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  |recorded = 2004–2005
  |recorded = 2004–2005
  |length = 1:00:57, 1:22:24 (with bonus tracks)
  |length = 1:00:57, 1:22:24 (with bonus tracks)
  |label = Self-released
  |label = Self-released (2005), [[Needlejuice Records]] (2023)
  |producers = [[Neil Cicierega]]
  |producers = [[Neil Cicierega]]
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|externalLinks = [https://needlejuice.bandcamp.com/album/damn-skippy Needlejuice Remaster]<br>[http://www.lemondemon.com/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20First%20four%20albums/Damn%20Skippy%20(2005)/ MP3]<br>[https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/CD%20Rips/CD%20Bonus%20Content/%5b2005%5d%20Damn%20Skippy/ Bonus content from original CD]<br>[https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/CD%20Rips/%5b2005%5d%20Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Damn%20Skippy%20%5bCDR%5d/ Lossless rip of original CD]<br>[https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/CD%20Rips/%5b2005%5d%20Lemon%20Demon%20-%20Damn%20Skippy%20%5bMispress%20CDR%5d/ Lossless rip of original (mispress) CD]<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqmpmtJxWdU YouTube]<br>[https://youtu.be/uiIFMemtDkI Remastered YouTube]
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  |lastAlbum = [[Hip to the Javabean]]<br>(2004)
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'''Damn Skippy''' is [[Lemon Demon]]’s fourth album. It was the first to include a commentary and is the only one with preripped MP3s without transitions in the data track.
[[File:Damnskippynjr.jpg|thumb|2023 [[Needlejuice Records]] reissue cover art.]]


In April 2009, [[Neil]] offered this album for download.
'''Damn Skippy''' is [[Lemon Demon]]’s fourth album. It was originally released on March 21st, 2005, as homemade, burned-on-demand CD-Rs sold through the old Lemon Demon website<ref>https://trapezzoid.livejournal.com/2005/03/21/</ref>, in the same manner [[Hip to the Javabean]] was the year prior. Eight bonus tracks, an audio commentary track, and an HTML file were included as bonuses on the disc.<ref>https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/CD%20Rips/CD%20Bonus%20Content/%5b2005%5d%20Damn%20Skippy/</ref>This content is maintained in all CD represses of the album.  


==Track listing==
In 2006, the album received a CD repress with glass replicated discs manufactured by now-defunct company Americ Disc Inc.<ref>https://www.discogs.com/master/1455122-Lemon-Demon-Damn-Skippy</ref>
 
In April 2009, [[Neil]] offered this album for free download on [http://www.lemondemon.com/ Lemondemon.com], alongside [[Clown Circus]], [[Live from the Haunted Candle Shop]], and [[Hip to the Javabean]].<ref>http://www.lemondemon.com/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20First%20four%20albums/</ref>
 
On January 21st, 2023, [[Needlejuice Records]] reissued the album, alongside [[Hip to the Javabean]] on Bandcamp in celebration of the 20th anniversary of [[Lemon Demon]].<ref>https://twitter.com/needlejuicerec/status/1616893029909921793?lang=en</ref> <ref name=":0">https://needlejuice.bandcamp.com/album/damn-skippy</ref>This version of the album was remastered by Angel Marcloid<ref>https://angelhairaudio.com/full-portfolio-project-list</ref>and added ten previously unreleased tracks, six remastered instrumentals, one remastered vocal track and a hidden track to the bonus track list. The album's original audio commentary track was also remastered for this release by Alex Argo.<ref name=":0" /> Pre-orders for physical represses of the album on vinyl, CD, and cassette went up in February<ref>https://twitter.com/needlejuicerec/status/1628051649032757250</ref>, with the CDs and cassettes shipping in June<ref>https://twitter.com/needlejuicerec/status/1669136477182205953</ref>, and vinyls shipped in September.<ref>https://needlejuicerecords.com/products/damn-skippy-ode-to-crayola-lp</ref>
 
==Track Listing==
'''Side A'''
#[[Dead Sea Monkeys]]
#[[Dead Sea Monkeys]]
#[[Sky Is Not Blue]]
#[[Sky Is Not Blue]]
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#[[Geeks in Love]]
#[[Geeks in Love]]
#[[New Way Out]]
#[[New Way Out]]
#[[What Will Happen Will Happen]]
'''Side B'''
#<li value="7">[[What Will Happen Will Happen]]</li>
#[[Kitten Is Angry]]
#[[Kitten Is Angry]]
#[[The Ceiling]]
#[[The Ceiling]]
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#[[Gonna Dig Up Alec Guinness]]
#[[Gonna Dig Up Alec Guinness]]
#[[Flamingo Legs]]
#[[Flamingo Legs]]
#[[Ode to Crayola]]
'''Side C'''
#<li value="13">[[Ode to Crayola]]</li>
#[[Rainwater]]
#[[Rainwater]]
#[[Smell Like a Cookie All Day]]
#[[Smell Like a Cookie All Day]]
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#[[Eventuality]]
#[[Eventuality]]


===Bonus tracks===
===Bonus tracks===  
#[[Bicycle Race]]
#[[Bicycle Race]]
#[[Fuzzy]]
#[[Fuzzy]]
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#[[Mothers All Over the World]]
#[[Mothers All Over the World]]
#[[Mr. Porta-Potty Man]]
#[[Mr. Porta-Potty Man]]
#[[Musical Chairs (Alternate version)]]
#[[Musical Chairs|Musical Chairs (Alternate version)]]
#[[Pirate in a Box]]
#[[Subtle Oddities (Cheesy synth mix)|Subtle Oddities (Cheesy Synth Mix)]]
 
===Bonus tracks (Needlejuice Records re-release)===
(CD version contains all of these tracks on a separate Bonus Disc.)
 
(Vinyl and cassette versions of the album only contain bonus tracks 1-8.)
#[[Scatterbrained]]
#[[Musical Chairs|Musical Chairs (Alternate Version)]]
#[[March of the Living Figments]]
#[[Elvis Porn]]
#[[Lollipops]]
#[[Bicycle Race]]
#[[Fuzzy]]
#[[Bottom Line]]
#[[Sky Blue Up]]
#[[I Want to Wake Up]]
#[[Stampy]]
#[[Zero Gravity]]
#[[Subtle Oddities (Cheesy Synth Mix)]]
#[[Mothers All Over the World]]
#[[Pirate in a Box]]
#[[Pirate in a Box]]
#[[Subtle Oddities (Cheesy synth mix)]]
#[[Mr. Porta-Potty Man]]
#[[How to Poop]]
#[[The Song You Hear When You Die]]
#[[When Robots Attack|When Robots Attack (Instrumental)]]
#[[Geeks in Love|Geeks in Love (Instrumental)]]
#[[Kitten Is Angry|Kitten is Angry (Instrumental)]]
#[[Subtle Oddities|Subtle Oddities (Instrumental)]]
#[[Dizziful Bliss|Dizziful Bliss (Instrumental)]]
#[[Word Disassociation|Word Disassociation (Instrumental)]]
#[[Word Disassociation|Word Disassociation (Vocals)]]
#[[neil.soul]]
#[[Damn Skippy: Commentary|Damn Skippy Commentary]]
 
===Bonus Content===
*[[Damn Skippy: Commentary|Commentary]] (Counted as a bonus track in the [[Needlejuice Records]] reissue.)
[[File:Specialthanksdamnskippy.png|thumb|'''<big>SPECIAL THANKS:</big> Dad, Mom, Ben, Emmy, Leah, Alora, Sarah, Chloe, Chelsea, Aaron Ackerson, Andrew Kepple, Richard, Logan Whitehurst, The Incredible Moses Leroy, Queen, John Cameron Mitchell, Stephen Trask, Sir Alec Guinness, Alec Baldwin, Leonard Nimoy, Edward Binney, Harold Smith, Robert Prince, and Raffi.''']]
*[https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/CD%20Rips/CD%20Bonus%20Content/%5b2005%5d%20Damn%20Skippy/DamnSkippy.html HTML file] (Navigation portal for the album containing song MP3s, bonus tracks, lyrics, exclusive artwork, and a Special Thanks section.)
 
==Physical Releases==
 
===LPs===
All four variants originally went up for pre-order on the [[Needlejuice Records]] website, but Pumpkin Cookie was later removed. In November, it was revealed to be a Newbury Comics exclusive variant, and made available on their webstore.<gallery>
File:OdetoCrayola1k.png|"Ode to Crayola"
File:Damn vinyl.png|"Damn"
File:Demonic.png|"Demonic"
File:Pumpkin-and-Cookie1k 900x.png|"Pumpkin Cookie"
</gallery>
===CDs===
==== Original Artwork ====
There are no notable differences between the artwork of the homemade 2005 CD-Rs and the 2006 repress.
<gallery>
File:Damn Skippy.png|Front Cover
File:Damn Skippy back.png|Back Cover
File:Damn Skippy inside.png|Inside Art
File:Damnskippysourcediscart.jpg|Disc Art
File:Damnskippydisc.jpg|Front scan of original CD-R
File:Damnskippycdrback.jpg|Back scan of original CD-R
File:Damnskippyrepressback.jpg|Back of 2006 CD
</gallery>
==== [[Needlejuice Records]] 2023 repress ====
<gallery>
File:Njrskippycdfront.jpg|Front Cover
File:Njrskippycdback.jpg|Back Cover
File:Njrskippyinsideart.jpg|Inside Art
File:Njrskippytrayart.jpg|Tray Art
File:Njrskippydisc1.jpg|Disc 1 scan
File:Njrskippydisc2.jpg|Bonus Disc scan
</gallery>
===Cassette===
<gallery>
File:Damnskippytapeartfront.jpg|J-Card Front Cover
File:Damnskippyjcardback.jpg|J-Card Back Cover
File:Skippyjcardinside.jpg|J-Card Inside Art
File:Skippyjcardfoldout.jpg|J-Card Foldout Art
File:Skippytapefront.jpg|Tape Side A
File:Skippytapeback.jpg|Tape Side B
</gallery>
 
 
== Damn Skippy HDMI Images ==
<gallery>
File:MP3-Creature.gif|The creature of the "MP3s" section of the Damn Skippy HTML.
File:Lyrics-Demon.gif|The demon of the "Lyrics" section of the Damn Skippy HTML.
File:Bonus-Creature-CutiePatootie.gif|The creature of the "Bonus Tracks" section of the Damn Skippy HTML.
File:SkippyMonster1.png|One of the Damn Skippy monsters.
File:SkippyMonster2.png|One of the Damn Skippy monsters.
File:Commentary.jpg|The demon of the "Commentary" section of the Damn Skippy HTML.
File:DamnSkippySpiral.png|A gear-like spiral on the cover of Damn Skippy and in the Damn Skippy HTML.
File:DamnSkippySpiralButItsaGif.gif|Ditto, but a gif.
File:DeadSeaMonkeys.gif|Dead Sea Monkeys
File:SkyIsNotBlueHTML.gif|Sky Is Not Blue
File:PumpkinPieHTML.gif|Pumpkin Pie
File:WhenRobotsAttackHTML.gif|When Robots Attack
File:GeeksInLoveHTML.gif|Geeks In Love
File:NewWayOutHTML.gif|New Way Out
File:WhatWillHappenWillHappenHTML.gif|What Will Happen Will Happen
File:KittenIsAngryHTML.gif|Kitten Is Angry
File:TheCeilingHTML.gif|The Ceiling
File:SubtleOdditiesHTML.gif|Subtle Oddities
File:GuinessHTML.gif|Gonna Dig Up Alec Guiness
File:FlamingoLegs.gif|Flamingo Legs
File:OdeToCrayolaHTML.gif|Ode To Crayola
File:RainwaterHTML.gif|Rainwater
File:SmellLikeACookie.gif|Smell Like A Cookie All Day
File:DizzifulBlissHTML.gif|Dizziful Bliss
File:WordDissassociation.gif|Word Dissassociation
File:EventualityHTML.gif|Eventuality
File:Main.jpg|The main title screen of the Damn Skippy HTML.
</gallery>


===Also contains===
== Trivia ==
*[[Damn Skippy: Commentary|Commentary]] (Ad-libbed comments by [[Neil]].)


==External links==
* This is the first [[Lemon Demon]] album to include an audio commentary track and HTML.
*[http://www.lemondemon.com/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20First%20four%20albums/Damn%20Skippy%20(2005)/ Download Damn Skippy from Lemon Demon's website]
* On the back cover of the 2023 [[Needlejuice Records]] version of the CD, [[Dizziful Bliss]] is misspelled "Dizziful Blss".
* In the 2023 remastered stream, [[Gonna Dig Up Alec Guinness]] is misspelt as "Gonna Dig Up '''Alex''' Guineness".
<references />

Latest revision as of 23:29, 6 April 2025

Damn Skippy
Damn Skippy.png
Album
Artist: Lemon Demon
Released March 21, 2005
Recorded 2004–2005
Length 1:00:57, 1:22:24 (with bonus tracks)
Label Self-released (2005), Needlejuice Records (2023)
Producer Neil Cicierega
Links: Needlejuice Remaster
MP3
Bonus content from original CD
Lossless rip of original CD
Lossless rip of original (mispress) CD
YouTube
Remastered YouTube
Lemon Demon chronology
Hip to the Javabean
(2004)		 Damn Skippy
(2005)		 Dinosaurchestra
(2006)


2023 Needlejuice Records reissue cover art.

Damn Skippy is Lemon Demon’s fourth album. It was originally released on March 21st, 2005, as homemade, burned-on-demand CD-Rs sold through the old Lemon Demon website[1], in the same manner Hip to the Javabean was the year prior. Eight bonus tracks, an audio commentary track, and an HTML file were included as bonuses on the disc.[2]This content is maintained in all CD represses of the album.

In 2006, the album received a CD repress with glass replicated discs manufactured by now-defunct company Americ Disc Inc.[3]

In April 2009, Neil offered this album for free download on Lemondemon.com, alongside Clown Circus, Live from the Haunted Candle Shop, and Hip to the Javabean.[4]

On January 21st, 2023, Needlejuice Records reissued the album, alongside Hip to the Javabean on Bandcamp in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Lemon Demon.[5] [6]This version of the album was remastered by Angel Marcloid[7]and added ten previously unreleased tracks, six remastered instrumentals, one remastered vocal track and a hidden track to the bonus track list. The album's original audio commentary track was also remastered for this release by Alex Argo.[6] Pre-orders for physical represses of the album on vinyl, CD, and cassette went up in February[8], with the CDs and cassettes shipping in June[9], and vinyls shipped in September.[10]

Track Listing

Side A

  1. Dead Sea Monkeys
  2. Sky Is Not Blue
  3. Pumpkin Pie
  4. When Robots Attack
  5. Geeks in Love
  6. New Way Out

Side B

  2. What Will Happen Will Happen
  3. Kitten Is Angry
  4. The Ceiling
  5. Subtle Oddities
  6. Gonna Dig Up Alec Guinness
  7. Flamingo Legs

Side C

  2. Ode to Crayola
  3. Rainwater
  4. Smell Like a Cookie All Day
  5. Dizziful Bliss
  6. Word Disassociation
  7. Eventuality

Bonus tracks

  1. Bicycle Race
  2. Fuzzy
  3. March of the Living Figments
  4. Mothers All Over the World
  5. Mr. Porta-Potty Man
  6. Musical Chairs (Alternate version)
  7. Pirate in a Box
  8. Subtle Oddities (Cheesy Synth Mix)

Bonus tracks (Needlejuice Records re-release)

(CD version contains all of these tracks on a separate Bonus Disc.)

(Vinyl and cassette versions of the album only contain bonus tracks 1-8.)

  1. Scatterbrained
  2. Musical Chairs (Alternate Version)
  3. March of the Living Figments
  4. Elvis Porn
  5. Lollipops
  6. Bicycle Race
  7. Fuzzy
  8. Bottom Line
  9. Sky Blue Up
  10. I Want to Wake Up
  11. Stampy
  12. Zero Gravity
  13. Subtle Oddities (Cheesy Synth Mix)
  14. Mothers All Over the World
  15. Pirate in a Box
  16. Mr. Porta-Potty Man
  17. How to Poop
  18. The Song You Hear When You Die
  19. When Robots Attack (Instrumental)
  20. Geeks in Love (Instrumental)
  21. Kitten is Angry (Instrumental)
  22. Subtle Oddities (Instrumental)
  23. Dizziful Bliss (Instrumental)
  24. Word Disassociation (Instrumental)
  25. Word Disassociation (Vocals)
  26. neil.soul
  27. Damn Skippy Commentary

Bonus Content

SPECIAL THANKS: Dad, Mom, Ben, Emmy, Leah, Alora, Sarah, Chloe, Chelsea, Aaron Ackerson, Andrew Kepple, Richard, Logan Whitehurst, The Incredible Moses Leroy, Queen, John Cameron Mitchell, Stephen Trask, Sir Alec Guinness, Alec Baldwin, Leonard Nimoy, Edward Binney, Harold Smith, Robert Prince, and Raffi.
  • HTML file (Navigation portal for the album containing song MP3s, bonus tracks, lyrics, exclusive artwork, and a Special Thanks section.)

Physical Releases

LPs

All four variants originally went up for pre-order on the Needlejuice Records website, but Pumpkin Cookie was later removed. In November, it was revealed to be a Newbury Comics exclusive variant, and made available on their webstore.

  • "Ode to Crayola"

  • "Damn"

  • "Demonic"

  • "Pumpkin Cookie"

CDs

Original Artwork

There are no notable differences between the artwork of the homemade 2005 CD-Rs and the 2006 repress.

  • Front Cover

  • Back Cover

  • Inside Art

  • Disc Art

  • Front scan of original CD-R

  • Back scan of original CD-R

  • Back of 2006 CD

Needlejuice Records 2023 repress

  • Front Cover

  • Back Cover

  • Inside Art

  • Tray Art

  • Disc 1 scan

  • Bonus Disc scan

Cassette

  • J-Card Front Cover

  • J-Card Back Cover

  • J-Card Inside Art

  • J-Card Foldout Art

  • Tape Side A

  • Tape Side B


Damn Skippy HDMI Images

  • The creature of the "MP3s" section of the Damn Skippy HTML.

  • The demon of the "Lyrics" section of the Damn Skippy HTML.

  • The creature of the "Bonus Tracks" section of the Damn Skippy HTML.

  • One of the Damn Skippy monsters.

  • One of the Damn Skippy monsters.

  • The demon of the "Commentary" section of the Damn Skippy HTML.

  • A gear-like spiral on the cover of Damn Skippy and in the Damn Skippy HTML.

  • Ditto, but a gif.

  • Dead Sea Monkeys

  • Sky Is Not Blue

  • Pumpkin Pie

  • When Robots Attack

  • Geeks In Love

  • New Way Out

  • What Will Happen Will Happen

  • Kitten Is Angry

  • The Ceiling

  • Subtle Oddities

  • Gonna Dig Up Alec Guiness

  • Flamingo Legs

  • Ode To Crayola

  • Rainwater

  • Smell Like A Cookie All Day

  • Dizziful Bliss

  • Word Dissassociation

  • Eventuality

  • The main title screen of the Damn Skippy HTML.

Trivia

  1. ↑ https://trapezzoid.livejournal.com/2005/03/21/
  2. ↑ https://mumbergo.net/files/Audio/CD%20Rips/CD%20Bonus%20Content/%5b2005%5d%20Damn%20Skippy/
  3. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/master/1455122-Lemon-Demon-Damn-Skippy
  4. ↑ http://www.lemondemon.com/Lemon%20Demon%20-%20First%20four%20albums/
  5. ↑ https://twitter.com/needlejuicerec/status/1616893029909921793?lang=en
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://needlejuice.bandcamp.com/album/damn-skippy
  7. ↑ https://angelhairaudio.com/full-portfolio-project-list
  8. ↑ https://twitter.com/needlejuicerec/status/1628051649032757250
  9. ↑ https://twitter.com/needlejuicerec/status/1669136477182205953
  10. ↑ https://needlejuicerecords.com/products/damn-skippy-ode-to-crayola-lp
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