| Failure | ||||
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| Released | September 15, 1998 | |||
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| Length | 47:45 | |||
| Label | Shimmy Disc | |||
| Producer | Bradford Reed | |||
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Failure is the seventh studio album by avant-garde band King Missile, released on September 15, 1998, by Shimmy Disc. [1]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Brian Flota of AllMusic awarded Failure four out of five stars, calling its music "repulsively absurd, detailed personal attacks of venomous cynicism" that "may be as strongly worded as Jonathan Swift (read A Modest Proposal ) and exaggerated as Voltaire (compare Pangloss' philosophy to track one)." [2] Ink 19 commended the band's return to Shimmy Disc and the band's individual performances. [3] While subtly clever at times, Failure provides no instant gratification such as "Detachable Penis," "Jesus Was Way Cool," and "certainly has its moments, but the musical noodling is distracting and there're only a few "must-have" tracks here." [4]
All lyrics are written by John S. Hall; all music is composed by Bradford Reed, Charles Curtis, Sasha Forte and John S. Hall
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Failure" | 4:23 |
| 2. | "The Boy Made Out of Bone China" | 3:02 |
| 3. | "A Good Hard Look" | 2:01 |
| 4. | "Up My Ass" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "The Little Sandwich That Got a Guilt Complex Because He Was the Sole Survivor of a Horrible Bus Crash" | 2:31 |
| 6. | "Despair" | 6:05 |
| 7. | "Monks" | 2:40 |
| 8. | "Gay/Not Gay" | 6:19 |
| 9. | "Happiness" | 2:23 |
| 10. | "Mr. Pomerantz" | 1:50 |
| 11. | "Juniper Dog" | 4:20 |
| 12. | "Tour Diary: Louisville" | 1:33 |
| 13. | "The Adventures of Planky" | 4:50 |
| 14. | "I Dare to Hope" | 2:21 |
Adapted from the Failure liner notes. [5]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1998 | Shimmy Disc | CD | SHM-5090 |
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