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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
References
External links
Official website
Failure at Discogs (list of releases)
Failure at iTunes