Clocking Out Is for Suckers

Clocking Out Is For Suckers
Studio album by Drake Tungsten
Released	1994
Recorded	1991-1994
Genre	Indie rock
Length	32:49
Label	Self-Released
Producer	Britt Daniel
Drake Tungsten chronology
Clocking Out Is For Suckers (1994) Six Pence for the Sauces (1996)

Clocking Out Is For Suckers is Drake Tungsten's first album,^[1] released in 1994 on cassette only and distributed to the Austin, Texas area.^[2] Many of the tracks were re-recorded and re-released on later Spoon albums.

Tracklisting

1. "15 Credibility Street" - 2:49
2. "Chicago at Night" - 3:13
3. "Let Me Roll It!!" - 2:58
4. "All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed" - 2:43
5. "Interview 1" - 0:39
6. "Do The Manta Ray" - 2:04
7. "I Could Be Underground" - 1:03
8. "Taking My Piss Out" - 1:38
9. "Yeah Oh Yeah Oh Yeah" - 1:07
10. "[untitled]" - 1:39
11. "Interview 2" - 1:27
12. "I Can't Believe That Kurt Cobain Is Dead" - 1:43
13. "Secrets" - 2:39
14. "Dismember" - 1:48
15. "I Wanted To Be Your Friend" - 1:51
16. "Call Me When You Come Home" - 0:40
17. "Are You Part Of The Movement?" - 2:48

Notes

• "Let Me Roll It" is a Paul McCartney and Wings cover from Band on the Run.
• "Interview 1" was between Britt and his little brother, who was 7 years old.
• "Do the Manta Ray" is an instrumental Pixies cover of "Dancing the Manta Ray", which appears as a b-side on the "Monkey Gone To Heaven" single.
• "Secrets" was originally written by The Cure.
• Different versions of "Chicago at Night" later appear on Six Pence for the Sauces and also on Spoon's third LP, Girls Can Tell.
• Different versions of "I Could Be Underground" later appear on Six Pence for the Sauces and on Spoon's 30 Gallon Tank EP.
• "All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed", "Dismember", and "I Wanted To Be Your Friend" all appear later on Spoon's Telephono.

References

1. ^ Mike DaRonco, "Drake Tungsten Biography", Allmusic, retrieved March 11, 2008.
2. ^ Raoul Hernandez, "Drake Tungsten and His Boy Skellington." The Austin Chronicle, January 25, 1999.

External links

• Media related to Drake Tungsten at Wikimedia Commons
• Peek-A-Boo Records: Drake Tungsten page
• Spoon Official Website