The Grand Pecking Order (album)

The Grand Pecking Order
Studio album by Oysterhead
Released:	October 2001 (US, Canada) - 2001-10-02 January 2002 (Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Australia, Mexico) 2002-03-04 (Germany)
Recorded:	April 2001
Length:	51:46
Label(s):	Elektra Entertainment Group (United States) WEA International Inc. (elsewhere)
Producer(s):	Oysterhead
Studio(s):	The Barn

Introduction

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Personnel

Band

• Trey Anastasio – guitar, vocals
• Les Claypool – bass, vocals
• Stewart Copeland – drums, percussion, vocals

Additional personnel

• Mixed by Toby Wright at The Plant, Sausalito, California, May - June 2001
• Recorded by Oz Fritz at The Barn, Vermont, April 2001
• Recording assistants: Pete Carini, Chuck Eller, Jeff Lawson
• Additional recording by: Leff Lefferts, Jeff Seitz, James Boblak
• Mastered by Stephen Marcussen an Digitally Edited by Stewart Whitmore
• Production Assistant: Brad Sands
• Studio Coordination: Beth Montuori
• Mix Coordination: Jill Collins

• Cover painting and illustrations: Tim Slowinski
• Photography: Danny Clinch
• Logo design: Vance Kelley
• Design and layout: Zoltron.com

• Management: John Paluska, Jason Colton, David Lefkowitz, Miles Copeland III

Track listing

1. "Little Faces" – 4:57 (Music: Oysterhead, Lyrics: Anastasio and Claypool)
2. "Oz Is Ever Floating" – 2:49 (Music: Oysterhead, Lyrics: Anastasio and Claypool)
3. "Mr. Oysterhead" – 4:51 (Music: Oysterhead, Lyrics: Claypool)
4. "Shadow Of A Man" – 3:44 (Music and Lyrics: Claypool)
5. "Radon Balloon" – 3:21 (Music and Lyrics: Anastasio)
6. "Army's On Ecstasy" – 4:31 (Music: Oysterhead, lyrics: Claypool)
7. "Rubberneck Lions" – 5:17 (Music: Oysterhead, Lyrics: Anastasio and Claypool)
8. "Polka Dot Rose" – 3:10 (Music: Oysterhead, Lyrics: Claypool)
9. "Birthday Boys" – 3:06 (Music: Anastasio, Lyrics: Anastasio and Claypool)
10. "Wield The Spade" – 5:48 (Music: Oysterhead, Lyrics: Copeland and MacDonald)
11. "Pseudo Suicide" – 4:54 (Music: Oysterhead, Lyrics: Anastasio and Claypool)
12. "The Grand Pecking Order" – 2:35 (Music: Anastasio and Claypool, Lyrics: Claypool)
13. "Owner Of The World" – 2:45 (Music: Oysterhead, Lyrics: Anastasio and Claypool)

Singles released

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Variants, special editions and re-releases

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Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Country	Position
2001	Billboard 200	United States	No. 41

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Country	Position
YYYY	SONG	CHART	COUNTRY	POSITION REACHED

Quotations and trivia

An ad for this record in "Musik Express" (Germany) - March 2002:

See also

• Oysterhead

External links and reviews

• Oysterhead official site.

References

• Billboard, October 3, 2001.
• Oysterhead. The Grand Pecking Order. (2001) [Audio recording], Elektra Entertainment Group.
• OYSTERHEAD - The Grand Pecking Order at oysterhead.com.
• Wikipedia. The Grand Pecking Order.