Effete and Impudent Snobs

{{Infobox album

| name = Effete and Impudent Snobs

| type = studio

| artist = Cows

| cover = The Cows Effete and Impudent Snobs.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1990|3|23}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Tim Mac's Studio
{{small|(Minneapolis, Minnesota)}}

| genre = Noise rock, post-hardcore

| length = 34:23

| label = Amphetamine Reptile

| producer = Cows, Dave Vandersteen

| prev_title = Daddy Has a Tail!

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Peacetika

| next_year = 1991

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000317662|pure_url=yes}}|title=Cows: Effete & Impudent Snobs > Review |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=July 4, 2015}}

}}

Effete and Impudent Snobs is the third album by the Minneapolis-based noise rock band Cows.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&q=Effete+and+Impudent+Snobs+cows+1990+thompson&pg=PA289|title=Alternative Rock|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=June 19, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306076|via=Google Books}}{{cite web |first1=Robin |last1=Edgerton |first2=Ira |last2=Robbins |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=cows |title=Cows |publisher=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=July 4, 2015}} It was released on March 23, 1990, by Amphetamine Reptile Records.{{cite AV media notes |title=Old Gold 1989–1991 |title-link=Old Gold 1989–1991 |others=Cows |year=1996 |type=booklet |publisher=Amphetamine Reptile Records |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota}}

Track listing

{{track listing

| all_writing = Cows

| title1 = Memorial

| length1 = 4:23

| title2 = Dirty Leg

| length2 = 2:39

| title3 = Big Mickey

| length3 = 3:15

| title4 = Preyed On

| length4 = 3:35

| title5 = The Emigrant Song

| length5 = 2:37

| title6 = Whitey in the Woodpile

| length6 = 2:17

| title7 = Nancy Boy Cocaine Whore Blues

| length7 = 4:09

| title8 = Cartoon Corral

| length8 = 1:42

| title9 = Little Bit

| length9 = 4:09

| title10 = Put Me Down

| length10 = 2:05

| title11 = Sittin' Around

| length11 = 3:26

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Effete and Impudent Snobs liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Effete and Impudent Snobs |title-link=Effete and Impudent Snobs |others=Cows |year=1990 |type=booklet |publisher=Amphetamine Reptile Records |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota}}

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