Dawn of the Dickies

Dawn of the Dickies
Studio album by The Dickies
Released	October 1979
Studio	Cherokee Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Punk
Length	34:19 (reissue)
Label	A&M[1]
Producer	Robin Geoffrey Cable[2]
The Dickies chronology
The Incredible Shrinking Dickies (1979) Dawn of the Dickies (1979) Stukas Over Disneyland (1983)

Dawn of the Dickies is the second studio album by the California punk band Dickies.^[3][4] It includes the UK hits "Nights in White Satin" (a high-speed cover of the Moody Blues song), which reached No. 39 in the UK chart in September 1979, and "Fan Mail," which made No. 57 in February 1980.

The album's title and jacket cover, depicting the band members set upon by "zombies" in blue make-up, was a salute to the George A. Romero horror film, Dawn of the Dead.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Smash Hits	4/10[6]

Trouser Press wrote: "By slowing down the tempo a half step and coming up with strong melodies, guitarist Stan Lee and crew manage to reel off one maniacally catchy gem after another."^[7] The Globe and Mail said that "the Dickies go for the three-chord charge, and to complement the jangly, harsh music they have written eminently disposable lyrics about silly friends and trite situations."^[8] In 1995, the Los Angeles Daily News deemed the album "a junk-culture classic."^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Where Did His Eye Go?"	Phillips, Lee	3:41
2.	"Fan Mail"	Phillips, Huffsteter, Kaballero	3:04
3.	"Manny, Moe & Jack"	Lee, Kaballero, Wilde	2:50
4.	"Infidel Zombie"	Phillips, Lee, Ainsworth, Kaballero	3:04
5.	"I'm a Chollo"	Phillips, Lee	3:45
6.	"Nights In White Satin"	Hayward	2:55
7.	"(I'm Stuck In a Pagoda With) Tricia Toyota"	Phillips, Lee, Wagon	2:52
8.	"I've Got a Splitting Hedachi"	Phillips, Lee, Kaballero	2:29
9.	"Attack of the Mole Men"	Phillips, Lee, Ainsworth	3:41
10.	"She Loves Me Not"	Phillips, Lee	1:13

Captain Oi! CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Gigantor"	Raskin, Singer	2:29
12.	"Bowling With Bedrock Barney"	Phillips, Lee	2:09

Personnel

• Leonard Graves Phillips - Lead vocals, Mellotron, Piano, Organ
• Stan Lee - Guitars, Vocals
• Chuck Wagon - Keyboards, Guitars, Saxophone, Harmonica, Vocals
• Billy Club - Bass, Vocals
• Karlos Kaballero - Drums, Percussion, No vocals

Produced and Engineered by Robin Geoffrey Cable

References

1. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
2. Thompson, Dave (June 30, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
3. Fissinger, Laura (Jun 26, 1980). "Dawn of the Dickies". Rolling Stone. No. 320. p. 80.
4. Jancik, Wayne (28 July 1991). "The Dickies hope to get back in style". Show. Chicago Sun-Times. p. 2.
5. Dawn of the Dickies at AllMusic
6. Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (November 29 – December 12, 1979): 31.
7. "Dickies". Trouser Press.
8. McGrath, Paul (22 Mar 1980). "Dawn of The Dickies The Dickies". The Globe and Mail. p. F6.
9. Shuster, Fred (23 Feb 1995). "For the Record, a Dickies-ography". Los Angeles Daily News. p. L5.