Charlie (album)
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| Studio album by Melt-Banana | ||||
| Released | October 27, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Noise rock | |||
| Length | 35:36 | |||
| Label | A-Zap | |||
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Charlie is the third album by Melt-Banana. This album was the first release on their own label, A-Zap.
Charlie features guest appearances by Mike Patton and Mr. Bungle on the song "Area 877 [Phoenix Mix]". Mike Patton says: "MELT... BANANA!" at the beginning of the song and Melt-Banana have sampled this through many of their other songs including "7.2 Seconds Flipping", "Brick Again" and the version of "Bad Gut Missed Fist" on their live album MxBx 1998/13,000 Miles At Light Velocity.
Charlie was named after the movie Charly, based on the novel Flowers for Algernon.[2]
Track listing
- "Introduction for Charlie" – 3:10
- "Circle-Jack (Chase the Magic Words, Lego Lego)" – 2:39
- "Spathic!!" – 2:29
- "Tapir's Flown Away" – 2:36
- "F.D.C. for Short" – 1:23
- "Taen Taen Taen (?)" – 0:44
- "Cannot" – 2:50
- "Area 877 [Phoenix Mix]" – 1:41
- "Giggle on the Stretcher" – 0:49
- "Section Eight" – 3:49
- "Drug Store" – 1:56
- "Stimulus for Revolting Virus" – 2:00
- "Excess" – 1:42
- "Chipped Zoo on the Wall, Wastes in the Sky................" – 7:48
There is also an untitled track hidden in the pregap before the first track, which is a cover of the song "Neat Neat Neat" by The Damned. It is 2 minutes and 14 seconds long followed by a minute of silence.