''All Black and Hairy'' is the first and only album by American garage rock revival band Gravedigger V, released in 1984 before the band disbanded.

Critical reception

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called the album "both perfectly named and perfectly performed -- if it's nothing but a revivalist approach at heart, it's such a damn entertaining one that there's no cause for complaint." ''

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'' called it "groovy, authentic-sounding (credit the production by label owner Greg Shaw) garage punk with convincing ’60s clumsiness and sincerity." '' Maximumrocknroll'' wrote that "the high points here are an amazingly snot-nosed vocalist with sneering ’60s inflections, some strong original songwriting, an appropriately tinny 'mono' production, and an above-average choice of tunes to cover."

Track listing

Side A #''All Black And Hairy'' (Lord Sutch) #''Tomorrow Is Yesterday'' (Friedman) #''No Good Woman'' #''Do Like Me'' #''Hate'' #''She's A Cur'' (Leighton, Ward) Side B #''Searching'' (Revercomb, Allen) #''She's Gone'' (Leighton, Friedman) #''Night Of The Phantom'' (Larry And The Blue Notes) #''Don't Tread On Me'' (K. Massengill) #''One Ugly Child'' (Bright) #''She Got'' (Friedman) #''Stoneage Stomp'' (Leighton, Friedman)

Personnel

*Tom Ward – vocals, bass *David Anderson – drums *John Hanrattie – guitars *Ted Friedman – lead vocals, lead guitars *Leighton – vocals *Gary Stern – engineer *Greg Shaw – producer

References

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