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, released in 1994. The band supported the album with 10-week tour. "

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version of the song.

Critical reception

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'' deemed the album "excellent," writing that "it takes a smart band to write painfully accurate songs such as 'Hayseed Timebomb', 'Stranded Outside Tater Knob' and 'Shotgun in a Chevy'." ''

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'' concluded that "the album’s trash-filled swamp of beer, No-Doz, junk food, sloppy sex and rifles blurs the us-them culture line in a hyped-up wail of droll debauchery."

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wrote that the band "relies on their comical faux aggression to produce something of hyper-real consequence."

Track listing

Personnel

*Bill Waldron – Drums *Scott Luallen – Vocals *Matt Bartholomy – Bass *Blaine Cartwright – Guitar

References

{{Authority control Nine Pound Hammer albums 1994 albums Crypt Records albums