Root Hog or Die (album)

All songs written by Nixon and published by Tallywacker Tunes/La Rana Music except as indicated.

1. "Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child"
2. "(619) 239-KING"
3. "This Land Is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie)
4. "Pirate Radio"
5. "Chicken Drop"
6. "Tennesse Jive" (sic) (Skid Roper)
7. "Louisiana Liplock"
8. "I'm a Wreck"
9. "Legalize It"
10. "Burn Your Money"
11. "Circus Mystery" (Skid Roper)
12. "She's Vibrator Dependent"
13. "High School Football Friday Night"

6 appears only on the cassette and CD releases of the album; 13 appears only on the CD release.

The music critic Robert Christgau, who had previously criticized the alleged misogyny of Nixon's song "Stuffin' Martha's Muffin'", gave Root Hog or Die an A−, calling it "Nixon's finest artistic achievement". However, he was unimpressed with Roper's cuts, calling them "the usual yawn" and commenting that "Mojo's loyalty to his partner, who has-his-own-album-out God-help-us, is one reason I think he's got a good heart."[3]

• Mojo Nixon - guitar, vocals, wah-wah guitar
• Skid Roper - bongos, choir/chorus, guitar, bass guitar, tambourine, vocals, washboard

with:

• East Memphis Slim - piano
• Phony Joe - organ
• Jim Spake - saxophone
• Ben Cauley - trumpet
• Bertram Brown, Jimmy Crosthwait, William C. Brown III - backing vocals
• Donna Hauth, Susanne Jerome Taylor - jingle singing

Technical

• Carol Tabor - assistant producer

• Mojo Nixon's home page