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Album Review: House of Pain

  • Artist: House of Pain
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: July 21, 1992
  • Total Time: 54:25
  • Type: Contains explicit content
  • Genre: Rap

Review

It's an album that ushered in an era of a thousand suburbanites drinking malt liquor, wearing U.S. Postal Service caps, and reawakening their Irish (or in some cases pseudo-Irish) heritage. And it's also the debut album that ushered House of Pain into the forefront of rap culture for a brief period of time. While it's unfair to expect a whole album's worth of quality material like the dynamite classic "Jump Around," there are some strong points on their eponymous debut that emulate the single's strength. Admittedly, there is a significant amount of filler and the topics du jour aren't exactly the most original in hip-hop, but the impact of such songs as "Jump Around," "Shamrocks and Shenanigans," and "Put on Your Shit Kickers" more than makes up for the filler. A debut for a group that showed immense promise that sadly wasn't fully realized. ~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Salutations (Lyrics) L. Dimant, Erik Schrody House of Pain (1:08)
Jump Around (Lyrics) Erik Schrody, Lawrence Muggerud House of Pain (3:37)
Put Your Head Out (Lyrics) Lawrence Muggerud, Louis Freese, Erik Schrody House of Pain (3:02)
Top o' the Morning to Ya (Lyrics) Erik Schrody, L. Dimant House of Pain (3:37)
Commercial 1 House of Pain (:08)
House and the Rising Son (Lyrics) Erik Schrody, Junior Vasquez, L. Dimant House of Pain (3:39)
Shamrocks and Shenanigans (Lyrics) Danny Boy O'Connor, Erik Schrody, L. Dimant House of Pain (3:39)
House of Pain Anthem (Lyrics) L. Dimant, Erik Schrody House of Pain (2:35)
Danny Boy, Danny Boy (Lyrics) Erik Schrody, Lawrence Muggerud House of Pain (1:54)
Guess Who's Back (Lyrics) Muggs, Everlast House of Pain (3:59)
Commercial 2 House of Pain (:21)
Put on Your Shit Kickers (Lyrics) Lawrence Muggerud, Erik Schrody House of Pain (3:10)
Come and Get Some of This (Lyrics) R. Medrano, Lawrence Muggerud, Erik Schrody House of Pain (2:51)
Life Goes On (Lyrics) Erik Schrody, R. Medrano House of Pain (2:43)
One for the Road (Lyrics) Erik Schrody, Lawrence Muggerud, L. Dimant House of Pain (2:49)
Feel It (Lyrics) Erik Schrody, R. Medrano House of Pain (4:00)
All My Love (Lyrics) L. Dimant, Erik Schrody House of Pain (3:20)
Jump Around [Pete Rock Remix] Lawrence Muggerud, Erik Schrody House of Pain (3:56)
Shamrocks and Shenanigans [Boom Shalock Lock Boom/Butch Vig Mix] L. Dimant, Danny Boy O'Connor, Erik Schrody House of Pain (3:57)

Credits

Pete Rock (Engineer), Bob & Earl (?), Ralph Tha Funky Mexican (?), Mark Weinberg (Design), Rick Klotz (Design), Erwin Gorostiza (Art Direction), Steve Marker (Guitar), Muggs (Mixing), Butch Vig (Engineer), Jason Roberts (Mixing), Steve Marker (Engineer), Michael Miller (Photography), Muggs (Executive Producer), Muggs (Producer), Danny Boy O'Connor (Vocals), Tom Coyne (Mastering), Son Doobie (Vocals), Everlast (Vocals), Son Doobie (?), DJ Lethal (Producer), Jason Roberts (Engineer), Danny Boy O'Connor (Design)
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House of Pain
Studio album by House of Pain
Released July 21, 1992
Genre Hip hop
Length 54:28
Label Tommy Boy Records
Producer DJ Muggs
DJ Lethal
Professional reviews
House of Pain chronology
House of Pain
(1992)
Same as It Ever Was
(1994)

House of Pain is the debut album from House of Pain, released in 1992.

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Reception

  • Rolling Stone (10/29/92, p.70) - 3.5 Stars - Good Plus - "With a groovy swagger, this collection of hard-core hip-hop tracks offers many moments of technicolor snap and crackle."
  • Q magazine (12/92, p.124) - 3 Stars - Good - "...their music is of the dense, hard-hitting school of hip hop...the group have absorbed black rap's musical lessons and create a satisfying platform for their above average deliveries..."
  • The Source (9/92, p.57) - 3.5 Stars - Good Plus - "...a very solid and at times exceptional album...imagine if Licensed To Ill wasn't an upper middle class Jewish thing but rather a working class Irish thang...the atmosphere is like that of a cross between a frat party and a bar room brawl..."
  • NME (11/7/92, p.34) - 6 - Good - "...contains some creative and accomplished rap music..." [1]

Track listing

# Title Time Producer(s) Performer(s) Samples
1 "Salutations" 1:08 D.J. Lethal
D.J. Muggs
2 "Jump Around" 3:37 D.J. Muggs Everlast "Popeye The Hitchhiker" by Chubby Checker[2]
"Harlem Shuffle" by Bob & Earl[2]
"Tramp" by Lowell Fulsom[2]
"Soul Girl" by Jeanne & the Darlings[2]
"Gett Off" by Prince[2]
"Pot Belly" by Lou Donaldson[2]
"You're No Good" by Harvey Averne[2]
3 "Put Your Head Out" 3:02 D.J. Muggs Everlast
B-Real
4 "Top o' the Morning to Ya" 3:37 D.J. Lethal Everlast, Danny Boy O'Connor "I Ain't Superstitious" by Willie Dixon[2]
"And The Lord Will Hear" by the Staple Singers[3]
5 "Commercial 1" 0:08
6 "House and the Rising Son" 3:39 D.J. Lethal Everlast
Son Doobie of Funkdoobiest
7 "Shamrocks and Shenanigans" 3:38 D.J. Lethal Everlast
Danny Boy O'Connor
"I Come To You Baby" by John Lee Hooker[3]
"No Matter What They Say" by Booker T. & the MG's[2]
"Fame" by David Bowie[2]
8 "House of Pain Anthem" 2:35 D.J. Lethal Everlast
Danny Boy O'Connor
"Open Wide" and "Aphrodite" by Bill Chase[2]
9 "Danny Boy, Danny Boy" 1:54 D.J. Muggs Everlast
Danny Boy O'Connor
10 "Guess Who's Back" 3:59 D.J. Muggs Everlast "Cold Feet" by Albert King[2]
11 "Commercial 2" 0:21
12 "Put on Your Shit Kickers" 3:10 D.J. Muggs Everlast
Danny Boy O'Connor
13 "Come and Get Some of This" 2:51 D.J. Muggs
Ralph Tha Funky Mixican
Everlast "I'm Funky" by Grootha[2]
14 "Life Goes On" 2:43 Ralph Tha Funky Mexican Everlast
15 "One for the Road" 2:49 D.J. Muggs
D.J. Lethal
Everlast "Don't Change Your Love" by Five Stairsteps[2]
16 "Feel It" 4:00 Ralph Tha Funky Mexican Everlast
17 "All My Love" 3:20 D.J. Lethal Everlast "Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey[2]
18 "Jump Around (Pete Rock Remix)" 3:56 Pete Rock Everlast
Pete Rock
"Pot Belly" by Lou Donaldson[2]


"You're No Good" by Harvey Averne[2]

Some editions of the album contain an additional track, "Shamrocks & Shenanigans (Boom Shalock Lock Boom/Butch Vig Mix)".[4]

Personnel

House of Pain:

  • Danny Boy O'Connor - Vocals

Producers:

  • Ralph Tha Funky Mexican

References


 
 

 

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