Bloodhound Gang - Hooray For Boobies (2000)

Hooray for Boobies is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Bloodhound Gang, released on October 4, 1999, in Europe and February 29, 2000, in the US. The album, produced by Jimmy Pop and Richard Gavalis, was the band's second release on Geffen Records following the gold-selling One Fierce Beer Coaster. The album received generally favorable reviews and was a commercial success. Hooray for Boobies effectively broke the Bloodhound Gang into the mainstream. The album initially debuted at number two on the US Top Heatseekers chart, but managed to peak at number 14 on the US Billboard 200. The album also hit number one in Australia, Austria, and Germany. Since its release in 1999, the album has sold over 4 million copies internationally.

Five singles were released from the album including "Along Comes Mary", "The Bad Touch", "The Ballad of Chasey Lain", "Mope", and "The Inevitable Return of the Great White Dope". The album's second single, "The Bad Touch", was an international hit, charting on fourteen different charts worldwide, and managing to hit number one on five of them.

Hooray for Boobies has received moderately favorable reviews. Many reviewers complimented the album's duncical, but ultimately enjoyable, humor. Allmusic reviewer Stephen Thomas wrote, "on one hand, it's easy to hate the Bloodhound Gang. […] On the other hand, you almost have to admire the lengths that they go to be, well, defiantly stupid." Many reviewers also complimented the album's eccentric plunderphonic-esque approach to music. Popmatters reviewer Patrick Schabe compared the Bloodhound Gang to Beck, saying, "if anomalous characterization, synthesis, and a popular culture repertoire make Beck the big brother of postmodern music, then surely he’s part of a family? If so, then perhaps the Bloodhound Gang are the snotty, juvenile, teenage brother in that family."

But not all reviews were complimentary. Many critics criticized the band for its heavy use of outdated music and its toilet and sex-based humor. Entertainment Weekly writer Doug Brod decried the album, saying "on Hooray for Boobies these knuckleheads tap into '80s-style metal and New Orderish dance-wave to back their dumbbell odes to oral sex, porn stars, revenge, and – did I mention oral sex?"

On March 18, 2000, Hooray for Boobies debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 19. Four weeks later, on April 15, the album peaked at number 14, after selling 85,924 copies. Twenty-four weeks later, the album fell to number 199, and disappeared from the chart a week later, having spent a total of 29 weeks there.

On May 17, 2000, Hooray for Boobies was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and was also certified platinum on the same day.

Jimmy Pop – lead vocals, keyboards, sampling, production
Lüpüs Thünder – guitar, programming
Spanky G – drums
Evil Jared – bass
DJ Q-Ball – vocals, co-lead vocals (track 5), turntables, keyboards, programming

Track List:
01. I Hope You Die (03:40)
02. The Inevitable Return Of The Great White Dope (04:03)
03. Mama's Boy (00:35)
04. Three Point One Four (03:56)
05. Mope (04:37)
06. Yummy Down On This (03:49)
07. The Ballad Of Chasey Lain (02:22)
08. R.S.V.P. (00:16)
09. Magna Cum Nada (04:01)
10. The Bad Touch (04:21)
11. That Cough Came With A Prize (00:15)
12. Take The Long Way Home (03:08)
13. Hell Yeah (05:02)
14. Right Turn Clyde (05:25)
15. This Is Stupid (00:10)
16. A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying (05:38)
17. The Ten Coolest Things About New Jersey (00:11)
18. Along Comes Mary (05:46)
19. Studio Bullshit (03:37)