The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (album)

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The Psychopathology of Everyday Life
The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (King Missile album) cover art.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 21, 2003
RecordedFt. Lb. Studio
Genre
Length43:26
Label Instinct Records
Producer Bradford Reed
King Missile chronology
Failure
(1998)
The Psychopathology of Everyday Life
(2003)
Royal Lunch
(2004)

The Psychopathology of Everyday Life is the eighth album by avant-garde band King Missile, it was released on January 21, 2003 by Instinct Records. The album is named after a 1901 book by Sigmund Freud. The album cover features a mock Parental Advisory label that reads, "Warning: Contains lots of curses: Do not buy!"

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Johnny Loftus of AllMusic awarded The Psychopathology of Everyday Life four out of five stars and said "highlights include "JLH," in which Hall commends Jennifer Love Hewitt for not speaking out against war, politics, or 9/11" and ""Eating People" sets up the classic King Missile paradox, in which the listener is at once repulsed with Hall's logic, while being impressed that he's so convincing." [1]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by John S. Hall; all music is composed by Bradford Reed, Charles Curtis, Sasha Forte and John S. Hall, except "Jesus Was Way Cool" by Chris Xefos.

No.TitleLength
1."My Father"3:25
2."Pain Series (1): Hot Coffee"0:44
3."Damned If I Know"3:05
4."JLH"1:07
5."Pain Series (2): Hammer Thumb"0:23
6."The President"2:57
7."The Miracle of Childbirth"4:20
8."Chickens"2:31
9."Pain Series (3): Paper Cut"0:24
10."Domestic Life"4:25
11."Ennui"1:23
12."Eating People"4:08
13."Pain Series (4): Cold Pool"0:25
14."Hamsters"2:44
15."Give Me a Dollar"3:52
16."Pain Series (5): Stomach Cramps"0:31
17."Jim"4:04
18."Jesus Was Way Cool" (Millennium Edition)2:58

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes of The Psychopathology of Everyday Life. [2]

King Missile

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States2003 Instinct CD INS614

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References

  1. 1 2 Loftus, Johnny. "King Missile: The Psychopathology of Everyday Life > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (booklet). King Missile. New York City: Instinct Records. 2003.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)