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1994 studio album by Grifters
Crappin' You Negative
Studio album by Grifters
Released1994
RecordedJanuary 1994 at Easley McCain Recording & Here and There, Memphis, Tennessee
GenreIndie Rock, lo-fi
Length48:36 (CD)
LabelShangri-La Records
(Shangri-La 008)
Fat Possum Records (Reissue)
ProducerThe Grifters & Shangri-La Records
Grifters chronology
One Sock Missing
(1993) 		Crappin' You Negative
(1994) 		The Eureka E.P.
(1995)
2016 Reissue album cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone
Pitchfork
(Reissue)		7.9

Crappin' You Negative is the third full-length album from The Grifters and was released on Shangri-La Records. The album was reissued as a remastered version in 2016, by Fat Possum Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Stan Gallimore, Tripp Lamkins, David Shouse and Scott Taylor

No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Rats"Scott Taylor/David Shouse3:46
2."Maps of the Sun"David Shouse3:52
3."Dead Already"David Shouse4:18
4."Black Fuel Incinerator"David Shouse3:18
5."Skin Man Palace"David Shouse3:03
6."Arizona"Scott Taylor1:51
7."Felt-Tipped Over"David Shouse4:22
8."Holmes"Scott Taylor2:58
9."Get Outta That Spaceship and Fight Like a Man"David Shouse4:45
10."Piddlebach"(instrumental)1:57
11."Bronze Cast"David Shouse3:51
12."Junkie Blood"David Shouse4:13
13."Here Comes Larry"(instrumental)2:06
14."Cinnamon"Scott Taylor4:08

Album credits

Grifters

  • Stan Gallimore
  • Tripp Lamkins
  • David Shouse
  • Scott Taylor

Additional musicians

  • David Hall – Didgeridoo on Piddlebach
  • Joseph Pegram (611) – Moaning on Piddlebach
  • John Stivers (Impala) – Guitar on Here Comes Larry

Additional information

  • Cover art by Tripp Lamkins
  • Back cover and interior art by David Hall
  • Graphic design by Paul W. Ringger Jr.
  • Recorded at Easley Studios by The Grifters and Doug Easley and Davis McCain
  • "Dead Already", "Arizona" and "Piddlebach" recorded at Scott's on 4-track
  • "Here Comes Larry" recorded at Easley's on 4-track
  • "Black Fuel Incinerator" rhythm section recorded on 4-track in a Memphis parking garage across the street from The Flower Shop

Album trivia

  • The CD also carries the inscription of "Doink Records, 1993" under the © & ℗

References

  1. Crappin' You Negative at AllMusic
  2. Rolling Stone review
  3. "The Grifters: Crappin' You Negative". Pitchfork.
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