Here Comes Trouble (Scatterbrain album)

Here Comes Trouble is the first album by funk metal band Scatterbrain, released in 1990.

Here Comes Trouble
Studio album by Scatterbrain
Released	1990
Genre	Funk metal[1]
Length	37:05
Label	Relativity
Scatterbrain chronology
Here Comes Trouble (1990) Scamboogery (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Allmusic	link

The album spent 16 weeks on Billboard's album charts, peaking at #138.^[2]

It contains a cover version of Cheech and Chong's "Earache My Eye". The single "Don't Call Me Dude" makes reference to vaudeville routine "Slowly I Turned", and the intro is a parody of Dion's "Runaround Sue".^{[citation needed]}

The follow-up single "Down With the Ship (Slight Return)" features snippets from a number of classic rock and heavy metal songs, as detailed below.^[3]

Critical reception

The album's initial reception was generally positive, with reviews noting the quality of the band's vocals and humorous approach to heavy metal.^[4] The album proved memorable enough for some music writers that it enjoyed continuing retrospective coverage into the 2000s. Later reviews reflect on the album's quirky and sometimes scattered themes, as well as the quality musicianship.^[5] Others believe the album demonstrates that the band should hold a more important place in the history of the genre, in spite of the fact that later offerings failed to reach the level of success enjoyed by Here Comes Trouble.^[6]

Track listing

1. "Here Comes Trouble" — 3:54
2. "Earache My Eye" — 2:47
3. "That's That" — 3:57
4. "I'm With Stupid" — 5:05
5. "Down With the Ship (Slight Return)" — 2:29
6. "Sonata #3" — 1:54
7. "Mr. Johnson And The Juice Crew" — 1:55
8. "Goodbye Freedom, Hello Mom" — 4:49
9. "Outta Time" — 3:36
10. "Don't Call Me Dude" — 5:14
11. "Drunken Milkman" — 1:19

Personnel

• Tommy Christ – lead vocals
• Glen Cummings – guitars, backing vocals
• Paul Nieder – guitars, backing vocals
• Guy Brogna – bass, backing vocals
• Mike Boyko – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• John Connelly – lead vocals on 8 tracks
• Tom Soares – backing vocals

Song Snippets in "Down With The Ship"

• Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix
• Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin
• Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin
• Seek And Destroy - Metallica
• La Grange (drum fill) - ZZ Top
• Lonely Is the Night - Billy Squier
• The Ocean - Led Zeppelin
• Walk This Way - Aerosmith
• Heartbreaker- Led Zeppelin
• In the Air Tonight (drum fill) - Phil Collins
• Roundabout - Yes
• Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
• Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love - Van Halen
• Where Eagles Dare (drum intro) - Iron Maiden
• The Star-Spangled Banner
• The Woody Woodpecker Song

Charts

Chart performance for Here Comes Trouble

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7]	54
US Billboard 200[8]	138

References

1. Everley, Dave (June 29, 2021). "10 funk metal bands that time forgot". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
2. "Scatterbrain Here Comes Trouble Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 28, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
3. "Scatterbrain's Down With the Ship (Slight Return)". Who Sampled.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
4. Considine, J.D. (1990). Musician. Amordian Press. p. 108. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
5. Fuego, Vim (August 6, 2004). "Scatterbrain- Here Comes Trouble". Metal Archives. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
6. Phillips, Fred (9 July 2013). "Forgotten series: Scatterbrain - Here Comes Trouble (1990)". Something Else Reviews. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
7. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 244.
8. "Billboard 200: Week of July 28, 1990". Billboard. Retrieved September 14, 2022.

External links

• Here Comes Trouble at Discogs