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Toxic Swamp and Other Love Songs

by Kenny Young and the Eggplants

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    Featuring the breakout college radio hit “Earl the Squirrel.” The album's highest chart positions include #6 at KMUW (Wichita, KS); #7 at KBBI (Valdez, AK); and #9 at KMSC (Moorhead, MN).

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1.
Earl the Squirrel 03:39
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2.
The Kebab Shop 03:12
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3.
The Aye-Aye Song 02:23
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4.
Alien Love Song 04:00
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5.
Rambo Goes Shopping 02:48
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6.
Love is Adventurous 02:50
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7.
Toxic Swamp 03:00
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8.
The Sunday Song 04:25
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9.
Hanging Out at the Record Canteen 03:06
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10.
The Cookie Song (aka A Wee Bit Cookie) 01:53
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11.
Help Me Rhonda 03:36
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12.
There's Something Funny in the Water 05:21
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13.
Don't Get Obsessed 02:43
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14.
The Kebab Shop - Reprise (Fast Food Version) 02:40
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credits

released July 6, 1998

Produced by Leo Overtoom and the Eggplants
Recorded by Al Houghton, Gil Shuster and Leo Overtoom at Excello Studios, Brooklyn, New York. Mixed by Leo Overtoom and Gil Shuster. Mastered at Sear Sound.

Eddie Logue: drums, electronic drums, percussion, kebab shop bells, alien love song organ, backing vocals.
Gil Shuster: bass, shagadelic superfly fuzz bass, lizard-like toxic swamp percussion, backing vocals, cries of pain.
Kenny Young: acoustic guitar, vocals, mock trumpet, feeding the aye-aye

All songs by Kenny Young © (p) 1998 Savage Fishcake Music (BMI), except "Help Me Rhonda," by Brian Wilson & Mike Love (Irving Music, Inc. (BMI)). All Rights Reserved. Arrangements by the Eggplants.

Extra credit: Leo Overtoom is the high voice on Earl the Squirrel, and played the bubble gum organ and clapped and sang “ooh” (with Gil) on "The Kebab Shop (Fast Food Version).” Alien Love Choir and Earl the Squirrel backups: Liz Hanellin, Eric Hansen, Julie Kaplan, Danielle Mazur, Alex Morrison, Dan Sallitt, Rebecca Turner.

Layout and art production by Mike DeSantis. Illustrations by Mike DeSantis except: Savage Eggplant logo by Randy Sanders (based on drawings by Gus and Kenny Young), and interior booklet cartoons by Gus Young. Photos by Kathryn McDonald and Angela Lubrano/Steve Gillet. Aye-Aye photo: David Haring/Duke University Primate Center.

Security provided by Earl the Squirrel.

Love & thanks to our families and friends. Angel of the Eggplants Award: Kathryn McDonald. Eggplants Merit Badges: Mitchell Bard, Crispin Leyser, Kenny MacDonald, Ingrid Multhopp, Sue Raffman, Don Rauf, Helen Skiera, Jeff & Debbie Young. Seth Goldman. Special thanks to John Barrow, Sue Edwards, Kevin Lee & Dawn & Jodi.

Dedicated with love to Gus Young, cartoonist and musician.

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Kenny Young and the Eggplants play intergalactic folk-and-roll songs about giant squirrels, scary bits of cheese, and malevolent washing machines. The New York Times said they give “eloquent voice to the multifaceted neuroses of prolonged adolescence.” The Sunday Herald said they “mix the wit of Jonathan Richman with the sound of the Nico-era Velvets to create a surreal and satirical gumbo.” ... more

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