Surfin' Bird | |
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![]() Cover of the 1964 LP by Garrett Records. | |
Studio album by | |
Released | January 14, 1964[1] |
Recorded | Kay Bank Studio, 2541 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis[2] |
Genre | Surf rock, garage rock |
Label | Garrett Records |
Producer | George Garrett |
Surfin' Bird is the debut studio album by the Trashmen, released on January 14, 1964. It was named after their novelty hit of the same name. The album peaked at No. 48 at the Billboard 200 chart.[3]
The album was recorded at Kay Bank Studio and rushed to the stores to capitalize on the success of the "Surfin' Bird" single, released two months earlier.[2] According to Rick Shefchik's book Everybody's Heard about the Bird, which chronicles the band's rise and fall, both the Surfin' Bird album and the single each went on to sell over a million copies.[4] Richie Unterberger of AllMusic, who gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, wrote that it "actually outstrips most of the Southern California-based competition, due to the ferocious grit of the playing and a vaguely demented, go-for-broke recklessness."[5]