Death Rides a Pale Cow (The Ultimate Collection)

Death Rides a Pale Cow
Greatest hits album by Dead Milkmen
Released	1997
Genre	Punk

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Death Rides a Pale Cow is a greatest hits release by Philadelphia based punk rock band The Dead Milkmen in 1997. It contains the two previously unreleased songs "Milkmen Stomp," and "Labor Day," along with 21 others songs including the band's close brush with the mainstream "Punk Rock Girl." The band was unable to include tracks from Soul Rotation and Not Richard, But Dick as Hollywood Records still retained the rights.^[2]

The album received a 7.5/10 rating from Pitchfork Media and a rating of 4.5/5 from Allmusic.

Track listing

1. "Milkmen Stomp" (The Meatmen cover) ^a
2. "Tiny Town"^b
3. "Big Lizard"^b
4. "Bitchin' Camaro"^b
5. "Nutrition"^b
6. "Dean's Dream"^b
7. "Beach Party Vietnam"^c
8. "The Thing That Only Eats Hippies"^c
9. "Big Time Operator"^d
10. "Instant Club Hit"^d
11. "Surfin' Cow"^d
12. "Labor Day"^a
13. "I Walk the Thinnest Line"^e
14. "Stuart"^e
15. "Punk Rock Girl"^e
16. "Smokin' Banana Peels"^e
17. "Life Is Shit"^e
18. "Do the Brown Nose"^f
19. "If You Love Someone Set Them On Fire"^f
20. "Peter Bazooka"^g
21. "The Girl With the Strong Arm"^g
22. "Big Deal"^g
23. "The Blues Song"^g

• ^a Tracks 1 and 12 are previously unreleased
• ^b Tracks 2-6 appeared on the 1985 album Big Lizard In My Backyard
• ^c Tracks 7 and 8 appeared on the 1986 album Eat Your Paisley
• ^d Tracks 9-11 appeared on the 1987 album Bucky Fellini
• ^e Tracks 13-17 appeared on the 1988 album Beelzebubba
• ^f Tracks 18 and 19 appeared on the 1990 album Metaphysical Graffiti
• ^g Tracks 20-23 appeared on the 1995 album Stoney's Extra Stout (Pig)

References

1. ↑ Gorman, Chris (February 6, 2002). "The Dead Milkmen Death Rides a Pale Cow". Punknews.org. Retrieved 30 July 2009. 
2. ↑ http://www.deadmilkmen.com/faq/#songs