Clocking Out Is for Suckers

1994 studio album by Drake Tungsten
Clocking Out Is for Suckers
Studio album by
Drake Tungsten
Released1994
Recorded1991–1994
GenreIndie rock
Length32:49
LabelSelf-released
ProducerBritt 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.

Track listing

  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.
  • Media related to Drake Tungsten at Wikimedia Commons
  • Peek-A-Boo Records: Drake Tungsten page Archived 2021-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
  • Spoon Official Website
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