''Duke Lion Fights the Terror!!'' is the debut album by Big Dumb Face. The album is noted for its comedic lyrics and shifts in musical style, encompassing multiple genres of music. Released on March 6, 2001, the album was recorded while

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was still a member of the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, shortly before his brief departure from that band. ''Duke Lion Fights the Terror!!'' received mixed reviews, with reviewers unfavorably comparing the album's music to that of

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, which Big Dumb Face was influenced by.

Production

The album was recorded for Flip/ Interscope Records, the labels of

's other band, Limp Bizkit, and Flawless Records, a

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formed as a Geffen subsidiary by Limp Bizkit frontman

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, who served as an executive producer for ''Duke Lion Fights the Terror!!'' The album was recorded while Borland was still a member of Limp Bizkit, prior to his brief departure from that band. The song "Organ Splitter" incorporates a sample from the 1983

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''. Wes Borland performed most of the instruments and vocals on the album, with the band's co-founder

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playing keyboards, providing backup vocals and

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on the album's final track, "It's Right In Here".

Music and lyrics

The musical style of ''Duke Lion Fights the Terror!!'' was influenced by

and

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. Wes Borland stated that the album's music is "really silly and idiotic and bizarre. ..It's nothing but stupid ..just all these retarded songs." ''Deseret News'' writer Scott Iwasaki described the album's music as "riotous meanderings that tap into early grindcore grooves and Captain Beefheart

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Reception

Reviews of ''Duke Lion Fights the Terror!!'' were mixed.

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writer Kieran McCarthy dismissed ''Duke Lion Fights the Terror'' as "a mediocre Ween rip-off", while ''

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'' writer Robert Cherry wrote, "Dumb? Check. Big? Not likely. But at least Duke Lion Fights the Terror isn't only about the

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." A positive review appeared in the ''Deseret News'' in which writer Scott Iwasaki, giving the album three stars, stated, "''Duke Lion Fights the Terror!!'' captures Borland, as Big Dumb Face, at his most spontaneous". Bloody Good Horror writer D.M, in a mixed to favorable review, wrote, "The album’s concept is so scattershot that it’s unfathomable to call the album a cohesive whole."

Track listing

#"Burgalveist" – 2:47 #"Duke Lion" – 2:00 #"Kali Is the Sweethog" – 2:45 #"Blood Red Head on Fire" – 3:42 #"Space Adventure" – 2:40 #"Fightin' Stance" – 2:32 #"Organ Splitter" – 2:10 #"Mighty Penus Laser" – 5:31 #"Robot" – 1:03 #"Rebel" – 3:26 #"Voices in the Wall" – 2:58 #"It's Right in Here" – 19:43

Personnel

- vocals, guitars, electric bass, banjo *Scott Borland - keyboards,

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, vocals *Kyle Weeks - vocals, bongos, sampling *Greg Isabelle - drums, vocals

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2001 debut albums Big Dumb Face albums Flip Records (1994) albums Interscope Records albums