Happy Hour - King Missile (CD 1993) - eBay (item 120340735896 end time Dec-21-09 15:29:56 PST)

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Artist:	King Missile	Release Date:	Jan 06, 1993
Format:	CD	Record Label:	Atlantic (USA)
UPC:	075678245923	Genre:	Rock & Pop
Album Type:	Performer	Sub-Genre:	--
Condition:	Like New

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Track listing
1. Intro 2. Sink 3. Martin Scorsese 4. Trapped?, (Why Are We) 5. It's Saturday 6. VVV (Vulvavoid) 7. Metanoia 8. Detachable Penis 9. Take Me Home 10. Ed 11. Anywhere 12. Evil Children, The 13. Glass 14. And 15. King Murdock 16. I'm Sorry 17. Heaven 18. Happy Hour
Details
Playing time:	60 min.
Contributing artists:	Kramer
Distributor:	WEA (distr)
Recording type:	Studio
Recording mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album notes
King Missile: Chris Xefos (vocals, keyboards, bass, percussion), John S. Hall (vocals); Roger Murdock (guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, emulator); Dave Rick (guitar). Additional personnel: Mal Rick (clarinet); Kramer (mellotron, bass). Producers: Kramer, Steve Watson, King Missile. With HAPPY HOUR, King Missile, the quirky lo-fi pop group centered around the rambling poetics and polemics of John S. Hall, moved up to the majors the only way they knew how. Producer Kramer adds another bump of the bizarre, and if there was ever any polished veneer on the album, it's thin as a stamp. If anything, the backgrounds wandered further off into the harsh, sparse, and experimental, and Hall's lyrics skewed more twisted and perverse. As tribal beats circle dervishly, "Martin Scorsese" imagines the iconic director accosted by a more violently intense version of himself, while the almost danceable surprise hit "Detachable Penis" told a meandering (but hilariously absurd) story of one man's worst Lower East Side morning after. The remainder of the album ranges from punk to jazz to sound art on an unsettling, at times uneven, but always fascinating record.
Editorial reviews
...It's rare that music makes you laugh out loud and want to play air guitar at the same time....explodes into a cornucopia of weird things....tremendously fun... Nerve (03/01/1993) 7 - Very Good - ...a set of songs that range from delirious cartoon novelty to full-slam guitar swoon... NME (04/03/1993) 3 Stars - Good - ...black, and predominantly self-deprecating, humor runs rife alongside tricky tempo changes and the plain goofy....Hall has obviously struck a nerve... Q (05/01/1993) ...The songs are accessible, but never obvious enough to kill a laugh... - Rating: A Entertainment Weekly (02/12/1993) 3 Stars - Good - ...at times equals the textural brilliance of Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa... Rolling Stone (03/05/1993)

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Here's a punk surprise, led by the minor hit detatchable penis, this was the bands foray into the darkness known as popularity. The bands is a mix of Zappa's humor with the musicality of the tubes. I liked them for their sense of humor and how different they sound. It would be a nice addition for any collection. Thanks for looking.

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Payment due within 3 days of sale. Shipping is free in the US but UPS worldwide rates apply for the rest of the world. Due to ripping and copying, NO returns offered. However, I will do my best to assure the disc you receive is as I described. I will resolve any issues before negative feedback is left.

Happy Hour - King Missile (CD 1993)

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