Black Milk (Beasts of Bourbon album)

Black Milk is the third album by Australian blues rock band Beasts of Bourbon which was recorded in 1990 and originally released on the Red Eye label.^[2][3]

Black Milk
Studio album by Beasts of Bourbon
Released	July 1990
Recorded	January 1990
Studio	Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney Australia
Genre	Blues rock[1]
Length	43:48
Label	Red Eye RED LP 12
Producer	Phil Punch and The Beasts
Beasts of Bourbon chronology
Sour Mash (1988) Black Milk (1990) The Low Road (1991)

Details

Salmon said, "We recorded Black Milk with all these crazy dynamics and there's too many ideas on it really. I love it! The Beasts Of Bourbon really believed could do anything. I was willing to use that idea to get my songs on, like "Cool Fire" would never dare be presented to the Scientists – it's an old 40s sounding song. We've tried to be like Dr. John, every song on the album is different."^[4]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

In the review on Allmusic, Skip Jansen states "Third album from the Australian garage punk and pub rock super-group is a fine album of lurching blues-driven rock, though it pales by comparison to the two previous albums".^[1]

Track listing

All songs by Spencer Jones and Tex Perkins except where noted

1. "Black Milk" – 5:55
2. "Finger Lickin'" – 2:09
3. "Cool Fire" (Kim Salmon) – 4:13
4. "Bad Revisited" – 3:58
5. "Hope You Find Your Way to Heaven" (Salmon) – 2:40
6. "Words from a Woman to Her Man" (Salmon) – 2:48
7. "I'm So Happy I Could Cry" (Salmon) – 4:18
8. "You Let Me Down" (Jones) – 4:33
9. "Let's Get Funky" (Hound Dog Taylor) – 3:35
10. "A Fate Much Worse Than Life" – 3:09
11. "El Beasto" (Salmon, Perkins) – 1:33
12. "Blue Stranger" (Salmon, Perkins) – 4:12
13. "I've Let You Down Again" (Salmon, Perkins) – 2:33
14. "Blanc Garcon" – 4:12
15. "Execution Day" (Jones) – 4:46
16. "Rest in Peace" (Perkins) – 3:12

Personnel

Beasts of Bourbon

• Tex Perkins – vocals, guitar
• Spencer Jones – guitar, vocal, banjo-mandolin
• Kim Salmon – guitar, fish, vocals
• Boris Sudjovic – bass
• James Baker – drums, percussion

with:

• Louis Tillett – piano
• Peter Casanela – piano accordion
• Dr. Bronstontine Karlarka, Hellen Rose – vocals

Production

• Phil Punch – engineer
• Phil Punch and The Beasts – producer

Charts

Chart performance for Black Milk

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5]	142

References

1. Jansen, Skip. Beasts of Bourbon – Black Milk: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
2. Tex Perkins discography accessed January 14, 2019
3. Walker, C. The Ugliest Band on Earth, Preface from Beasts of Bourbon: Ten Years Behind Bars (Music Sales, 1993), accessed January 14, 2019
4. Galbraith, Douglas (2019). Nine Parts Water, One Part Sand: Kim Salmon and the Formula for Grunge. Black Inc. p. 211. ISBN 9781925556964.
5. "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 10 February1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 11 February 2023.