Whereabouts Unknown
1995 studio album by Mojo Nixon
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Whereabouts Unknown is an album by the American musician Mojo Nixon, released in 1995.[3][4] Nixon supported the album by touring with his band, the Toadliquors.[5]
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| Released | 1995 | |||
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| Label | Blutarski/Ripe & Ready[1] | |||
| Producer | Eric Ambel | |||
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Production
Whereabouts Unknown was produced by Eric Ambel.[1] Will Rigby played drums on the album.[6] "Tie My Pecker to My Leg" was cowritten with Country Dick Montana.[7] "Girlfriend in a Coma" is a cover of the Smiths' song, with additional lyrics.[8] "My T.V. Is Watchin' Me" was inspired by Bob Stinson.[9]
"Bring Me the Head of David Geffen", a song that appeared on advance copies of the album, was pulled right before the official release.[10][11] The song later appeared on 1997's Gadzooks!!! The Homemade Bootleg.[12]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Fort Worth Star-Telegram |    [13] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [14] |
Trouser Press wrote that "the playing is crisp and perfunctory country-rock; instrumental accuracy is thoroughly wasted on (if not toxic to) a vocalist this instinctual... Fortunately, Mojo is in credibly foul form, and has enough solidly entertaining originals to make his own party happen."[1] The Philadelphia Inquirer called the album "a roots-rock celebration of moral lassitude and the product of a sick mind."[2] The Washington Times considered it "a blues-country mix that sounds like Muddy Waters and Ernest Tubb together on a bad hair day."[15]
The Boston Globe deemed Nixon "a human gutterball, a strummin', cussin', frat-party for punks."[16] The San Diego Union-Tribune noted that "Nixon has assembled a ruckus of a band that can swing and swagger along to his fabulously gruff, shag carpet of a voice."[8] The Richmond Times-Dispatch labeled Nixon "the record industry's most beloved degenerate," writing that the album is "as politically incorrect as ever."[17] The Fort Worth Star-Telegram praised the "crack garage/roots band chugging behind [Nixon]."[13]
AllMusic wrote: "Nixon's humor remained as sophomoric as it was politically incorrect. As usual, he was pretty funny the first time around, though."[18]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Gotta Be Free" | |
| 2. | "Not as Much as Football" | |
| 3. | "Mr. Correct (Don't Tell Me What to Do)" | |
| 4. | "Buck Up & Stop Your Whinin'" | |
| 5. | "My Free Will Just Ain't Willin'" | |
| 6. | "Girlfriend in a Coma" | |
| 7. | "The Pleasurelegience" | |
| 8. | "Don't Ask Me Why I Drink" | |
| 9. | "My T.V. Is Watchin' Me" | |
| 10. | "Take a Look in My Eyes" | |
| 11. | "Tie My Pecker to My Leg" | |
| 12. | "You Can't Kill Me" | |
| 13. | "If I Can Dream" |