Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump

Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump
Compilation album by King Missile
Released	1990; rereleased September 7, 2004
Recorded	Noise New York
Genre	Avant-garde
Length	65:57
Label	Shimmy Disc (original release); Instinct Records (2004 rerelease)
Producer	Kramer

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Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump is a compilation of avant-garde band King Missile's third album, Mystical Shit, and first album, Fluting on the Hump. The package was first released in 1990 and rereleased on September 7, 2004.

Fluting on the Hump was initially released exclusively in LP format. This compilation constitutes its only release on CD.

Track listing

All lyrics by John S. Hall (except "Love You More," a Buzzcocks cover).

Mystical Shit

1. "Title Track" (Hall, Dave Rick) – 3:09
2. "Rock-n-roll Will Never Die" (Hall, Chris Xefos) – 1:54
3. "No Point" (Hall, Rick) – 3:35
4. "Gary & Melissa" (Hall, Rick) – 2:18
5. "Frightened & Freezing" (Hall, Xefos) – 2:09
6. "How to Remember Your Dreams" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 3:06
7. "The Fish That Played the Ponies" (Hall, Rick) – 2:36
8. "Jesus Was Way Cool" (Hall, Xefos) – 2:42
9. "Open" (Freeman, Hall) – 4:36
10. "The Sandbox" (Hall, Rick) – 1:44
11. "The Neither World" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 3:35
12. "She Didn't Want" (Hall, Rick) – 2:47
13. "Cheesecake Truck" (Hall, Rick) – 1:10
14. "Equivalencies" (Hall, Rick) – 3:14
15. "Love You More" (Pete Shelley) – 1:45
16. "Fourthly" (Hall, Xefos) – 3:24

Fluting on the Hump

17. "Lou" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 1:53
18. "At Dave's" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 1:59
19. "Muffy" (Alex DeLaszlo, Dogbowl, Hall) – 2:28
20. "Take Stuff from Work" (Hall, King Missile) – 2:12
21. "Sensitive Artist" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 2:38
22. "Wuss" (Hall, King Missile) – 1:42
23. "Heavy Holy Man" (DeLaszlo, Dogbowl, Hall) – 2:12
    • On the LP version of the album, a short instrumental called "Pygmies and Drums" appears between "Heavy Holy Man" and "Fluting on the Hump." Producer Kramer disliked the track and removed it from the CD compilation.
24. "Fluting on the Hump" (Hall, King Missile) – 2:26
25. "Dick" (DeLaszlo, Dogbowl, Hall) – 2:17
26. "That Old Dog" (Dogbowl, Hall) – 2:13

Personnel

Mystical Shit

• John S. Hall – lead vocals, harmonica, flute on "Gary & Melissa" and "The Neither World"
• Dave Rick – guitar, backing vocals
• Chris Xefos – bass, piano, synthesizer, accordion, organ, tuba, backing vocals
• Steve Dansiger – drums, percussion

Fluting on the Hump

• John S. Hall – lead vocals (except on "Heavy Holy Man")
• Dogbowl – guitar, backing vocals
• R.B. Korbet – drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Heavy Holy Man"
• Alex DeLaszlo – bass, harmonica, saxophone, backing vocals
• George O'Malley – xylophone, chimes, shouting