title: Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper (album)
text: # Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper (album)
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | Robert Christgau | C+ |
  | MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | |
  | The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
  
  Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper is the debut album of Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper, released in 1985.
  
  ## Production
  
  The released album had served as the duo's demo tape.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Trouser Press called the album "a bit on the tame side — songs with titles like 'Jesus at McDonalds' and 'Art Fag Shuffle' should be great, but are merely clever."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks composed by Mojo Nixon; except where indicated
  
  * "Jesus at McDonalds"
  * "Mushroom Maniac"
  * "Moanin' With Your Mama"
  * "Promised Land Tonight"
  * "Guns To My Head"
  * "I'm in Love with Your Girlfriend"
  * "Rockin' Religion"
  * "Big Payback" (Bruce Springsteen)
  * "Comin' Down"
  * "Mama Possums"
  * "King of the Couch"
  * "Art Fag Shuffle"
  * "Black Yo' Eye"
  * "Ain't Got Nobody" [cassette only]
  * "Death Row Blues" [cassette only]
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Skid Roper - upright washboard and other stuff
  * Mojo Nixon - vocals, guitar and foot percussion
  
  ### Technical
  
  * Recorded at The Bungalow, Coronado, Calif., except "Rockin' Religion" and "Black Yo' Eye", recorded at Soundtrax, S.D. Calif.
  * Produced by Ron Goudie
  * Mixed at Hit Single Below a Shopping Center
  * Photography by Jeff de Rose
  * Design by Skidmore Grafix
  