King Missile is the sixth studio album by the experimental music band King Missile, released on April 19, 1994, by Atlantic Records.[1]

King Missile
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 19, 1994 (1994-04-19)
RecordedBaby Monster (New York City)
Genre
Length51:09
LabelAtlantic
ProducerDaniel Rey
King Missile chronology
Happy Hour
(1992)
King Missile
(1994)
The Green Album
(1998)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]

Brian Flota of AllMusic awarded the album three out of five stars and said "the eponymous final release by the second version of King Missile features the same witty and hilarious John S. Hall lyrical and spoken word moments alongside the lackluster pop filler that padded out their previous five albums."[2] Trouser Press said "the music is unassailable (Rick does his part with several hair-raising noise-fuzz-wah-guitar solos), but — with the exception of "The Dishwasher," an extraordinary multi-leveled evocation of the post-stress syndrome crime-fearing urbanites endure daily — the album draws close to self-parody."[3]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by John S. Hall; all music is composed by Roger Murdock, Dave Rick, and Chris Xefos

No.TitleLength
1."Love Is..."3:38
2."What If"2:25
3."Let's Have Sex"2:06
4."Pigs Will Fly"3:57
5."These People"4:28
6."Open Up"3:27
7."Wind Up Toys"2:24
8."Delores"1:47
9."Tongue"3:28
10."The Dishwasher"4:45
11."Socks"2:22
12."Bloodletting"2:50
13."Lies"3:42
14."The Commercial"2:19
15."King David's Dirge"1:40
16."Psalm"4:49
17."Happy Note"0:58

Personnel

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Adapted from the King Missile liner notes.[4]

King Missile

Additional performers

Production and design

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1994 Atlantic CD, CS, LP 7567-82589
Canada 78 25894

References

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  1. ^ Blum, Joshua; Holman, Bob; Pellington, Mark (March 30, 1996). John S. Hall. United States of Poetry. Harry N. Abrams. p. 171. ISBN 9780810939271. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Flota, Brian. "'King Missile' Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Gehr, Richard; Robbins, Ira. "King Missile (Dog Fly Religion)". Trouser Press. Trouser Press LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  4. ^ King Missile (booklet). King Missile. New York City: Atlantic Records. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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