Music to Strip By
{{short description|1987 album by Half Japanese}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Music to Strip By
| type = Album
| artist = Half Japanese
| cover = Music To Strip By HalfJapanese.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1987
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Indie rock, punk rock, lo-fi
| length = 38:38
| label = 50 Skidillion Watts
| producer = Kramer
| prev_title = Sing No Evil
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Charmed Life
| next_year = 1988
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score= {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |title=Music to Strip By |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/music-to-strip-by-mw0000199984 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=18 July 2020}}
|rev2 = Robert Christgau
| rev3 = Pitchfork
|rev4 = Spin Alternative Record Guide
|rev4score = 7/10{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |pages=174–175}}
}}
Music to Strip By is an album by the Maryland rock group Half Japanese.{{cite web |title=Half Japanese |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/half-japanese/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=18 July 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/half-japanese/half-japanese-volume-two-1987-1989-review/|title=Half Japanese: Volume Two: 1987-1989 Review|date=January 27, 2015|website=pastemagazine.com}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&q=Music+to+Strip+By+half+japanese+1987&pg=PP470|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley|date=July 18, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843531050|via=Google Books}} It was the first album released on their label, 50 Skidillion Watts.
Critical reception
The Quietus wrote that "Music To Strip By [is] a rag bag of musical influences tied to tall tales with a verisimilitude to Jad's own beguiling, charmed life."{{Cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/17329-half-japanese-vol-2-1987-1989-music-to-strip-by-charmed-life-the-band-that-would-be-king-reissues-review|title=The Quietus | Reviews | Half Japanese}} The Spin Alternative Record Guide singled out the cover of Fats Domino's "Blue Monday" for praise.
Track listing
{{Track list
|title1 = Stripping for Cash
|length1 = 1:20
|title2 = Thick and Thin
|length2 = 1:11
|title3 = Diary
|length3 = 2:45
|title4 = Big Mistake
|length4 = 1:33
|title5 = Hot Dog and Hot Damn
|length5 = 0:44
|title6 = The Price Was Right But the Door Was Wrong
|length6 = 2:05
|title7 = Blue Monday
|length7 = 1:23
|title8 = U.S. Teens Are Spoiled Bums
|length8 = 1:10
|title9 = Point/Counterpoint
|length9 = 1:43
|title10 = Sex at Your Parents' House
|length10 = 1:27
|title11 = The Last Straw
|length11 = 1:20
|title12 = Gator Bait
|length12 = 1:17
|title13 = La Bamba
|length13 = 1:55
|title14 = Colleen
|length14 = 2:32
|title15 = Ouija Board Summons Satan
|length15 = 1:00
|title16 = You Must Obey Me
|length16 = 2:20
|title17 = Salt and Pepper
|length17 = 2:05
|title18 = Ancient Life
|length18 = 1:37
|title19 = Silver and Katherine
|length19 = 3:12
|title20 = Money to Burn
|length20 = 2:03
|title21 = Hidden Charms
|length21 = 1:19
|title22 = How
|length22 = 1:05
|title23 = My Sordid Past
|length23 = 1:32
}}
References
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{{Half Japanese}}
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