilt Trip The Secret of Comedy Let Me Explain Something to You About Art Songs from the Pink Death The Greenberg Variations The Brill Building
Collaborative albums	Happiness Finally Came to Them Roll Out the Barrel Real Men Who's Afraid? Egomaniacs Hot Day in Waco A Remark Hugh Made Black Power Gunsmoke Hit Men Huge Rubber Hair Reasons in the Sun The Sound of Music
Live albums	Still Alive in '95
Compilation albums	Music for Crying
Shockabilly	Earth vs. Shockabilly Colosseum Vietnam Heaven
Bongwater	Double Bummer Too Much Sleep The Power of Pussy The Big Sell-Out
B.A.L.L.	Period Bird Trouble Doll Hardball
Captain Howdy	Tattoo of Blood Money Feeds My Music Machine
Related articles	Shimmy Disc

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