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Whereabouts Unknown is an album by the American musician Mojo Nixon, released in 1995.[2][3] Nixon supported the album by touring with his band, the Toadliquors.[4]

Whereabouts Unknown
Studio album by
Mojo Nixon
Released1995
LabelBlutarski/Ripe & Ready[1]
ProducerEric Ambel
Mojo Nixon chronology
Otis
(1990)		 Whereabouts Unknown
(1995)		 Gadzooks!!! The Homemade Bootleg
(1997)

Production


Whereabouts Unknown was produced by Eric Ambel.[1] Will Rigby played drums on the album.[5] "Tie My Pecker to My Leg" was cowritten with Country Dick Montana.[6] "Girlfriend in a Coma" is a cover of the Smiths' song, with additional lyrics.[7] "My T.V. Is Watchin' Me" was inspired by Bob Stinson.[8]

"Bring Me the Head of David Geffen", a song that appeared on advance copies of the album, was pulled right before the official release.[9][10] The song later appeared on 1997's Gadzooks!!! The Homemade Bootleg.[11]


Critical reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Fort Worth Star-Telegram[12]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[13]

Trouser Press wrote that "the playing is crisp and perfunctory country-rock; instrumental accuracy is thoroughly wasted on (if not toxic to) a vocalist this instinctual ... Fortunately, Mojo is in credibly foul form, and has enough solidly entertaining originals to make his own party happen."[1] The Philadelphia Inquirer called the album "a roots-rock celebration of moral lassitude and the product of a sick mind."[14] The Washington Times considered it "a blues-country mix that sounds like Muddy Waters and Ernest Tubb together on a bad hair day."[15]

The Boston Globe deemed Nixon "a human gutterball, a strummin', cussin', frat-party for punks."[16] The San Diego Union-Tribune noted that "Nixon has assembled a ruckus of a band that can swing and swagger along to his fabulously gruff, shag carpet of a voice."[7] The Richmond Times-Dispatch labeled Nixon "the record industry's most beloved degenerate," writing that the album is "as politically incorrect as ever."[17] The Fort Worth Star-Telegram praised the "crack garage/roots band chugging behind [Nixon]."[12]

AllMusic wrote: "Nixon's humor remained as sophomoric as it was politically incorrect. As usual, he was pretty funny the first time around, though."[18]


Track listing


No.TitleLength
1."Gotta Be Free" 
2."Not as Much as Football" 
3."Mr. Correct (Don't Tell Me What to Do)" 
4."Buck Up & Stop Your Whinin'" 
5."My Free Will Just Ain't Willin'" 
6."Girlfriend in a Coma" 
7."The Pleasurelegience" 
8."Don't Ask Me Why I Drink" 
9."My T.V. Is Watchin' Me" 
10."Take a Look in My Eyes" 
11."Tie My Pecker to My Leg" 
12."You Can't Kill Me" 
13."If I Can Dream" 

References


  1. "Mojo Nixon". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. "Mojo Nixon Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. Buckley, Peter (March 14, 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
  4. Logan, Neill (30 Mar 1995). "Nothing's sacred for Mojo Nixon". St. Petersburg Times. p. 2B.
  5. "His Mojoness returns". The Columbus Dispatch. Weekender. April 13, 1995. p. 8.
  6. "Record Reviews". www.austinchronicle.com.
  7. Hantman, C.G. (March 23, 1995). "WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN MOJO NIXON". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Entertainment. p. 18.
  8. Walsh, Jim (April 21, 1995). "ROCK MAVERICK MOJO NIXON PUTS THE I IN ICONOCLAST". St. Paul Pioneer Press. p. 4D.
  9. Pollack, Marc (5 Feb 1995). "Did Mojo Nixon lose his head?". The Province. p. B9.
  10. Gundersen, Edna (13 Feb 1995). "Mojo Nixon nixes song about Geffen". USA Today. p. 2D.
  11. Newman, Melinda (Jan 18, 1997). "MOJO WORKING". Billboard. 109 (3): 12.
  12. Ferman, Dave (August 11, 1995). "Mojo Nixon, Whereabouts Unknown". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Star Time. p. 11.
  13. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 820.
  14. Sherr, Sara (7 Apr 1995). "Mojo Nixon will be preaching a rather more depraved gospel...". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 15.
  15. Outerbridge, Laura (April 7, 1995). "Mojo Nixon speaks his mind". The Washington Times. p. C15.
  16. Sullivan, Jim (20 Apr 1995). "Mojo still workin'". The Boston Globe. Calendar. p. 23.
  17. McLeod, Harriet (April 6, 1995). "MOJO NIXON COMES TO FLOOD ZONE DIRECT FROM NOT OPENING FOR ELVIS". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. D8.
  18. "Whereabouts Unknown - Mojo Nixon | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.


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