Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump

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Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump
Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump (King Misile compilation) cover art.jpg
Compilation album by
Released 1990
StudioNoise New York
(New York City, New York)
Genre
Length65:57
Label Shimmy Disc
Producer Kramer
King Missile chronology
Mystical Shit
(1990)
Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump
(1990)
The Way to Salvation
(1991)

Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump is a compilation by experimental music band King Missile, released in 1990 by Shimmy Disc. The anthology comprises the band's third album Mystical Shit with the band's debut studio album Fluting on the Hump located on the second half of the conversation. The package was first released in 1990 and rereleased on September 7, 2004. Fluting on the Hump was initially released exclusively in LP format. This compilation constitutes its only release on CD. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic awarded Fluting on the Hump three out of five possible stars. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."King Missile"3:09
2."Rock-n-roll Will Never Die"1:55
3."No Point"
  • Hall
  • Rick
3:35
4."Gary & Melissa"
  • Hall
  • Rick
2:18
5."Frightened & Freezing"
  • Hall
  • Xefos
2:09
6."How to Remember Your Dreams"3:07
7."The Fish That Played the Ponies"
  • Hall
  • Rick
2:36
8."Jesus Was Way Cool"
  • Hall
  • Xefos
2:42
9."Open"
  • Freeman
  • Hall
  • traditional
4:36
10."The Sandbox"
  • Hall
  • Rick
1:45
11."The Neither World"
  • Hall
  • Tunney
3:36
12."She Didn't Want"
  • Hall
  • Rick
2:48
13."Cheesecake Truck"
  • Hall
  • Rick
1:11
14."Equivalencies"
  • Hall
  • Rick
3:14
15."Love You More" (Buzzcocks cover) Pete Shelley 1:46
16."Forthly"
  • Hall
  • Xefos
3:24
17."Lou"
  • Hall
  • Tunney
1:54
18."At Dave's"
  • Hall
  • Tunney
2:01
19."Muffy"
  • DeLaszlo
  • Hall
  • Tunney
2:29
20."Take Stuff From Work"2:13
21."Sensitive Artist"
  • Hall
  • Tunney
2:39
22."Wuss"
  • DeLaszlo
  • Hall
  • Korbet
  • Tunney
1:42
23."Heavy Holy Man"
  • DeLaszlo
  • Hall
  • Tunney
2:13
24."Fluting on the Hump"
  • DeLaszlo
  • Hall
  • Korbet
  • Tunney
2:26
25."Dick"
  • DeLaszlo
  • Hall
  • Tunney
2:19
26."That Old Dog"
  • Hall
  • Tunney
2:12

Personnel

Mystical Shit

Fluting on the Hump

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 1990 Shimmy Disc CD shimmy 029
1999INS625
2004SHM 5029

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References

  1. Gehr, Richard; Robbins, Ira. "King Missile (Dog Fly Religion)". Trouser Press . Trouser Press LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "King Missile: They/Dog Fly Religion > Overview". AllMusic . Retrieved September 6, 2020.