MR. BUNGLE CALIFORNIA ALBUM VINYL LP MINT NM IDIOT FLESH FANTOMAS TOMAHAWK TOM
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California (Mr. Bungle album)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search California Studio album by Mr. Bungle Released July 13, 1999 Recorded 1998 Genre Experimental Length 44:16 Label Warner Brothers Producer Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle chronology Disco Volante(1995) California
(1999)
California is the third and final studio album by American experimental band Mr. Bungle. It was released on June 13, 1999 through Warner Brothers.
Contents
- 1 Musical style
- 2 Track listing
- 3 Critical reception
- 3.1 Accolades
- 4 Personnel
- 4.1 Mr. Bungle
- 4.2 Additional personnel
- 5 References
Musical style
In keeping with much of the band's output, the album incorporates a wide variety of musical styles, including Hawaiian music, Eastern music, electro funk, doo wop, folk music, pop music, surf rock, circus music, kecak, heavy metal, lounge music, jazz rock, avant-garde music, piano ballads and music influenced by science fiction, spaghetti western and horror film scores.
Track listing
No. Title Lyrics Music Length1. "Sweet Charity" Mike Patton Patton 5:05 2. "None of Them Knew They Were Robots" Trey Spruance Spruance, Patton, Danny Heifetz 6:03 3. "Retrovertigo" Trevor Dunn Dunn 4:59 4. "The Air-Conditioned Nightmare" Patton Patton, Clinton "Bär" McKinnon 3:55 5. "Ars Moriendi" Patton Patton 4:10 6. "Pink Cigarette" Patton Spruance, Patton 4:55 7. "Golem II: The Bionic Vapour Boy" Spruance Spruance 3:34 8. "The Holy Filament" Dunn Dunn 4:04 9. "Vanity Fair" Patton Dunn, Patton 2:58 10. "Goodbye Sober Day" Patton Patton, McKinnon 4:29 Total length: 44:16
Critical reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [1] Alternative Press [2] NME 6/10[3] Pitchfork 7.3/10[4] Piero Scaruffi 6/10[5]California has been well received by critics. A positive review came from Pitchfork, who called it "one of those albums that you can't believe a major label had anything to do with", writing, "the more I listen to California, the more I'm convinced that Mike Patton is really the devil on holiday."[4]
Accolades
Year Publication Country Accolade Rank 1999 Rolling Stone Germany "Albums of the Year" 15Personnel
Mr. Bungle
- Trevor Dunn – bass guitar, artwork concept and production
- Danny Heifetz – percussion, drums, keyboard and production
- Clinton "Bär" McKinnon – saxophone, keyboards, French horn and production
- Mike Patton – vocals, keyboards, artwork concept and production
- Trey Spruance – guitar, engineering, production strategy and production
Additional personnel
- Bill Banovetz – English horn
- Sam Bass – cello
- Ben Barnes – violin and viola
- Henri Ducharme – accordion
- Timb Harris – trumpet
- Marika Hughes – cello
- Eyvind Kang – Violin, viola
- Carla Kihlstedt – violin and viola
- Michael Peloquin – harmonica
- David Phillips – pedal steel guitar
- Larry Ragent – French horn
- Jay Stebley – Cymbalom
- Aaron Seeman – piano on "Pink Cigarette"
- William Winant – Timpani, mallets, tam tam and bass drum
- Billy Anderson – engineering
- Gibbs Chapman – mixing
- Ryan Cooper – publicity
- Elizabeth Gregory – legal representation
- Josh Heller – engineering
- Malcom Hillier – sleeve photography
- George Horn – mastering
- Adam Muñoz – engineering, mixing and editing
- Mackie Osborne – sleeve layout and graphic design
- Justin Phelps – engineering
- Rob Worthington – mixing
References
- ^ Huey, Steve. "California - Mr. Bungle : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ Alternative Press: 93. August 1999.
- ^ "NME Album Reviews - California". nme.com. 7 December 1999. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ a b Mirov, Nick. "Mr. Bungle: California: Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 24 December 2001. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "The History of Rock Music. Faith No More: history, discography, reviews, links". scaruffi.com. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
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