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Wormed by Leonard

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Wormed by Leonard
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1988
Recorded1988
GenreNoise rock, indie rock, experimental rock
Length54:09
LabelThwart Productions[1]
ProducerGreg Freeman, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 chronology
Wormed by Leonard
(1988)
Tangle
(1989)

Wormed by Leonard is the debut studio-recorded cassette by the band Thinking Fellers Union Local 282.[2] It was released in 1988 through Thwart Productions.[3] It was reissued on LP and CD in 1995 with six live bonus tracks.[4] The title derives from Roger Worm and Jerry Leonard, two high school classmates of Eickelberg and Davies from West Delaware Senior High School, in Manchester, Iowa.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[6]

Trouser Press called the album "the band’s most delicate recording, showing an early folky vein."[7] The Spin Alternative Record Guide wrote that the album "contains potentially hazardous levels of low-fi noisemaking and free-association poetry."[6] Reviewing the album's 1995 reissue, SF Weekly wrote that "all of the Thinking Fellers' trademark elements appear in nascent glory, from alternatively tuned string-tornado rave-ups and enigmatic home recordings to quirky pop distillations and jokey goofs."[4]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."It's Seven"1:06
2."Hell Rules"3:07
3."Leaky Bag"3:54
4."I Don't Know"2:23
5."Milva Spectre"2:40
6."Nipper"4:47
7."Oregon Trail"2:11
8."Misfits Park"2:55
9."Coming and Going"1:26
10."Mr. Tuna's Big Old Place"3:41
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Narlus Spectre"3:14
2."KLTX"0:43
3."Truck Driving Man"2:20
4."Out in the Kitchen"6:29
5."A Serious Matter"1:21
6."Mile Wide"4:35
7."Motorin' Flarey Henderson"1:49
8."Indigestion"1:34
9."Get Off My House"5:53
10."Scraping Skin Off My Shoulder"0:43
CD issue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
21."Trevor" 2:13
22."Superstar"Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell5:00
23."If I Were in a Shoe" 1:55
24."Squidder Boy" 2:36
25."Fat Christmas" 1:35
26."Not in the Popply Dimension" 2:05

Personnel

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Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
  • Paul Bergmann – instruments
  • Mark Davies – instruments
  • Anne Eickelberg – instruments
  • Brian Hageman – instruments
  • Hugh Swarts – instruments
Production and additional personnel

References

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  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 124.
  2. ^ Coley, Byron (November 1989). "Underground". Spin. Vol. 5, no. 8. p. 110.
  3. ^ "Thinking Fellers Union Local #282 | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ^ a b "Recordings". SF Weekly. October 25, 1995.
  5. ^ Phares, Heather. "Wormed by Leonard". AllMusic. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  6. ^ a b Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 402–403.
  7. ^ "Thinking Fellers Union Local 282". Trouser Press. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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