Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous
Encyclopedia
Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous is the eighth album by heavy metal
/hard rock
trio King's X
, released in 2000.
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Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
/hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
trio King's X
King's X
King's X is an American hard rock band that combines progressive metal, funk and soul with vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion rock groups. The band's lyrics are largely based on the members' struggles with religion and self-acceptance...
, released in 2000.
Track listing
All songs written by King's XKing's X
King's X is an American hard rock band that combines progressive metal, funk and soul with vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion rock groups. The band's lyrics are largely based on the members' struggles with religion and self-acceptance...
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- "Fish Bowl Man" – 4:28
- "Julia" – 3:39
- "She's Gone Away" – 4:37
- "Marsh Mellow Field" – 5:30
- "When You're Scared" – 4:26
- "Charlie Sheen" – 3:51
- "Smudge" – 3:52
- "Bitter Sweet" – 2:13
- "Move Me" – 4:58
- "Move Me" (part two) – 7:20
Personnel
- Doug PinnickDoug PinnickDoug Pinnick sometimes stylised as dUg Pinnick or simply dUg is an American musician best known as the bass guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the hard rock/progressive metal band King's X. He has fourteen albums with King's X, four solo albums, and numerous side projects and guest...
- bass/vocals - Ty TaborTy TaborTy Tabor is the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the progressive metal band, King's X....
- guitar/vocals - Jerry GaskillJerry GaskillJerry Gaskill is an American rock musician who is the drummer for the progressive metal band King's X.-History:...
- drums/vocals
Album notes
- Recorded and mixed by Ty TaborTy TaborTy Tabor is the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the progressive metal band, King's X....
- Doug uses Yamaha Basses, DR Strings, AmpegAmpegAmpeg is primarily a musical instrument amplifier manufacturer headquartered in Woodinville, Washington, though they also manufacture guitars to a small extent...
Amps and Seymour Duncan Pickups - Jerry uses Yamaha Drums, Vater Sticks and PaistePaistePaiste, a Swiss manufacturer and designer, is the world's third largest manufacturer of cymbals, gongs, and metal percussion. Paiste is an Estonian/Finnish word which means "shine"...
Cymbals - Ty uses Yamaha Guitars and DR Strings
- Misc. ramblings by Esther, Yuko, Joe and Dirk - Between some tracks on the CD there are tongue twisters in DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
and JapaneseJapanese languageis a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
. These were collected by the band on a European tour:- at the end of track 1: Acht-en-Tachtig-Prachtige-Grachten
This is DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
for "88 (achtentachtig) beautiful (prachtige) canals (grachten)." - at the end of track 3: Tonari no kyaku wa yoku kaki kuu kyaku da
This is a JapaneseJapanese languageis a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
tongue twister (hayakuchi kotoba) meaning "The adjacent (tonari) customer (kyaku) eats (kuu) persimmons (kaki) often (yoku)." - at the end of track 4: Zes-en-Zestig-Sinaas-Appel-Schillen
This is again DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
and means "66 (zesenzestig) orange (sinaasappel) peels (schillen)." - at the end of track 5: Hottentotten-Tenten-Tentoonstellingen
DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
tongue twister meaning "(an) exhibition of tents made by the Hottentots." - at the end of track 6: Chikushō, nante hidee sandoicchi da
JapaneseJapanese languageis a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
meaning "Damn (chikushō)! How awful (hidee) this sandwich (sandoicchi) is!" - at the end of track 10: Acht-en-Tachtig-Prachtige-Grachten
See first tongue twister.
- at the end of track 1: Acht-en-Tachtig-Prachtige-Grachten
External links
- Official King's X Site, Accessed on July 11, 2005.
- Additional information about the album, Accessed on April 26, 2006.
- site francophone, Accessed on July 24, 2006.