| Hippopotamomus | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Momus |
| Cover: | Hippopotamomus.jpg |
| Recorded: | March–April 1991 |
| Studio: | The Spike (Fulham, London) |
| Label: | Creation |
| Producer: | Momus |
| Prev Title: | Don't Stop the Night |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | The Ultraconformist |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
Hippopotamomus is the fifth studio album by British musician Momus, released in 1991 through Creation Records.
The album's third track, "Michelin Man", caused Momus to be threatened with legal action by the Michelin tyre company. They were angered by his use of their mascot, the aforementioned Michelin Man, an anthropomorphic pile of rubber inner-tubes, as a metaphor for hypersexual rubber fetishism. As a result, all unsold copies of the album were destroyed and future pressings of the album omitted the song from the album.[1] [2] The track was later reinstated on the Create 2 compilation as part of a 2018 reissue campaign with Cherry Red Records.[3]
The album received mixed reviews from critics. Melody Makers Sharon O'Connell compared the album to the work of Serge Gainsbourg, speculating that the title referenced Gainsbourg's scatological, wordplay-heavy song "L'Hippopodame".[4] Select
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