Daddy Has a Tail

Daddy Has a Tail
Studio album by Cows
Released	July 10, 1989
Studio	Death Jam Studio (Detroit, MI)
Genre	Noise rock, post-hardcore
Length	37:05
Label	Amphetamine Reptile
Producer	Cows, David B. Livingstone
Cows chronology
Taint Pluribus Taint Unum (1987) Daddy Has a Tail (1989) Effete and Impudent Snobs (1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic	[1]

Daddy Has a Tail is the second studio album by Minneapolis-based noise rock band Cows and their first to be released by Amphetamine Reptile Records on July 10, 1989.^[2][3]

Recording

The album was recorded and mixed by David B. Livingstone, who at the time was the guitarist for God Bullies, and producer Tim Mac. Originally, the record had been mixed to videotape but the result was of poor quality, forcing Mac and Livingstone to remix the entire album from scratch within the relatively short time span of 4 hours. Regarding the album's current mix, Livingstone has said, "I always felt that they got really screwed. I felt really bad." and that he intends to eventually remix the entire album from the original masters.^[4]

Release

The album was never released on its own on CD. It can be found on the Old Gold 1989–1991 compilation released in 1996, with the exception of the song "Chow". Amphetamine Reptile Europe released the album in its entirety on a two-for-one CD that included "Peacetika", although "I Miss Her Beer" and "Sugar" are combined into one track.

The song "Chow" appears on a split with the Melvins for Sugar Daddy Live.

Track listing

All tracks written by Cows, except "Shaking" by Johnny Kidd. 

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shaking"	2:47
2.	"Camouflage Monkey"	2:14
3.	"Part My Konk"	6:09
4.	"Bum in the Alley"	3:18
5.	"Chow"	3:43

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"By the Throat"	2:08
2.	"I Miss Her Beer"	2:09
3.	"Sugar"	2:47
4.	"Chasin' Darla"	4:28
5.	"Sticky and Sweet"	4:29

Personnel

Adapted from the Daddy Has a Tail liner notes.^[5]

Cows Thor Eisentrager – guitar Tony Oliveri – drums Kevin Rutmanis – bass guitar Shannon Selberg – vocals

Production and additional personnel Cows – production David B. Livingstone – production, recording, mixing Tim Mac – mixing

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1989	Amphetamine Reptile	CS, LP	ARR 89163

References

1. Kennedy, Patrick. "Cows: Daddy Has a Tail > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
2. Old Gold 1989–1991 (booklet). Cows. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Amphetamine Reptile Records. 1996.
3. Edgerton, Robin; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Cows". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
4. Prindle, Mark. "David B. Livingstone Interview". 2004, cited December 8, 2010
5. Daddy Has a Tail (sleeve). Cows. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Amphetamine Reptile Records. 1989.

External links

• Daddy Has A Tail at Discogs (list of releases)