Consumer Guide Album

The Dickies: Great Dictations: The Definitive Dickies Collection [A&M, 1989]
Parody punks long dismissed as no-laff ninnies even in L.A., they're rehabilitating their reputations as their accounting careers fall through, with this '78-'80 compilation (in tandem with current product to remain nameless) the spearhead. So OK, sometimes they actually were funny--I like their Simon & Garfunkel knockoff better than the Coolies'. I promise I'll play them on request if they promise I never have to think about them again. B-