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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| studio =

| genre = Rock

| length =

| 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}}

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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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