Piouhgd

Infobox Album
Name = piouhgd
Type = Album
Artist = Butthole Surfers


Released = April 1991
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 51:39
Label = Rough Trade
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:o7d2vwnva9xk link]
* Robert Christgau (*) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=butthole+surfers link]
Last album = "Hurdy Gurdy Man"
(1990)
This album = "piouhgd"
(1991)
Next album = "Independent Worm Saloon"
(1993)

"piouhgd" is an album by American alternative rock band the Butthole Surfers, released in 1991 on Rough Trade Records. The album was reissued on Capitol Records in 1992, due to the album being out-of-print following the US branch of Rough Trade closing doors the previous year. The album was reissued yet again in October 2007 by the Butthole Surfers' own label, Latino Buggerveil, and included the four songs from their 1989 EP "Widowermaker" as bonus tracks.

Title confusion

Rough Trade press releases stated that the album was pronounced "pee-owed" (a euphemization of "pissed off") and that it meant "I told you" in the Navajo Indian language. Pinkus stated that this explanation was fabricated by the label unbeknownst to the band, and that the album title was created with the intention of it being unpronounceable. [Cohen, Marci, "Butthole Surfers: Rifle Drone," "B-Side" Magazine Oct/Nov 1991]

The album is spelled as "piouhgd" on original Rough Trade releases. On the 1992 Capitol Records reissue, the album title is printed on the spine as "pioughd." However, the original "piouhgd" spelling is still used on the back cover art of the Capitol release. The album has been referred to under both titles, as well as various misspellings.

Track listing

# "Revolution Part 1" – 2:18
# "Revolution Part 2" – 7:28
# "Lonesome Bulldog" – 4:42
# "Lonesome Bulldog II" – 0:39
# "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" – 3:59
# "Golden Showers" – 3:17
# "Lonesome Bulldog III" – 0:37
# "Blindman" – 3:40
# "No, I'm Iron Man" – 2:25
# "Something" – 2:06
# "P.S.Y." – 12:12
# "Lonesome Bulldog IV" – 0:41

CD bonus track

#

"Barking Dogs" – 7:28

2007 CD reissue bonus tracks

#

"Helicopter" - 6:47
# "Bong Song" - 3:40
# "The Colored FBI Guy" - 2:46
# "Booze, Tobacco, Dope, Pussy, Cars" - 2:19

Trivia

*"Something" lovingly sets the lyrics of the band's early 80's original song to the music and arrangement of The Jesus and Mary Chain's "Never Understand."
*"P.S.Y." has lyrics sung on the album version that are hardly ever heard during live performances, making it a more of a jam song,Therefor the Working Title "Psychedelic Jam".
*According to many fans,"Lonesome Bulldog Part III" features "one of the lousiest guitar solos ever".

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