King Papaya

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King Papaya
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 15, 2009
Recorded2007
Genre Avant-garde, electronic, world, country, klezmer, jazz, rock
Length48:00
Label Circus Mayhem Records
Producer Koby Israelite
Koby Israelite chronology
Is He Listening?
(2009)
King Papaya
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Fly Global Music(favourable) [1]

King Papaya is the fifth album by Koby Israelite, recorded and mixed in Bamba Studios, London (2007) and released independently through Circus Mayhem Records. The album comes with a 28-page story by Ofir Touche Gafla. The album is dedicated to Koby's friend Ophir Star who died shortly after mixing the album.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Overture - 2:43
  2. The King's Laughter - 4:37
  3. Peardition Girls - 4:23
  4. Word Travels Fast - 2:26
  5. The Moroser - 4:08
  6. Still Laughing - 0:27
  7. Circus Mayhem - 4:28
  8. Bald Patch - 2:42
  9. A Band of Gypsies - 4:16
  10. Hell's Kitchen - 1:26
  11. Arrival of the Telepather - 2:15
  12. Into the Subconscious - 1:43
  13. Meeting an Angel - 3:58
  14. Jacky Jones - 1:24
  15. Last Laugh - 0:53
  16. Molly's Sacrifice - 4:07
  17. The Saddest Joke Ever - 5:24

Personnel

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