Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities

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Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities is an album by The Circle Jerks, released in 1995.

Track Listing

"Teenage Electric" (2:44)
"Anxious Boy" (2:06)
"22" (2:42)
"Shining Through The Door" (3:01)
"I Wanna Destroy You" (3:05)
"Sinking Ship" (3:45)
"Brick" (2:14)
"Fable" (3:37)
"Dog" (2:53)
"Grey Life" (2:48)
"Exhaust Breath" (3:00)
"Career Day" (2:23)

The track Dog makes a reference to the Russian space dog Laika. The song makes reference to Laika having starved to death after several months in space, a commonly believed story. This was however disproven in 2002 when one of the Russian scientists responsible for the mission declared that Laika had died after only 5 to 7 hours in space.
The track I Wanna Destroy You, a cover of a song by The Soft Boys. features backing vocals from pop singer/songwriter Deborah Gibson, who had just wrapped up a solo album with the same producer the Circle Jerks were using, at the time they were recording the album. Gibson later made a surprise appearance at the Circle Jerks' performance at punk mecca CBGB's to perform the song with the band.

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