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They is the second album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by avant-garde
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...

 band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...

 King Missile
King Missile
King Missile is an American avant-garde band that has been led in various disparate incarnations by poet/singer John S. Hall since 1986. Currently, Hall performs with a new version of the first incarnation, King Missile ....

, released in 1988
1988 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.-January-March:* January 1 – André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra plays its first concert....

.

Track listing

  1. "Now" (Dogbowl
    Dogbowl
    Dogbowl is an American artist and musician. He was a founding member of the avant-garde band King Missile and has recorded many albums as a solo act....

    , John S. Hall
    John S. Hall
    John S. Hall is an American poet, author, singer and lawyer perhaps best known for his work with King Missile, an avant-garde band that he co-founded in 1986 and has since led in various disparate incarnations....

    ) – 1:53
  2. "I'm Open" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 2:21
  3. "Mr. Johnson" (David Keener) – 1:53
  4. "She Had Nothing" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 1:56
  5. "He Needed" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 1:18
  6. "The Love Song" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 2:12
  7. "Margaret's Eyes" (Dogbowl) – 2:43
  8. "The Bunny Song" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 1:54
  9. "The Blood Song" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 4:00
  10. "Stonehenge" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 1:29
  11. "They" (Dogbowl, Hall, R.B. Korbet
    R.B. Korbet
    R.B. Korbet is an American musician living in the United Kingdom. She contributed drumming and vocals to King Missile , the first incarnation of avant-garde band King Missile...

    ) – 2:30
  12. "When She Closed Her Eyes" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 1:57
  13. "Hemophiliac of Love" (Dogbowl) – 3:21
    • Dogbowl rerecorded this song for his 1993
      1993 in music
      This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.-January–February:*January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992....

       album Project Success.
  14. "The Box" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 2:50
  15. "Fish" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 3:20
  16. "Leather Clown" (Dogbowl, Hall, Korbet) – 4:25
  17. "WW3 Is a Giant Ice Cream Cone" (Dogbowl) – 3:23
  18. "Farm" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 1:39
  19. "As I Walked Thru Queens" (Hall) – 3:19
  20. "Hey Jesus" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 2:05
  21. "If Only" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 1:36
  22. "Double Fucked by 2 Black Studs" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 1:28

Personnel

  • John S. Hall – lead vocals
    Lead vocalist
    The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...

  • Dogbowl – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , backing vocals
    Backing vocalist
    A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...

  • Charles Curtis
    Charles Curtis (musician)
    Cellist Charles Curtis is an internationally renowned performer and composer of a wide variety of music, with particular emphasis on the avant-garde...

     – cello
    Cello
    The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

  • Steve Dansiger
    Steve Dansiger
    Steve Dansiger is an American drummer and member of the first two incarnations of avant-garde band King Missile and of the band Pianosaurus.Dansiger is now a therapist with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology with ONE80CENTER and has appeared on comedian Marc Maron's "WTF" podcasts.-Discography:...

     – drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

  • Kramer
    Mark Kramer
    Mark Kramer , known professionally as Kramer, is a musician, composer, record producer and founder of the New York City record label Shimmy-Disc...

     – slide guitar
    Slide guitar
    Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...

    , keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

  • David Licht – percussion
  • R.B. Korbet – drums on "Double Fucked by 2 Black Studs"
  • Alex DeLaszlo
    Alex DeLaszlo
    Alex DeLaszlo is an American musician. He contributed bass harmonica, harmonica, saxophone, and backing vocals to King Missile , the first incarnation of avant-garde band King Missile.-Discography:...

     – saxophone
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

    on "Double Fucked by 2 Black Studs"
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