- Sicks
Infobox Album
Name = Sicks
Type = Studio
Artist = Barnes & Barnes
Released = 1986July 2005 (Reissue)
Recorded = Lumania, 1985-1986
Genre = Novelty Rock
Length = 39:2464:48 (Reissue)
Label =Rhino Records Oglio Records (Reissue)
Producer = Barnes & BarnesBob Casale ("What's New Pussycat")Gerry Beckley ("Blithering #2")
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0nftxqq5ld6e link]
Last album = "Amazing Adult Fantasy"(1984)
This album = "Sicks" (1986)
Next album = ""(1987)"Sicks" is the fourth
album released by novelty rock groupBarnes & Barnes . It was originally released in 1986 byRhino Records , and rereleased in 2005 byOglio Records . Its title takes its name from the fact that it is their sixth non-single release (including their previous three albums and twoEP 's), and also that it was deliberately created as a "sick" album. A sticker on the shrinkwrap of the original LP read, "Warning! The sickest songs ever collected on one record."Track listing
(All songs are by Barnes & Barnes, unless otherwise noted)
#"
If You Wanna Be Happy " (Guida/Guida/Royster)
#"Homophobic Dream #22"
#"Pussy Whipped" (Mumy/Ferrer/Joliffe)
#"Dead Baby Hunt"
#"Pizza Face"
#"Lick Lap"
#"Scary Love"
#"Pineapple Princess " (Sherman/Sherman)
#"Sit on My Lap and Call Me Daddy"
#"Baby Come Home" (Artie Barnes)
#"Love Button"
#"Pre-School Games"
#"Smelly Finger Blues"
#"I Hate the Boss" (originally titled "I Got a Job")The 2005 reissue contains additional bonus tracks.
Trivia
#The cover of the album is from the video of "Love Tap" from
Spazchow .
#"I Hate the Boss" was originally on the "lost" album Code of Honor, and was reworked for this album. It appears in its original form onKodovoner
#Pussy Whipped was co-written by actorMiguel Ferrer . It is through Bob and Bill's friendship with Miguel that got his fatherJose Ferrer to appear in their video release Zabagabee.
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