Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course
| Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course | ||||
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| Studio album by Zoogz Rift | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock | |||
| Length | 43:16 | |||
| Label |
Snout (original release) SST (reissue) | |||
| Producer | Zoogz Rift | |||
| Zoogz Rift chronology | ||||
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Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course is an album by experimental rock composer Zoogz Rift, released in 1979 through Snout Records. It is dedicated to Don Van Vliet.[1]
Release and reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Critics of the Trouser Press wrote that "this collection of private surrealistic humor, overambitiously complex writing and selfconsciously zany performances sets the tone for much of what was to follow."[1]
Track listing
| Side one | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Restrooms of Erotic Fantasies" | 0:39 | ||||||||
| 2. | "The Great Apes Ate Grapes" | Richie Hass | 4:05 | |||||||
| 3. | "Lobotomy 4" | 0:35 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Feeling in My Bones" | 3:13 | ||||||||
| 5. | "The Night They All Came Out" | Richie Hass | 3:13 | |||||||
| 6. | "Lazy Susan" | 3:05 | ||||||||
| 7. | "Ostriches Have Sex Too, You Know" | 4:05 | ||||||||
| 8. | "I Did So!" | 1:27 | ||||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course" | 0:28 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Golden Showers" | Richie Hass | 2:37 | |||||||
| 3. | "Judge Bludge, The Hangin' Judge" | Richie Hass | 1:34 | |||||||
| 4. | "Lobotomy 2" | 0:37 | ||||||||
| 5. | "The Rabbit And The Lady" | 3:00 | ||||||||
| 6. | "You Can Go Fuck Yourself" | 2:12 | ||||||||
| 7. | "Dinkle Dance" | 4:59 | ||||||||
| 8. | "We're All Born on Little Planets" | 4:02 | ||||||||
| 9. | "What Can We Feed to the Lions?" | 3:25 | ||||||||
Personnel
- Steve Bassel – guitar
- Richie Hass – drums, bass guitar, marimba, vibraphone
- Zoogz Rift – guitar, vocals, ARP 2600, production
- Jonathan "Mako" Sharkey – piano
- Jim Simcoe – saxophone
- John Trubee – guitar
- Eric Williams – guitar, bass guitar, violin
- Mark Zimoski – drums
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gehr, Richard, Robbins, Ira."ZOOGZ RIFT". trouserpress.com. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ↑ Dougan, John. "Idiots on the Miniature Golf Course". Allmusic. Retrieved August 9, 2012.