Buster Goes Berserk
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| Buster Goes Berserk | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1988–1989 | |||
| Genre | R&B[1] | |||
| Length | 37:12 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Hank Medress | |||
| Buster Poindexter chronology | ||||
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Buster Goes Berserk is the second album by Buster Poindexter, an alter ego of singer David Johansen.[2][3] It was released in 1989 by RCA Records.[1] The version of "Hit the Road Jack" reached No. 40 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart [4] and also appeared on the soundtrack to The Dream Team.[5]
Members of the cast of Sarafina! performed on the album.[6] "Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well" is a cover of the song made famous by Wynonie Harris.[1] "International Playboy" is a cover of the Wilson Pickett song.[7]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
| Robert Christgau | B−[9] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [10] |
Robert Christgau wrote that "Buster's no better at bigtime schmaltz than David was."[9] The Los Angeles Times determined that "this ice-breaking-if scarcely ground-breaking-disc is still a purr-fect poolside party platter for too-hepcats 'n' snake-hipped kittens as well as fine, fine, superfine grist for the live show's gin mill."[10]
The Washington Post deemed the album "lite beer beach music."[11] The New York Times concluded that "the best cuts are those that suggest scenes from a wild party in progress where the host is the rambunctious, half-pickled singer, who has immersed himself in the persona of a funky soul man."[12]
