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The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!

The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back
Live album by
Bob Newhart
Released1960
GenreStand-up comedy
Length36:20
LabelWarner Bros.
Bob Newhart chronology
The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
(1960) 		The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back
(1960) 		Behind the Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
(1961)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
New Record Mirror5/5[2]

The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back is a 1960 stand-up comedy album by Bob Newhart. Released soon after Newhart's top-selling debut The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, the sequel album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Monophonic Action Albums chart on January 9, 1961.[3] The two albums would occupy the top two positions on the chart for almost 30 weeks.[4] Propelled by the success of Newhart's first album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back had sold 150,000 advance copies at the time of its release.[5]

The album's tracks were recorded at the hungry i in San Francisco and Freddie's in Minneapolis.[6]

Track listing

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  1. "Automation and a Private in Washington's Army" – 5:10
  2. "The Grace L. Ferguson Airline (And Storm Door Co.)" – 9:30
  3. "Bus Drivers School" – 6:13
  4. "Retirement Party" – 8:08
  5. "An Infinite Number of Monkeys" – 1:33
  6. "Ledge Psychology" – 5:10

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "AllMusic Review by Sean Carruthers". AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Watson, Jimmy (May 6, 1961). "Bob Newhart: The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 8. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "Action Albums". Billboard Music Week. January 9, 1961. p. 16.
  4. ^ Ess, Ramsey (March 15, 2018). "An Appreciation of the Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart". Vulture. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  5. ^ Smith, Cecil (October 30, 1960). "It's Club Patrons Who Unbutton Lips". The Los Angeles Times. Vol. Calendar. p. 10.
  6. ^ "The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back| Rhino". www.rhino.com. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "American album certifications – Bob Newhart – Button-Down Mind Strikes Back". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 27, 2022.