Primitive Enema is the debut album by the Los Angeles punk band Butt Trumpet. It was produced by Geza X and released in 1994 by Chrysalis Records, with the recording sessions allegedly costing less than a thousand dollars. The album was the subject of a censorship campaign in Leominster, Massachusetts, after a mother campaigned against the sale of Parental Advisory-stickered records to minors. The band supported the album by touring with Fear. At timestamp 13:15, on track 18, there is a hidden song titled "Do It in the Butt." The album had sold more than 60,000 copies by the end of 2000.
Reception
Trouser Press wrote: "The double-bassist Los Angeles quintet ... is strictly out to offend on Primitive Enema, wielding a two-pronged fork of blaring punk aggression and tastelessly crude lyrics that make outrageous jokes of the three S's: scatology, sex and stoopidity." AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the group "crude and amateurish-and fiercely proud of it, by the way", and said the disc "made more sense on a smaller label". He also criticized Geza X's production, calling it "slightly too clean to make Primitive Enema sound dangerous."
Track listing All songs written by Butt Trumpet. "Clusterfuck" 1:51 "Funeral Crashing Tonight" 2:02 "I've Been So Mad Lately" 2:16 "Dicktatorship" 3:24 "Classic Asshole" 2:27 "Decapitated" 0:40 "Dead Dogs" 1:08 "I Left My Flannel in Seattle" 1:32 "I'm Ugly and I Don't Know Why" 3:10 "The Grindcore Song" 0:49 "Primitive Enema" 2:01 "I Left My Gun in San Francisco" 1:14 "Shut Up" 1:58 "Ten Seconds of Heaven" 1:22 "Yesterday" 2:33 "Ode to Dickhead" 0:52 "Pink Gun" 1:35 "Blind" 5:18 (Hidden track) "Do It In The Butt" 5:02
Personnel Butt Trumpet Bianca Butthole: vocals, bass Sharon Needles: vocals, bass Thom Bone: bass, occasional vocal backing, ego Blare N. Bitch: guitars, vocal backing Jerry Geronimo: drums, percussion, cymbals, vocal backing
Additional personnel Geza X., Jamie Schene, Andrea Beltramo (a.k.a. "The Butt Trumpettes"): vocal backing
Production Arranged By Butt Trumpet Produced By Thom Bone, with additional production by Geza X (deliberate error in liner notes is an inside joke) Recorded & Mixed By Geza X & Thom Bone, July 31-August 2 (per liner notes "real cheap") CD and cassette tape mastered By Dave Collins, Patricia Sullivan & Thom Bone; vinyl mastered By Bill Lightner & Thom Bone at A&M Studios and K-Disc in Hollywood, CA All Songs Published By Buttwrenching Music.
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