Idjit Savant
{{Infobox album
| name = Idjit Savant
| type = studio
| artist = The Dickies
| cover = TheDickiesIdjitSavant.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 17, 1995
| recorded = Cal State Dominguez Hills, Tiny Lights Recording, Jandemonium and Sonora in 1994
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 34:16
| label = Triple X Records
| producer = The Dickies and John X
| prev_title = Second Coming
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = All This and Puppet Stew
| next_year = 2001
}}
Idjit Savant is the fifth studio album by punk rock band The Dickies. It was released in 1995 on Triple X Records. It was jokingly referred to by singer Leonard Graves Phillips as their "best album no one's ever heard".{{cite web |url=http://www.thedickies.com/multimedia/interviews_&_articles/leonard/leonard_interview_1.htm |title=Interview with Leonard |website=www.thedickies.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061120005702/http://www.thedickies.com/multimedia/interviews_&_articles/leonard/leonard_interview_1.htm |archive-date=2006-11-20}}
Although bass player Charlie Alexander played on most of the album's tracks, his sudden departure just weeks before a tour upset Phillips, and replacement Marc Vachon was credited in the liner notes instead.{{cite web |url=http://www.thedickies.com/alumni/the_players/dickies/vachon/vachon.htm |title=Marc Vachon |website=www.thedickies.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061120011345/http://www.thedickies.com/alumni/the_players/dickies/vachon/vachon.htm |archive-date=2006-11-20}}
The track "Just Say Yes" had already been released as a single in 1990.Maximum Rocknroll - Issue 105 1992 " Stan executed it as only Stan could MRR: How come it took so long for the "Just Say Yes" single to come out? - We were on drugs, lazy guys on drugs. That was the only reason."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| title1 = Welcome to the Diamond Mine
| writer1 = Leonard Graves Phillips/Stan Lee
| length1 = 2:01
| title2 = Golden Boys
| writer2 = Darby Crash/Pat Smear
| length2 = 2:32
| title3 = Toxic Avenger
| writer3 = Phillips
| length3 = 3:03
| title4 = Zeppelina
| writer4 = Phillips/Wagon/Laughlin
| length4 = 1:49
| title5 = I'm Stuck in a Condo (with Marlon Brando)
| writer5 = Phillips/Lee
| length5 = 3:06
| title6 = Just Say Yes
| writer6 = Phillips/Lee/Buhne
| length6 = 2:16
| title7 = Elevator (In the Brain Hotel)
| writer7 = George Alexander
| length7 = 1:45
| title8 = Pretty Ballerina
| writer8 = Michael Lookofsky
| length8 = 2:42
| title9 = Make It So
| writer9 = Phillips/Melvoin/Lee/Dorman
| length9 = 2:28
| title10 = I'm on Crack
| writer10 = Phillips/Lee
| length10 = 2:18
| title11 = Oh Boy!
| writer11 = Phillips/Lee
| length11 = 3:01
| title12 = Roadkill
| writer12 = Phillips/Lee
| length12 = 2:18
| title13 = House of Raoul
| writer13 = Phillips
| length13 = 3:00
| title14 = Song of the Dawn
| writer14 = Milton Ager/Jack Yellen
| length14 = 1:54
}}
Credits
The Dickies
- Leonard Graves Phillips – lead vocals, keyboards
- Stan Lee – guitar
- Glen Laughlin - guitar, backing vocals, mandolin
- Marc Vachon – bass
- Jonathan Melvoin – drums, percussion
Additional Musicians:
- Charlie Alexander - bass on "Zeppelina", "Elevator...", "Pretty Ballerina", "Make it so", "Oh Boy!" and "House of Raoul"{{cite web |url=http://www.thedickies.com/alumni/the_players/dickies/alexander/alexander.htm |title=Charlie Alexander |website=www.thedickies.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061120011415/http://www.thedickies.com/alumni/the_players/dickies/alexander/alexander.htm |archive-date=2006-11-20}}
- Laurie Buhne - bass on "Just say Yes" and "Roadkill"
- Cliff Martinez - drums on "Just say Yes" and "Roadkill"
- Enoch Hain - guitar on "Welcome To The Diamond Mine", "Golden Boys", "Toxic Avenger", "I'm Stuck In A Condo (With Marlon Brando)", "Just say Yes" and "Roadkill"
- Michael Acosta - saxophone on "House of Raoul"
- Daoud Coleman - cello on "Pretty Ballerina"
- Roger Manning - harpsichord on "Pretty Ballerina"
Production
- Recorded at Cal State Dominguez Hills, Tiny Lights Recording, Jandemonium and Sonora
- Produced by The Dickies and John X
- Engineered by John X, Pat Kraus and Brian Kehew
- Mastered by Dan Hersch
- Cover Art by Philip Aro