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Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | 1990 | |||
Studio | Noise New York (New York City, New York) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 65:57 | |||
Label | Shimmy Disc | |||
Producer | Kramer | |||
King Missile chronology | ||||
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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]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic |
AllMusic awarded Fluting on the Hump three out of five possible stars. [2]
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "King Missile" | 3:09 | |
2. | "Rock-n-roll Will Never Die" |
| 1:55 |
3. | "No Point" |
| 3:35 |
4. | "Gary & Melissa" |
| 2:18 |
5. | "Frightened & Freezing" |
| 2:09 |
6. | "How to Remember Your Dreams" |
| 3:07 |
7. | "The Fish That Played the Ponies" |
| 2:36 |
8. | "Jesus Was Way Cool" |
| 2:42 |
9. | "Open" |
| 4:36 |
10. | "The Sandbox" |
| 1:45 |
11. | "The Neither World" |
| 3:36 |
12. | "She Didn't Want" |
| 2:48 |
13. | "Cheesecake Truck" |
| 1:11 |
14. | "Equivalencies" |
| 3:14 |
15. | "Love You More" (Buzzcocks cover) | Pete Shelley | 1:46 |
16. | "Forthly" |
| 3:24 |
17. | "Lou" |
| 1:54 |
18. | "At Dave's" |
| 2:01 |
19. | "Muffy" |
| 2:29 |
20. | "Take Stuff From Work" |
| 2:13 |
21. | "Sensitive Artist" |
| 2:39 |
22. | "Wuss" |
| 1:42 |
23. | "Heavy Holy Man" |
| 2:13 |
24. | "Fluting on the Hump" |
| 2:26 |
25. | "Dick" |
| 2:19 |
26. | "That Old Dog" |
| 2:12 |
Mystical Shit
Fluting on the Hump
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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United States | 1990 | Shimmy Disc | CD | shimmy 029 |
1999 | INS625 | |||
2004 | SHM 5029 |
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