R. Borlax

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R. Borlax
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 25, 2003
August 21, 2007 (re-released)
RecordedJanuary 2003
Genre
Length34:43
Label Pluto
Producer HORSE the band
Horse the Band chronology
Beautiful Songs by Men
(2002)
R. Borlax
(2003)
The Mechanical Hand
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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R. Borlax is the debut album by Horse the Band, released in 2003 on Pluto Records. It was re-released in 2007 with two bonus tracks by Koch Records. As with all Horse the Band recordings, the keyboards are used to mimic the 8-bit sound produced by the Nintendo Entertainment System. This is the band's only release with bassist Andy Stokes and the last with drummer Jason Karuza.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Nathan Winneke; all music is composed by Horse the Band.

No.TitleLength
1."Seven Tentacles and Eight Flames"3:11
2."Cutsman"3:51
3."In the Wake of the Bunt"4:18
4."Stabbers of the Knife, by Kenny Pelts"3:02
5."Bunnies"3:33
6."Purple"4:48
7."Handsome Shoved His Gloves"3:23
8."The Immense Defecation of the Buntaluffigus"1:23
9."Pol's Voice"4:00
10."Big Blue Violence"3:14
Re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."The Legend of the Flower of Woe"4:39
12."Kangarooster 4057"2:13

The track "Purple" opens and ends with short audio samples from the film Mulholland Drive . The track "Cutsman" opens and ends with audio samples from the film The Wizard .

Personnel

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