Smoke 'em if You Got 'em is the first album by psychobilly

Psychobilly

Psychobilly is a fusion genre of rock music that mixes elements of punk rock, rockabilly, and other genres. It is one of several subgenres of rockabilly which also include thrashabilly, trashabilly, punkabilly, surfabilly and gothabilly...

 trio The Reverend Horton Heat. It was released in November 1990 on Sub Pop

Sub Pop

Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...

. An early version of the album had been recorded in the traditional manner (instruments and vocals recorded separately and mixed in the studio), but the band and the label decided that it did not fit with their vision, so it was re-recorded "live in the studio" direct to two-track, with the exception of "Love Whip."

The phrase "Smoke 'em if You Got 'em" or "Smoke if You Got 'em" predates this album, and is slang for "do what you want, if you have the means". The first phrase was popular during WWII meaning to take a break. Officers would say "Smoke 'em if you got 'em" allowing the soldiers to take a break and smoke their cigarettes. [Vic Morrow - Combat! ABC television series October 1962]

It is occasionally used by live performers as part of a repartee bidding goodnight to an audience or introducing the last or next to last song of the night.

Track listing

1. "Bullet" – 3:06
2. "I'm Mad" – 3:16
3. "Bad Reputation" – 2:25
4. "It's a Dark Day" – 5:04
5. "Big Dwarf Rodeo" – 3:02
6. "Psychobilly Freakout
   Psychobilly Freakout
   "Psychobilly Freakout" is a 7" single by The Reverend Horton Heat. It was released in December 1990 on Sub Pop as part of the label's "single of the month" club...
   
   " – 2:39
7. "Put It to Me Straight" – 2:34
8. "Marijuana" – 4:49
9. "Baby, You Know Who" – 2:39
10. "Eat Steak" – 2:33
11. "'D' for Dangerous" – 4:05
12. "Love Whip" – 3:43

Members and Included

• Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath - vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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• Jimbo Wallace - upright bass
• Patrick "Taz" Bentley
  Taz Bentley
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   - drums
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• Tim Alexander (of Asleep at the Wheel
  Asleep at the Wheel
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  ) - piano
  Piano
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   (on "Love Whip")
• Hook Herrerra (Hook and the Hitch-Hikers) - harmonica
  Harmonica
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  (on "Love Whip")
• The Psychic Plowboy Horn Section (a.k.a., The Hooterville Horns) - horns (on "Love Whip")