Failure is the seventh studio album by avant-garde band King Missile, released on September 15, 1998, by Shimmy Disc.
Reception
Tom Schulte of AllMusic awarded Failure three out of five stars, calling its music "repulsively absurd, detailed personal attacks of venomous cynicism" that "may be as strongly worded as Jonathan Swift (read A Modest Proposal) and exaggerated as Voltaire (compare Pangloss' philosophy to track one)." Ink 19 commended the band's return to Shimmy Disc and the band's individual performances. However, Lollipop Magazine's Scott Hefflon wrote that "while subtly clever at times, Failure provides no instant gratification such as 'Detachable Penis' [and] 'Jesus Was Way Cool,'" and "certainly has its moments, but the musical noodling is distracting and there're only a few "must-have" tracks here."
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from the Failure liner notes.
King Missile Bradford Reed – pencilina, piano, organ, synthesizer, drums, percussion, backing vocals, engineering, photography Charles Curtis – cello, guitar, backing vocals Sasha Forte – violin, viola, bass guitar, backing vocals, production John S. Hall – lead vocals, backing vocals, production
Additional performers Jane Scarpantoni – cello, synthesizer
Production and design David Bias – art direction Mark Kramer – production Sasha Forte – production Nancy Hall – photography Sascha von Oertzen – assistant engineering Yuriko Tada – cover art, liner notes
Release history Region Date Label Format Catalog United States 1998 Shimmy Disc CD SHM-5090
References
External links
Failure at Discogs (list of releases) Failure at iTunes