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“Helen Butte” vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell is a studio album by To Live and Shave in L.A., released on August 6, 1996 by Full Contact Records.[3]

“Helen Butte” vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell
Studio album by

To Live and Shave in L.A.
ReleasedAugust 6, 1996 (1996-08-06)[1][2]
Recorded1993 (1993) – 1994 (1994)
StudioSync Studios
(Miami, Florida)
GenreNoise
Length70:47
LabelFull Contact

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

Aiding & Abetting called “Helen Butte” vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell “a nice collection of random musical violence. To Live and Shave in L.A. already has a fine reputation for this sort of musical mayhem, and this album doesn’t disappoint.”[5] AllMusic gave the album two out of five stars, calling it a “disturbing cacophony melted on in several, short pieces” and a “predictable gimmick that wears thin early.”[4] Jeff Bagato of the Washington City Paper enjoyed and said “musically, Moog, bass, guitar, and lots of tape manipulation (heavy-metal records are particularly in evidence) are sucked into the black hole of Tom Smith’s mixing board and condensed into piles of slurred, guttural ranting, static, and broken rock.”[6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tom Smith, except “Television’s Over” by T. V. Smith; all music is composed by Frank Falestra, Tom Smith and Ben Wolcott, except “Television’s Over” by T. V. Smith

No.TitleLength
1.“Root of Pop Compulsion”1:20
2.“Tina Russell, Free”1:05
3.“Take a Lot of Ofay”1:41
4.“The Ass God”2:08
5.“Open City ’72”1:12
6.“Shit If They Hit”1:10
7.“Spelvin, The Righteous Bush”1:18
8.“Veinsearchin'”1:45
9.“Superhype Security Probe”1:59
10.“My Third Decade of Ultrafuck”4:41
11.“Crypt Rocket, Tomb Rocket, Turd Rocket”1:09
12.“The “Six” in the Six Wolves”1:41
13.“Mizrahi Speculum”2:03
14.“I Learn to Inject Morphia”1:34
15.“Lady Dedlock”2:04
16.“Hypercuff”1:17
17.“A Low Mass Will Be Said”2:00
18.“I Suppress Nothing”1:58
19.“Wanna Bust Up a Virgin Ass?”1:39
20.“One Navel of Decline”1:51
21.“Rexroth, Cozy Cool”1:06
22.“I Used to Pay a Heavy Bribe”2:23
23.“Kama Sutra ’71”1:25
24.“Anne’s Eager Bottom”1:12
25.“Shivman Destroys Spoonman”4:04
26.“”Godspike” Soph. Hoax”1:17
27.“Theresa Soder in My Hot Hands”1:29
28.“Television’s Over” (The Adverts cover)3:58
29.“American Car”1:42
30.“Gone and Bitched Up”1:38
31.“I Slur a Name”2:14
32.“Tealink”1:09
33.“First Pop Novice”0:58
34.“Lock of Gut Twine”2:20
35.“Balling Andrea True”1:06
36.“Bataille= No Stipe”4:04
37.“In the Assworks”3:07

Personnel

Adapted from the “Helen Butte” vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell liner notes.[7]

To Live and Shave in L.A.

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1996Full ContactCD9868-63235

References

  1. ^ Barnhart, Becky (1996). “Schwann Spectrum”. Schwann Spectrum. Winter 1996–1997. Stereophile, Incorporated: 14. ISBN 9781575980386. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Barnhart, Becky (1996). “Schwann Spectrum”. Schwann Spectrum. 8 (1). Stereophile, Incorporated: 22. ISBN 9781575980386. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  3. ^ Baker, Greg (February 2, 1995). “Program Notes 42”. Miami New Times. Voice Media Group. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Schulte, Tom. “To Live and Shave in L.A.: Helen Butte vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell > Review”. AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Worley, Jon (October 7, 1996). “To Live and Shave in L.A.: Helen Butte vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell“. Aiding & Abetting (120). Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  6. ^ Bagato, Jeff (January 24, 1997). ““Helen Butte” vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell”. Washington City Paper. Duc Luu. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  7. ^ To Live and Shave in L.A. (1996). “Helen Butte” vs. Masonna Pussy Badsmell (booklet). Washington, DC: Full Contact Records.

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