Stewart Mason of AllMusic described Mystical Shit as "a transitional album" and said "Dogbowl had decamped for a solo career and King Missile was firmly in Hall's hands; as a result, the album is much less musically interesting, the songs consisting of little more than noodly jams underneath Hall's surreal, often funny monologues. The critic went on to describe the album as "weaker than both its predecessors and King Missile's later career high point, Happy Hour, where Hall would finally regain the proper balance between music and lyrics." commended Hall for "spearheading New York's electric poetry movement" and said "the revamped King Missile sounds more focused than before, with the humor coming off as conceptual rather than jokey.[7]Robert Christgau chose the track "Jesus Was Way Cool", written by Hall and bassist Chris Xefos, as the album's "choice cut".[6]
mystical, shit, third, studio, album, experimental, music, band, king, missile, released, 1990, shimmy, disc, first, their, albums, recorded, after, guitarist, dave, rick, bassist, chris, xefos, joined, composer, stephen, tunney, departed, group, form, dogbowl. Mystical Shit is the third studio album by experimental music band King Missile released in 1990 by Shimmy Disc 1 2 It is the first of their albums to be recorded after guitarist Dave Rick and bassist Chris Xefos had joined and composer Stephen Tunney had departed the group to form Dogbowl The album was first issued on vinyl record in 1990 and was later included on the compilation album Mystical Shit amp Fluting on the Hump 3 4 Mystical ShitStudio album by King MissileReleased1990StudioNoise New York New York City New York GenreAlternative rockcomedy rockLength46 51LabelShimmy DiscProducerMark KramerKing Missile chronologyThey 1988 Mystical Shit 1990 The Way to Salvation 1991 Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Release history 5 References 6 External linksReception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 The Village VoiceB nbsp 6 Stewart Mason of AllMusic described Mystical Shit as a transitional album and said Dogbowl had decamped for a solo career and King Missile was firmly in Hall s hands as a result the album is much less musically interesting the songs consisting of little more than noodly jams underneath Hall s surreal often funny monologues The critic went on to describe the album as weaker than both its predecessors and King Missile s later career high point Happy Hour where Hall would finally regain the proper balance between music and lyrics commended Hall for spearheading New York s electric poetry movement and said the revamped King Missile sounds more focused than before with the humor coming off as conceptual rather than jokey 7 Robert Christgau chose the track Jesus Was Way Cool written by Hall and bassist Chris Xefos as the album s choice cut 6 Track listing editAll lyrics are written by John S Hall except Love You More by Pete ShelleySide oneNo TitleMusicLength1 King Missile John S HallDave Ricktraditional3 092 Rock n roll Will Never Die HallChris Xefos1 553 No Point HallRick3 354 Gary amp Melissa HallRick2 185 Frightened amp Freezing HallXefos2 096 How to Remember Your Dreams HallStephen Tunney3 077 The Fish That Played the Ponies HallRick2 368 Jesus Was Way Cool HallXefos2 42 Side twoNo TitleMusicLength1 Open FreemanHalltraditional4 362 The Sandbox HallRick1 453 The Neither World HallTunney3 364 She Didn t Want HallRick2 485 Cheesecake Truck HallRick1 116 Equivalencies HallRick3 147 Love You More Buzzcocks cover Pete Shelley1 468 Forthly HallXefos3 24Personnel editAdapted from the Mystical Shit liner notes 8 King Missile Steve Dansiger drums percussion John S Hall lead vocals flute A4 harmonica B3 Dave Rick guitar backing vocals Chris Xefos bass guitar piano organ synthesizer accordion tuba backing vocalsProduction and design Mark Kramer production engineering mixingRelease history editRegion Date Label Format CatalogUnited States 1990 Shimmy Disc CS LP shimmy 029Netherlands LP SDE 9016References edit Thompson David November 1 2000 Gravy Alternative Rock Third Ear The Essential Listening Companion Miller Freeman Inc p 784 ISBN 9780879306076 Retrieved September 6 2020 Arrington Carl Apr 15 1993 Rock s royal jesters Rolling Stone 654 17 Blum Joshua Holman Bob Pellington Mark March 30 1996 John S Hall United States of Poetry Harry N Abrams p 171 ISBN 9780810939271 Retrieved September 6 2020 Buckley Jonathan 2003 John S Hall The Rough Guide to Rock Rough Guides p 558 ISBN 9781858284576 Retrieved September 6 2020 Mason Stewart King Missile Mystical Shit gt Review AllMusic Retrieved September 6 2020 a b Christgau Robert July 3 1990 King Missile Mystical Shit Shimmy Disc The Village Voice Retrieved September 6 2020 Gehr Richard Robbins Ira King Missile Dog Fly Religion Trouser Press Trouser Press LLC Retrieved September 6 2020 Mystical Shit sleeve King Missile New York City Shimmy Disc 1990 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link External links editOfficial website Mystical Shit at Discogs list of releases Mystical Shit at iTunes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mystical Shit amp oldid 1141597713, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
