Are You Shpongled?

Are You Shpongled?
Are You Shpongled?
Studio album by Shpongle
Released	January 1998
Studio	The Hallucinogen Sound Labs in Dorset, UK
Genre	World, psybient
Length	77:58
Label	Twisted ; Kinetic/BMG
Producer	Shpongle
Shpongle chronology

Last updated October 16, 2025

Are You Shpongled? is the first of seven albums released by Shpongle. Are You Shpongled? sold in excess of 30,000 copies.^[1] A remastered version of Are You Shpongled? was released on 30 June 2017, along with a limited edition super-deluxe triple vinyl set.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shpongle Falls"	8:33
2.	"Monster Hit"	8:57
3.	"Vapour Rumours"	10:26
4.	"Shpongle Spores"	7:16
5.	"Behind Closed Eyelids"	12:29
6.	"Divine Moments of Truth"	10:20
7.	"...And the Day Turned to Night"	19:57
Total length:		77:58

Credits

Raja Ram: silver flute in C, vocals, illustrations
Simon Posford: synthesizer, guitars, drums, bass, engineering, mixing , programming
Dave Bernez: mastering at Townhouse Studios
Mark Neal: sleeve
Sat Ram Bradley: mask sculpture
Warwick Saint: photography

Allusions

The song "Divine Moments of Truth" is a tribute to the psychoactive drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT).
"Monster Hit" contains a female vocal sample from sample CD "Deepest India" by Zero-G.
The throat singing in the beginning of "Divine Moments of Truth" is taken from a sample CD called Vocal Planet by Spectrasonics.
The track "Vapour Rumours" contains a sample from the 1990s The Outer Limits series' Second Soul episode.
"Behind Closed Eyelids" features a section of speech from an interview with Aldous Huxley from which the title is derived.

In popular culture

"Divine Moments of Truth" is also popular for being used in the widespread flash animation "Flashback".
"...And The Day Turned To Night" would later be remixed by Eat Static on Shpongle's remix album. It is listed as "...And the Day Turned To Fright"

References

↑ Nagle, Paul (January 2008). "Younger Brother". Sound on Sound . SOS Publications Group. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
↑ "Are You Shpongled? Re-Mastered". Twisted Music - News. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

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[1] Nagle, Paul (January 2008). "Younger Brother". Sound on Sound . SOS Publications Group. Retrieved 26 August 2017.

[2] "Are You Shpongled? Re-Mastered". Twisted Music - News. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

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