The Green Album (Skankin' Pickle)

The Green Album is the fourth and final studio album by American ska punk band Skankin' Pickle, released in 1996 on Dr. Strange Records. It was the last Skankin' Pickle release to feature founder and vocalist Mike Park, who announced his departure from the band in the album's liner notes.

Commissioned and released by Dr. Strange Records (rather than Skankin' Pickle's own label Dill Records), The Green Album was originally intended to be a six-song EP of cover songs wherein each member picked and sung a song of their choosing. Eventually the decision was made to expand the EP into a full-length, leading the band to record seven additional songs, all of which were unreleased demos dating back to as far as 1989.^[3]

According to the liner notes, The Green Album was recorded and mixed in 30 hours for the cost of $735, recorded on 8 track in the basement where trombonist Lars Nylander and members of ska punk band The Rudiments were living at the time.

Track listing

1. "Gas in My Car" (Steve Devlin) - 2:57
2. "Gates of Steel" (DEVO) - 2:49
3. "Cup Flipper" (Devlin) - 3:26
4. "Start Today" (Gorilla Biscuits) - 1:57
5. "Rest of the World" (Devlin) - 1:31
6. "Don't Care" (Klark Kent) - 1:55
7. "My Hair" (Knackstedt) - 3:05
8. "Pay to Cum" (Bad Brains) - 1:32
9. "Ties That Bind" (Devlin) - 1:31
10. "Special Brew" (Bad Manners) - 3:11
11. "Make a Change" (Park) - 2:09
12. "Sleep" (Park) - 1:17
13. "Violent Love" (Willie Dixon) - 2:59
14. Hidden track - 15:25

Song notes

• The bridge of "Cup Flipper" includes a medley of parts of "Summer Nights", "Working in the Coal Mine" and "Can't Get Enough of You Baby".
• The hidden track consists of three untitled songs separated between bouts of silence, a noise rock outtake and two solo acoustic songs each by Park and Knackstedt.

Personnel

• Lynette Knackstedt - guitar, vocals, lead vocals on tracks 2 and 7
• Michael "Bruce Lee" Park - saxophone, vocals, lead vocals on tracks 1, 5, 10, 11 and 12
• Gerry "Lungs" Lundquist - slide trombone, vocals, lead vocals on track 8
• Lars Nylander - valve trombone, vocals, lead vocals on tracks 3, 9 and 13
• Chuck Phelps - drums, lead vocals on track 6
• Ian Miller - bass guitar, vocals, lead vocals on track 4

References