''Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)'' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter
Sam Phillips
Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) was an American disc jockey, songwriter and record producer. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where he produced recordings by Elvis Presley, R ...
. The album's subtitle is a quote from the film ''
The Producers''.
Reception
''Omnipop'' was a critical and commercial flop, selling only about a quarter as many copies as its predecessor, ''
Martinis & Bikinis'',
and receiving several negative reviews from music critics.
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/ref> In one such review, the ''Chicago Tribune
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''s Mark Caro wrote that the album's "lyrics are more pronouncements than personal revelations, and hillips'observations are less insightful than broad and ornery."
Track listing
Personnel
source:Chamberlin
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* Darrell Leonard
Darrell Leonard is an American, Los Angeles–based, trumpet player, composer and arranger.
He recorded and toured with Delaney and Bonnie and Friends from 1970 through 1973.
He is a Grammy Award winner for his work with Taj Mahal and the Phanto ...
– trumpet
* Les Lovitt – flugelhorn, trumpet
* Kenneth Kugler – trombone
* Ira Nepus – trombone
* Steve Williams – trombone
* Suzette Moriarty – French horn
* Patrick Warren – Chamberlin
* Matt Betton – marimba
* Smokey Hormel
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– guitar
* Greg Leisz
Gregory Brian Leisz ( ; born September 18, 1949) is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, banjo, lap steel and pedal steel guitar.
Biography
Leisz grew up in the garage ba ...
– guitar
* Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot (;
born May 21, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer.
His work has touched on many styles, including no wave, free jazz, Rock music, rock, and Cuban music. Ribot is also known for collaborating with other musicians, most notab ...
– guitar
* Todd Vincent – guitar
* Jon Brion
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– Chamberlin, piano, guitar, bass guitar, drums
* Armando Compean – bass guitar
* Brad Hauser – bass guitar
* Jerry Scheff
Jerry Obern Scheff (born January 31, 1941) is an American bassist, best known for his work with Elvis Presley from 1969 to 1977 as a member of his TCB Band and on the Doors' '' L.A. Woman''.
Biography
Scheff grew up in Vallejo, California. After ...
– bass guitar
* Matt Chamberlain
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– drums, percussion
* Don Heffington
Don Heffington (December 20, 1950March 24, 2021) was an American drummer, percussionist, and songwriter. He was a founding member of the Los Angeles alternative country band Lone Justice, which he performed with from 1982 to 1985. Heffington was ...
– drums, maracas
* Jim Keltner
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– drums, percussion
* Josh LaBelle – drums, dumbek
* Paulinho da Costa
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– bongos
References
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1996 albums
Sam Phillips (musician) albums
Albums produced by T Bone Burnett
Virgin Records albums