The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! Explained

The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back
Type:live
Artist:Bob Newhart
Cover:BNewhart_StrikesBack.jpg
Released:1960
Genre:Stand-up comedy
Length:36:20
Label:Warner Bros.
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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.[1] The two albums would occupy the top two positions on the chart for almost 30 weeks.[2] 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.[3]

The album's tracks were recorded at the hungry i in San Francisco and Freddie's in Minneapolis.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Automation and a Private in Washington's Army" – 5:10
  2. "The Grace L. Ferguson Airline (And Storm Door Co.)" – 9:30
  3. "Bus Drivers School" – 6:13
  4. "Retirement Party" – 8:08
  5. "An Infinite Number of Monkeys" – 1:33
  6. "Ledge Psychology" – 5:10

Notes and References

  1. News: Action Albums . . January 9, 1961 . 16.
  2. Web site: An Appreciation of the Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart. Ess. Ramsey. March 15, 2018. Vulture. en-us. February 10, 2020.
  3. News: Smith. Cecil. It's Club Patrons Who Unbutton Lips. October 30, 1960. The Los Angeles Times. Calendar. 10.
  4. Web site: The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back Rhino. www.rhino.com. February 10, 2020.

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