Locked 'n' Loaded: Greatest Hits Live

by The Dickies

Overview

Featuring the late-'80 lineup of the group at a London 1990 show, the well-recorded Locked 'n' Loaded is no more or no less what it is -- and why not? If We Aren't the World! is the better live album thanks to its career retrospective feel and many highlights from the first version of the group, Locked 'n' Loaded is still a fine enough aural document of the demi-legends having a blast in the land of its greatest successes. A few then-recent cuts surface -- "Cross-Eyed Tammy" and "Goin' Homo," from Second Coming, and the theme song from the Killer Klowns EP, which makes for a fine start. One then hard to find track also surfaced: "Just Say Yes," the group's nutty indulgence anthem, which wouldn't get a proper studio release in America for a few more years. Otherwise it's nostalgia galore from the band's early days, with a merry inclusion of various Stukas Over Disneyland highlights as well, like the glorious pop fun of "Pretty Please Me" and "She's a Hunch Back." "If Stewart Could Talk" always works best if one actually sees Leonard Graves Phillips talking to his sock-puppet penis, admittedly, but such points are quibbling. The hilarious, bizarro cover versions with which the band helped make its name all surface -- "Eve of Destruction," "Paranoid," "Gigantor," "Banana Splits" -- but it's the originals that really showcase the band's continuing appeal. The Dawn of the Dickies classics "(Stuck in a Pagoda) With Tricia Toyota" and "Manny, Moe & Jack" still are godly power pop punk of the best kind, and who could resist other winners like "Curb Job" and "Give It Back"? Add in Phillips' between-song patter and jokes, and the Dickies yet rule their roost. ~ Ned Raggett

Product Details

Release Date:	06/23/2023
Label:	Taang! Records
UPC:	0722975005612
Rank:	75058

Tracks

1. Dickies Intro
2. Killer Clowns From Outer Space
3. Eve of Destruction
4. Nights in White Satin
5. Pretty Please Me
6. You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)
7. Just Say Yes
8. I'm Stuck in a Pagoda (With Tricia Toyota)
9. Curb Job (Doggy Do)
10. Cross-Eyed Tammy
11. Going Homo
12. She's a Hunch Back
13. If Stuart Could Talk (See Me Feel Me)
14. Manny, Moe, & Jack
15. Paranoid
16. Gigantor
17. Communication Breakdown
18. Banana Splits
19. Give It Back

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Dickies   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Karlos Kaballero   Composer
George Peckham   Mastering
Tony Iommi   Composer
Stan Lee   Composer
Alvin Lee   Composer
Steve Hufsteter   Composer
Andy Miller   Mixing
Lee Adams   Composer
Bill Ward   Composer
Jimmy Page   Composer
Gene Raskin   Composer
Geezer Butler   Composer
Leonard Graves Phillips   Composer
John Bonham   Composer
John Paul Jones   Composer
Lou Singer   Composer
P.F. Sloan   Composer
Ozzy Osbourne   Composer
Justin Hayward   Composer
Denis Blackham   Mastering
Tim Summerhayes   Engineer
Bruce "Grim" Rhodes   Photography
Chuck Wagon   Composer
John Hunt   Photography
Lorenzo Buhne   Composer