The Psychopathology of Everyday Life is the eighth album

Album

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 by avant-garde

Experimental music

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 band

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 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 ....

, and the band's second in its incarnation as "King Missile III." It was released on January 21, 2003. The album is named after a 1901

1901 in literature

The year 1901 in literature involved some significant new books.-Events:* First Nobel Prize for Literature awarded, to French poet Sully Prudhomme; many are outraged when Leo Tolstoy does not win...

 book

The Psychopathology of Everyday Life

The Psychopathology of Everyday Life is the eighth album by avant-garde band King Missile, and the band's second in its incarnation as "King Missile III." It was released on January 21, 2003...

 by Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud

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The album cover

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 features a mock Parental Advisory

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 label that reads, "WARNING: CONTAINS LOTS OF CURSES

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: DO NOT BUY!"

Track listing

All song

Song

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s by Sasha Forte

Sasha Forte

Sasha Forte is an American multi-instrumentalist and member of avant-garde band King Missile III. She is proficient at such instruments as bass, guitar, synthesizer, viola, and violin....

, 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....

, and Bradford Reed

Bradford Reed

Bradford Reed is an American multi-instrumentalist, experimental luthier, and member of avant-garde band King Missile III. He is proficient at such instruments as drums, guitar, melodica, piano, and synthesizer. In the 1980s he invented the pencilina, a custom-made string instrument.-Pencilina:The...

, except where noted. All lyrics

Lyrics

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 by Hall.

1. "My Father" – 3:24
2. "Pain Series (1): Hot Coffee" – 0:43
3. "Damned If I Know" – 3:05
4. "JLH" – 1:07
5. "Pain Series (2): Hammer Thumb" – 0:23
6. "The President" – 2:57
7. "The Miracle of Childbirth" – 4:19
8. "Chickens" – 2:31
9. "Pain Series (3): Paper Cut" – 0:24
10. "Domestic Life" – 4:25
11. "Ennui" – 1:23
12. "Eating People" – 4:07
13. "Pain Series (4): Cold Pool" – 0:24
14. "Hamsters" – 2:44
15. "Give Me a Dollar" – 3:52
16. "Pain Series (5): Stomach Cramps" – 0:31
17. "Jim" – 4:03
18. "Jesus Was Way Cool
    Jesus Was Way Cool
    "Jesus Was Way Cool" is a song by avant-garde band King Missile. It appears on the band's 1990 album Mystical Shit.-Content:In "Jesus Was Way Cool," frontman John S. Hall, over a simple piano figure, delivers a deadpan monologue in which he declares Jesus "way cool" for such skills as healing,...
    
     (Millennium Edition)" (Forte, Hall, Reed, Chris Xefos
    Chris Xefos
    Chris Xefos is an American multi-instrumentalist musician/engineer/producer and former member of band King Missile. He plays various instruments such as accordion, bass, piano, and synthesizer, among others. He began recording/producing various groups in New York during the 1980s, including...
    
    ) – 2:57

Personnel

• John S. Hall – lead vocals
  Lead vocalist
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• Sasha Forte – bass
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  , violin
  Violin
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  , guitar
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  , keyboards
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  , backing vocals
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• Bradford Reed – drums
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  , synthesizer
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  s, samples
  Sampler (musical instrument)
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , pencilina, percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , backing vocals