Crappin' You Negative

Crappin' You Negative
Studio album by
Released1994
RecordedJanuary 1994 at Easley McCain Recording & Here and There, Memphis, Tennessee
GenreIndie Rock, lo-fi
Length48:36 (CD)
LabelShangri-La Records
(Shangri-La 008)
Fat Possum Records (Reissue)
ProducerThe Grifters & Shangri-La Records
Grifters chronology
One Sock Missing
(1993)
Crappin' You Negative
(1994)
The Eureka E.P.
(1995)
2016 Reissue album cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
Pitchfork
(Reissue)
7.9[3]

Crappin' You Negative is the third full-length album from The Grifters and was released on Shangri-La Records. The album was reissued as a remastered version in 2016, by Fat Possum Records.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Stan Gallimore, Tripp Lamkins, David Shouse and Scott Taylor

No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Rats"Scott Taylor/David Shouse3:46
2."Maps of the Sun"David Shouse3:52
3."Dead Already"David Shouse4:18
4."Black Fuel Incinerator"David Shouse3:18
5."Skin Man Palace"David Shouse3:03
6."Arizona"Scott Taylor1:51
7."Felt-Tipped Over"David Shouse4:22
8."Holmes"Scott Taylor2:58
9."Get Outta That Spaceship and Fight Like a Man"David Shouse4:45
10."Piddlebach"(instrumental)1:57
11."Bronze Cast"David Shouse3:51
12."Junkie Blood"David Shouse4:13
13."Here Comes Larry"(instrumental)2:06
14."Cinnamon"Scott Taylor4:08

Album credits

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Grifters

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  • Stan Gallimore
  • Tripp Lamkins
  • David Shouse
  • Scott Taylor

Additional musicians

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  • David Hall – Didgeridoo on Piddlebach
  • Joseph Pegram (611) – Moaning on Piddlebach
  • John Stivers (Impala) – Guitar on Here Comes Larry

Additional information

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  • Cover art by Tripp Lamkins
  • Back cover and interior art by David Hall
  • Graphic design by Paul W. Ringger Jr.
  • Recorded at Easley Studios by The Grifters and Doug Easley and Davis McCain
  • "Dead Already", "Arizona" and "Piddlebach" recorded at Scott's on 4-track
  • "Here Comes Larry" recorded at Easley's on 4-track
  • "Black Fuel Incinerator" rhythm section recorded on 4-track in a Memphis parking garage across the street from The Flower Shop

Album trivia

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  • The CD also carries the inscription of "Doink Records, 1993" under the © & ℗

References

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  1. ^ Crappin' You Negative at AllMusic
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review
  3. ^ "The Grifters: Crappin' You Negative". Pitchfork.