1960 live album by Bob Newhart
| The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back | ||||
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| Live album by Bob Newhart | ||||
| Released | 1960 | |||
| Genre | Stand-up comedy | |||
| Length | 36:20 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| New Record Mirror | 5/5 |
The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back is a 1960 stand-up comedy album by Bob Newhart. Released soon after Newhart's top-selling debut The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, the sequel album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Monophonic Action Albums chart on January 9, 1961. The two albums would occupy the top two positions on the chart for almost 30 weeks. Propelled by the success of Newhart's first album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back had sold 150,000 advance copies at the time of its release.
The album's tracks were recorded at the hungry i in San Francisco and Freddie's in Minneapolis.
Track listing
- "Automation and a Private in Washington's Army" – 5:10
- "The Grace L. Ferguson Airline (And Storm Door Co.)" – 9:30
- "Bus Drivers School" – 6:13
- "Retirement Party" – 8:08
- "An Infinite Number of Monkeys" – 1:33
- "Ledge Psychology" – 5:10
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA) | Gold | 500,000 |
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Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- "AllMusic Review by Sean Carruthers". AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- Watson, Jimmy (May 6, 1961). "Bob Newhart: The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 8. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
- "Action Albums". Billboard Music Week. January 9, 1961. p. 16.
- Ess, Ramsey (March 15, 2018). "An Appreciation of the Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart". Vulture. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- Smith, Cecil (October 30, 1960). "It's Club Patrons Who Unbutton Lips". The Los Angeles Times. Vol. Calendar. p. 10.
- "The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back| Rhino". www.rhino.com. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- "American album certifications – Bob Newhart – Button-Down Mind Strikes Back". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 27, 2022.