Draft:Damn Skippy

Damn Skippy is the fourth album by Lemon Demon, a musical project created by American musician Neil Cicierega. Originally released on March 21, 2005, it and 3 other albums were made available for free download in April of 2009. On January 21, 2023, independent label Needlejuice Records announced vinyl, CD, and cassette releases for the album in celebration of Lemon Demon's 20th anniversary.

History
After Lemon Demon's third album Hip To The Javabean was released on March 23, 2004, Cicierega started releasing new songs 2 months later with Damn Skippy's first track "Dead Sea Monkeys" and bonus tracks "Bicycle Race" and "Mr. Porta Potty Man". June and July of 2004 saw the release of singles "Subtle Oddities" and "Pumpkin Pie", respectively. On August 10, 2004, Cicierega held a song title poll in which 123 participants voted on various song titles. "Kitten is Angry" won the poll with 48 votes and was released as a single the next day. "Elvis Porn" received second place with one less vote, and would eventually be included as a bonus track in the 2023 reissue.

In September 2004, the single "Word Disassociation" was released, with a music video co-directed by Neil Cicierega and Alora Lanzillotta being published on Albino Blacksheep in early 2006 with a YouTube release on March 29, 2007. It took Cicierega and Lanzillotta over a year to make, with the video featuring the song's lyrics appearing on "dozens and dozens of different household objects like duct tape, CD players, an umbrella, and a Scrabble board". Andrew Kepple additionally created animated music videos for "When Robots Attack" and "Geeks In Love", which were released on Albino Blacksheep in 2006 under the alias Too Much Spare Time. Ryan Murphy made a claymation music video for bonus track "March of the Living Figments" on October 25, 2009.

On March 14, 2005, Damn Skippy was released on handmade CDrs, followed by a CD pressing manufactured by Americ Disc in early 2006, followed by a remastered physical release on vinyl, CD, and cassette in January 2023 by Needlejuice Records.

Reception
There is no critical reception for this album (this is necessary to meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines)

Use in media
In December 2005, VH1 asked Cicierega for permission to use "Dead Sea Monkeys" as part of their I Love Toys special, offering to pay $1,000 USD. However, it was cut during editing and never made into the show.

In February 2016, "New Way Out" was used as the opening theme from Eddsworld episode "Saloonatics".

Tracklist
All tracks are written, performed and recorded by Neil Cicierega, except covers which are written by their respective artist.

Bonus Tracks
The original album contains 8 bonus tracks consisting of demos, cut songs, and alternate versions. An HTML file is additionally included with lyrics and audio commentary from Cicierega.

2023 Remaster Bonus Tracks
The 2023 remaster of the album adds 18 new bonus tracks, which consist of stems and unreleased music around the time. The vinyl and cassette releases include the first eight bonus tracks and a download card for the full album and its audio commentary by Cicierega, except for the CD release which already has the full album and commentary.

Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and commentary.


 * Neil Cicierega – vocals, instruments, programming, engineering, production, cover artwork
 * Nancy Cicierega – vocals (1)
 * Eagan Laser – cover artwork restoration, layout (Needlejuice pressings 2023-)
 * Icosahedron – cover artwork restoration (Needlejuice pressings 2023-)
 * Roger Stephenson – gatefold artwork (Needlejuice pressings 2023-)
 * Angel Marcloid – remastering (Needlejuice pressings 2023-)
 * Brady Argo – commentary remastering (Needlejuice pressings 2023-)