''Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy'' is the second studio album by

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band Mindless Self Indulgence released in

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. The album is the follow-up to the album ''

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''. This is the last studio album to feature Vanessa YT on bass guitar. The track listing on the back cover has all the vowels replaced with asterisks, even in those words that would not generally be considered offensive. They are also listed in

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. "Bitches" was the album's sole single release and prominently featured a sample of the opening riff to the Siouxsie and the Banshees song, "

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." The song credits

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and Steven Severin as writing partners due to the use of the sample. A single for the track "Planet of the Apes" was released as a promotional CD only. Promo/Advance copies of the album where unmastered and featured slightly different "skit" tracks. They also feature an orchestral intro to "Holy Shit" and do not contain the live performance intro to "Backmask". The digital version of the album available on streaming platforms is one of these promo copies, in contrast to the final CD version.

Background

After the release of their album ''Tight'', the band garnered significant interest from record labels, leading to what frontman Jimmy Urine described as a "20 label bidding war." During this period, MSI would charge record labels substantial fees for their appearances and Urine would often use the money to buy frivolous items. The band would also remaster songs to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, a move that Elektra Records, their eventual signee, attempted to stop. Instead, MSI priced their next album, "Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy," at $30, put the songs in alphabetical order, and made them less than 2 minutes long, all to purposefully irritate investors. According to Urine, "That’s probably a million dollar record, and there’s no way we’ll ever be recouped on it. But it’s great!" The cover of the album was drawn by

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, the artist known for ''

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'' and Gorillaz. Hewlett offered to make a music video for a song on the album but was rejected by Elektra.

Track listing

Personnel

* Jimmy Urine – lead vocals, programming, samples, keyboards * Steve, Righ? – lead guitar, backup vocals, programming, keyboards * Vanessa YT – bass guitar, keyboards * Kitty – drums, programming

References

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