Get Out of My Way! explained

Get Out of My Way!
Type:ep
Artist:Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
Cover:Get Out of My Way! (album).jpg
Released:1986
Studio:Sound Affair, Santa Ana, California; Hit City West, Los Angeles
Label:Restless
Producer:Ron Goudie
Prev Title:Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:Frenzy
Next Year:1986

Get Out of My Way! is the first extended play by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper.[1] It was released in 1986 as a vinyl mini-album and cassette on Restless Records. The songs were added to the CD release of the album Frenzy in 1987. "Stuffin' Martha's Muffin" is the same recording as on Frenzy, but a different mix, which most notably filters Nixon's voice during part of the opening monologue to sound like he is on a telephone line; this version replaces the original on the Frenzy CD. "Transylvanian Xmas" is "Joy to the World" performed by Roper on harmonica in a scale reminiscent of horror movie scores, backed by Nixon on bongos. "Jesus at McDonalds" is a re-recording of the song from their first album, Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper.

Track listing

All songs written by Mojo Nixon and published by Tallywacker Tunes/La Rana Music [BMI] except as indicated

  1. "Get Out Of My Way!" (4:39)
  2. "Stuffin' Martha's Muffin" (2:53)
  3. "Rutabagas" (1:41)
  4. "Burn Down the Malls" (4:50)
  5. "Son of Santa" (3:39)
  6. "Transylvanian Xmas" (Traditional; arranged by Skid Roper (0:39)
  7. "Jesus at McDonalds" (5:16)

Personnel

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Engineered and mixed by Robert Feist. Recorded at Sound Affair.
"Rutabagas" was engineered by Randy Burns and recorded at Hit City West.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Christgau, R.. 1990. Pantheon Books. 9780679730156. registration. 2015-11-09.