Royal Lunch is the ninth studio album by avant-garde band King Missile, released on September 21, 2004, by Important Records.
Reception
Alex Henderson of AllMusic commends the band's esoteric compositions while saying "Hall comes up with so many nutty, irreverently absurd references that he becomes disarming" and "even when Hall is telling listeners how much he despises Attorney General John Ashcroft and Vice President Dick Cheney, he comes across as more of an eccentric than an agitator." Ink 19 called the album "a worthy collection with some college radio airplay potential" and "thought-provoking and interesting, although it does tend to rely on profanity, especially on the mercifully short "Pain Series VIII: Stubbed Toe." Lollipop Magazine criticized the album's writing, saying "tracks such as the sardonic, spoken word "America Kicks Ass" ("We want cheap clothes, cheap oil, whatever we want. And if they don’t like it, they can suck on it. Because the rest of the world is America’s bitch") allude to old punk, but never get quite as interesting."
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from The Psychopathology of Everyday Life liner notes.
King Missile Sasha Forte – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, violin, backing vocals John S. Hall – lead vocals, "bad drums and percussion" (15) Bradford Reed – pencilina, piano, synthesizers, sampler, drums, percussion, guitar, backing vocals, production, engineering
Additional perforers Jane Scarpantoni – cello (2, 10) Jack Sprat – guitar (2, 8, 15)
Production and design Matt Mason – mastering Yuriko Tada – cover art
Release history Region Date Label Format Catalog United States 2004 Important CD imprec034
References
External links
Royal Lunch at Discogs (list of releases)