Horndog Fest
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{{Infobox album
| name = Horndog Fest
| type = Album
| artist = the Dirtbombs
| cover = Horndogfest.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1998
| recorded = March 1997 – April 1997
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| genre = Rock
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| label = In the Red
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| prev_year =
| next_title = Ultraglide in Black
| next_year = 2001
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Horndog Fest is an album by the American band the Dirtbombs, released in 1998.{{cite news |last1=Case |first1=Wendy |title=Dirtbombs get savage on new CD |work=The Detroit News |date=13 Aug 1998 |page=D3}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r373456 |tab=review |first=Karen E |last=Graves |label=The Dirtbombs: Horndog Fest > Review |accessdate=20 July 2011 }}
|rev8 = Tom Hull – on the Web
|rev8Score = B+ ({{Rating-Christgau|hm2}}){{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=October 12, 2020|url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2891-Music-Week.html|title=Music Week|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|accessdate=October 14, 2020}}
}}
The Toronto Star wrote: "Picture a funky Adam and the Ants locked in a steel mill with the John Spencer Blues Explosion, a Temptations songbook and far, far too much wattage, and you'll have an indication of the arresting musical miasma emanating from the Dirtbombs' debut disc, Horndog Fest."{{cite news |last1=Rayner |first1=Ben |title=Noisy Detroit band is da 'bomb' |work=Toronto Star |date=14 Aug 1998 |department=Entertainment |page=1}}
Track listing
All songs written by Mick Collins, except where noted.
U.S. LP/CD release
{{track listing
| title1 = Vixens in Space
| length1 = 2:18
| title2 = I Can't Stop Thinking About It
| length2 = 3:03
| title3 = Granny's Little Chicken
| length3 = 3:54
| title4 = Bittersweet Romance Song
| length4 = 2:21
| title5 = Armageddon Double Feature (Lovesick Blues #4)
| writer5 = Collins, Joe Greenwald, Tom Lynch
| length5 = 3:30
| title6 = She Blinded Me with Playtex
| length6 = 1:30
| title7 = A Brief Treatise on the Discovery of Antimatter
| length7 = 0:30
| title8 = Pheremone [sic] Smile
| length8 = 2:59
| title9 = My Heart Burns with Deeps of Lurve
| writer9 = Tom Lynch, Andreas Martin
| length9 = 4:05
| title10 = Burnt to Cinders
| length10 = 1:40
| title11 = Fox Box
| length11 = 2:15
| title12 = Shake!! Shivaree
| length12 = 1:26
}}
Japan CD release (In the Red/Blues Interactions, Inc.)
{{track listing
| title1 = Vixens in Space
| length1 = 2:18
| title2 = I Can't Stop Thinking About It
| length2 = 3:03
| title3 = Granny's Little Chicken
| length3 = 3:54
| title4 = Don't Bogue My High
| length4 = 2:16
| title5 = Bittersweet Romance Song
| length5 = 2:21
| title6 = Armageddon Double Feature (Lovesick Blues #4)
| writer6 = Collins, Joe Greenwald, Tom Lynch
| length6 = 3:30
| title7 = She Blinded Me with Playtex
| length7 = 1:30
| title8 = Infra-Red
| length8 = 2:18
| title9 = A Brief Treatise on the Discovery of Antimatter
| length9 = 0:30
| title10 = Pheremone [sic] Smile
| length10 = 2:59
| title11 = My Heart Burns with Deeps of Lurve
| writer11 = Tom Lynch, Andreas Martin
| length11 = 4:05
| title12 = Nichele Nichols [sic]
| length12 = 0:58
| title13 = Burnt to Cinders
| length13 = 1:40
| title14 = Fox Box
| length14 = 2:15
| title15 = Shake!! Shivaree
| length15 = 1:26
| title16 = Trouble
| length16 = 2:12
| writer16 = William Robinson
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4, 8, 12 and 16 are bonus tracks, taken from the 1996 7" All Geeked Up. 8 was originally titled "Infrared," 12 was "I'm Saving Myself for Nichelle Nichols (No. 3)" and 16 was "I'll Be in Trouble," and is a cover of the Temptations' 1964 hit song.
References
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