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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Dial 'M' for Motherfucker
| name = Dial 'M' for Motherfucker
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Pussy Galore (band)|Pussy Galore]]
| artist = [[Pussy Galore (band)|Pussy Galore]]
| Cover = DialmCDcover.jpg
| cover = DialmCDcover.jpg
| Released = 1989
| alt =
| Recorded = 1989
| released = {{Start date|1989|4}}
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Noise rock]], [[Punk blues]]
| Length = 43:44
| venue =
| studio =
| Label = CD: [[Matador Records]]<br />[[Mute Records]]<br />
LP: [[Caroline Records]]
| genre = *[[Noise rock]]
*[[punk blues]]
| Producer = [[Steve Albini]]
*[[Garage punk (fusion genre)|garage punk]]
|
| length = 43:45
| Last album = ''[[Sugarshit Sharp]]''<br />(1988)
| label = [[Caroline Records|Caroline]]
| This album = '''''Dial 'M' for Motherfucker'''''<br />(1989)
| producer = [[Steve Albini]], [[Jon Spencer]]
| Next album = ''Historia de la Musica Rock''<br />(1990)
| prev_title = [[Sugarshit Sharp]]
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = [[Historia de la Musica Rock]]
| rev1Score ={{Rating|3|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r15945|pure_url=yes}} link]}}
| next_year = 1990
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|first=Kathleen C.|last=Fennessy|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000201501|pure_url=yes}}|title=Dial 'M' for Motherfucker|website=AllMusic|accessdate=July 6, 2015}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Hi-Fi News & Record Review]]''
| rev2Score = B:1/2<ref name="HiFiReview">{{cite news|last=|first=|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Hi-Fi-News/80s/Hi-Fi-News-1989-09.pdf|title=Review: Pussy Galore — Dial 'M'|work=[[Hi-Fi News & Record Review]]|type=magazine|date=September 1989|volume=34|issue=9|access-date=2 September 2021|page=105|location=[[Croydon]]|publisher=Link House Magazines Ltd|via=World Radio History|issn=0142-6230|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902191056/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Hi-Fi-News/80s/Hi-Fi-News-1989-09.pdf|archive-date=2 September 2021}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[New Musical Express]]''
| rev3score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Fadele|first=Dele|authorlink=Dele Fadele|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/51552595271/in/album-72157719774744001/|title=Long Play: Pussy Galore — ''Dial 'M' for Motherf***er'' (Product Inc)|magazine=[[New Musical Express]]|date=13 May 1989|page=33|location=London|publisher=[[TI Media|IPC Limited]]|issn=0028-6362|access-date=10 March 2024|via=[[Flickr]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314095439/https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/51552595271/in/album-72157719774744001/|archive-date=14 March 2024}}</ref>
| rev4 =''[[Record Mirror]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="RMreview">{{cite magazine|last=Crook|first=Darren|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-05-13.pdf|title=Review: Pussy Galore — Dial 'M'|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|date=13 May 1989|access-date=27 January 2022|page=31—32|location=London|publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|via=World Radio History|issn=0144-5804|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006165742/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-05-13.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2021}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|3.75|5}}<ref name="SoundsReview">{{cite magazine|last=Keith|first=Cameron|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Sounds/80s/89/Sounds-1989-05-13-S-OCR.pdf|title=Albums: Same old hang-ups. Review: Pussy Galore — ''Dial 'M' for Motherf***er'' ((Product Inc)|magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]|date=13 May 1989|page=42|location=[[Peterborough]]|publisher=[[UBM plc|United Newspapers]]|issn=|access-date=13 June 2022|via=World Radio History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830203034/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Sounds/80s/89/Sounds-1989-05-13-S-OCR.pdf|archive-date=30 August 2022}}</ref>
}}


'''''Dial 'M' for Motherfucker''''' is an album by the [[New York City]] [[garage punk]] band [[Pussy Galore (band)|Pussy Galore]], released in 1989 by [[Caroline Records]]. The song ''Kicked Out'' is played in an Episode of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', "[[Games (House)|Games]]", when [[Gregory House]] plays it to annoy Wilson and induce a seizure in a patient.
'''''Dial 'M' for Motherfucker''''' is an album by the [[New York City]] [[Garage punk (fusion genre)|garage punk]] band [[Pussy Galore (band)|Pussy Galore]], released in April 1989 by [[Caroline Records]].<ref name="trouserpress">{{cite web |first1=Glenn |last1=Kenny |first2=Ira |last2=Robbins |url=http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=pussy_galore |title=Pussy Galore |publisher=[[Trouser Press]] |year=2007 |accessdate=July 6, 2015}}</ref> The song "Kicked Out" is played in an Episode of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', "[[Games (House)|Games]]", when [[Gregory House]] plays it to annoy Wilson and later to induce a seizure in a patient.

A music video for the song "Dick Johnson" was directed by Jim Spring and Jens Jurgensen.

==Critical reception==
Nick Robinson, reviewer of British music newspaper ''[[Music Week]]'', noticed that the listeners can find "beneath the clattering rhythms and chunky guitars" "some heady melodies that aching to break free" and if they will be able to "endure the racket", they will discover "some rough diamonds that are quite irresistible."<ref name="MWreview">{{cite magazine|last=Robinson|first=Nick|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1989/MW-1989-06-03.pdf|title=Review: Pussy Galore – ''Dial 'M' for Motherfucker''|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=3 June 1989|access-date=1 July 2022|page=26|location=London|publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|via=World Radio History|issn=0265-1548|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231041959/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1989/MW-1989-06-03.pdf|archive-date=31 December 2021}}</ref> Janiss Garza of ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' called album "group’s most accessible record to date" and admitted "that this blend of obscure alternative noise and occasional Stones-through-a-fishbowl stylings totally and utterly confuses" but she liked it.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Janiss|last=Garza|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1989/CB-1989-06-17.pdf|title=Metal Picks: Pussy Galore – ''Dial 'M' for Motherfucker''|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|date=17 June 1989|volume=52|number=49|page=15|location=New York|publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc.|access-date=11 September 2022|via=World Radio History|issn=0006-2510|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327074418/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1989/CB-1989-06-17.pdf|archive-date=27 March 2022}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
#Understand Me
| headline = Side One
#SM 57
| all_lyrics = [[Jon Spencer]], except 10 by Kurt Wolf and 15 by [[Mark Mothersbaugh]] and [[Gerald Casale|Gerald V. Casale]]
#Kicked Out
| all_music = [[Pussy Galore (band)|Pussy Galore]], except 15 (Mothersbaugh/Casale)
#Solo=Sex
| title1 = Understand Me
#Undertaker
| length1 = 4:05
#DWDA
| title2 = SM 57
#Dick Johnson
| length2 = 2:04
#1 Hour Later
| title3 = Kicked Out
#Eat Me
| length3 = 3:55
#Waxhead
| title4 = Solo=Sex
#Wait a Minute
| length4 = 3:02
#Evil Eye
| title5 = Undertaker
#Adwd #2
| length5 = 2:32
#Hang On
| title6 = DWDA
| length6 = 4:25
| title7 = Dick Johnson
| length7 = 2:21
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Side Two
| title8 = 1 Hour Later
| length8 = 2:49
| title9 = Eat Me
| length9 = 2:02
| title10 = Waxhead
| length10 = 2:19
| title11 = Wait a Minute
| length11 = 2:53
| title12 = Evil Eye
| length12 = 3:06
| title13 = ADWD #2
| length13 = 2:30
| title14 = Hang On
| length14 = 5:44
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = CD bonus tracks (1989 Caroline and Product Inc. releases)
| title15 = Penetration of the Centerfold
| length15 = 2:01
| title16 = Handshake
| length16 = 2:03
| title17 = Adolescent Wet Dream
| length17 = 1:27
| title18 = Sweet Little Hi-Fi
| length18 = 3:04
| title19 = Brick
| length19 = 1:56
| title20 = Renegade
| length20 = 2:51
}}
16-20 are taken from the EP ''[[Sugarshit Sharp]]''; 15 was added to reissues of the EP under the correct title, "Penetration in the Centerfold."


==Personnel==
===CAROLINE CD 1369-only tracks===
Adapted from the ''Dial 'M' for Motherfucker'' liner notes.<ref name="linearnotes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Dial 'M' for Motherfucker |title-link=Dial 'M' for Motherfucker |others=[[Pussy Galore (band)|Pussy Galore]] |year=1989 |type=booklet |publisher=Caroline Records |location=New York City, New York}}</ref>
#15. Penetration of the Centerfold
{{col-begin}}
#16. Handshake
{{col-2}}
#17. Adolescent Wet Dream
;Pussy Galore
#18. Sweet Little Hi-Fi
* [[Bob Bert]]&nbsp;– [[Musical instrument|instruments]]
#19. Brick
* [[Julie Cafritz]]&nbsp;– instruments
#20. Renegade
* [[Neil Hagerty]]&nbsp;– instruments
* [[Jon Spencer]]&nbsp;– [[Singing|lead vocals]], instruments, [[record producer|production]], [[design]]
* [[Kurt Wolf]]&nbsp;– instruments
{{col-2}}
;Production and additional personnel
* [[Steve Albini]]&nbsp;– engineering
* Gert-Jan van Avesaath&nbsp;– [[Sound recording and reproduction|recording]]
* Chris Clunn&nbsp;– [[photography]]
* [[Michael Lavine]]&nbsp;– photography
* [[Cristina Martinez (musician)|Cristina Martinez]]&nbsp;– [[design]]
* [[Wharton Tiers]]&nbsp;– [[Audio engineering|engineering]]
{{col-end}}


==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1989)
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
|-
| [[UK Indie Chart]]<ref>{{cite book |first=Barry |last=Lazell |url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/p.htm |title=Indie Hits 1980-1989 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |date=1997 |accessdate=September 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608045157/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/p.htm |archive-date=June 8, 2011 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|}

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
! Catalog
|-
| [[United States]]
|rowspan="2"| 1989
| [[Caroline Records|Caroline]]
| [[compact disc|CD]], [[Compact Cassette|CS]], [[vinyl record|LP]]
| CAROL 1369
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[United Kingdom]]
| Product Inc.
|rowspan="3"| CD, LP
| INC 1
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1998
| [[Mute Records|Mute Records Ltd.]]
| PG 2
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[United States]]
| [[Matador Records|Matador]]
| OLE 213
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Discogs master |master=52340 |name=Dial 'M' for Motherfucker |type=album}}


{{Pussy Galore}}
{{Pussy Galore}}


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Latest revision as of 05:52, 7 June 2024

Dial 'M' for Motherfucker
Studio album by
Pussy Galore
ReleasedApril 1989 (1989-04)
Genre
Length43:45
LabelCaroline
ProducerSteve Albini, Jon Spencer
Pussy Galore chronology
Sugarshit Sharp
(1988) 		Dial 'M' for Motherfucker
(1989) 		Historia de la Musica Rock
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewB:1/2[2]
New Musical Express8/10[3]
Record Mirror[4]
Sounds[5]

Dial 'M' for Motherfucker is an album by the New York City garage punk band Pussy Galore, released in April 1989 by Caroline Records.[6] The song "Kicked Out" is played in an Episode of House, "Games", when Gregory House plays it to annoy Wilson and later to induce a seizure in a patient.

A music video for the song "Dick Johnson" was directed by Jim Spring and Jens Jurgensen.

Critical reception

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Nick Robinson, reviewer of British music newspaper Music Week, noticed that the listeners can find "beneath the clattering rhythms and chunky guitars" "some heady melodies that aching to break free" and if they will be able to "endure the racket", they will discover "some rough diamonds that are quite irresistible."[7] Janiss Garza of Cashbox called album "group’s most accessible record to date" and admitted "that this blend of obscure alternative noise and occasional Stones-through-a-fishbowl stylings totally and utterly confuses" but she liked it.[8]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Jon Spencer, except 10 by Kurt Wolf and 15 by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V. Casale; all music is composed by Pussy Galore, except 15 (Mothersbaugh/Casale)

Side One
No.TitleLength
1."Understand Me"4:05
2."SM 57"2:04
3."Kicked Out"3:55
4."Solo=Sex"3:02
5."Undertaker"2:32
6."DWDA"4:25
7."Dick Johnson"2:21
Side Two
No.TitleLength
8."1 Hour Later"2:49
9."Eat Me"2:02
10."Waxhead"2:19
11."Wait a Minute"2:53
12."Evil Eye"3:06
13."ADWD #2"2:30
14."Hang On"5:44
CD bonus tracks (1989 Caroline and Product Inc. releases)
No.TitleLength
15."Penetration of the Centerfold"2:01
16."Handshake"2:03
17."Adolescent Wet Dream"1:27
18."Sweet Little Hi-Fi"3:04
19."Brick"1:56
20."Renegade"2:51

16-20 are taken from the EP Sugarshit Sharp; 15 was added to reissues of the EP under the correct title, "Penetration in the Centerfold."

Personnel

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Adapted from the Dial 'M' for Motherfucker liner notes.[9]

Charts

[edit]
Chart (1989) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[10] 4

Release history

[edit]
Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1989 Caroline CD, CS, LP CAROL 1369
United Kingdom Product Inc. CD, LP INC 1
1998 Mute Records Ltd. PG 2
United States Matador OLE 213

References

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  1. ^ Fennessy, Kathleen C. "Dial 'M' for Motherfucker". AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "Review: Pussy Galore — Dial 'M'" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 9. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. September 1989. p. 105. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021 – via World Radio History.
  3. ^ Fadele, Dele (13 May 1989). "Long Play: Pussy Galore — Dial 'M' for Motherf***er (Product Inc)". New Musical Express. London: IPC Limited. p. 33. ISSN 0028-6362. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via Flickr.
  4. ^ Crook, Darren (13 May 1989). "Review: Pussy Galore — Dial 'M'" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 31—32. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022 – via World Radio History.
  5. ^ Keith, Cameron (13 May 1989). "Albums: Same old hang-ups. Review: Pussy Galore — Dial 'M' for Motherf***er ((Product Inc)" (PDF). Sounds. Peterborough: United Newspapers. p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022 – via World Radio History.
  6. ^ Kenny, Glenn; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Pussy Galore". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  7. ^ Robinson, Nick (3 June 1989). "Review: Pussy Galore – Dial 'M' for Motherfucker" (PDF). Music Week. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 26. ISSN 0265-1548. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022 – via World Radio History.
  8. ^ Garza, Janiss (17 June 1989). "Metal Picks: Pussy Galore – Dial 'M' for Motherfucker" (PDF). Cashbox. Vol. 52, no. 49. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. p. 15. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022 – via World Radio History.
  9. ^ Dial 'M' for Motherfucker (booklet). Pussy Galore. New York City, New York: Caroline Records. 1989.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
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