The Incredible Shrinking Dickies was the
1979 first album by the California punk band
The Dickies. The album included the group's
notable cover of
Black Sabbath's
"
Paranoid", which reached No.
45 in the
UK
charts in July 1979. It was pressed on at
least four different colours of vinyl (blue, yellow, orange, clear)
and was produced by John Hewlett, who in the late 1960s was a
member of the UK garagepunk quartet
John's Children, which for a short while
included
Marc Bolan as guitarist.
Track listing
- "Give It Back" - 1:41
- "Poodle Party" - 1:09
- "Paranoid" - 2:04
- "She" - 1:36
- "Shadow Man" - 2:04
- "Mental Ward" - 1:49
- "Eve Of Destruction" -
1:57
- "You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)" - 1:50
- "Waterslide" - 2:32
- "Walk Like An Egg" - 2:21
- "Curb Job" - 2:36
- "Shake & Bake" - 1:56
- "Rondo (The Midgets Revenge)" - 3:12
CD reissue bonus tracks
- "I'm Ok, You're Ok" - 2:10
- "Silent Night" - 2:17
- "Sounds of Silence" -
1:35
- "Banana Splits" -
1:54
- "Hideous" - 1:13
- "Got It at the Store" - 1:41
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