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Failure is the seventh album by avant-garde band King Missile, and the band's first in its incarnation as "King Missile III." It was released on September 15, 1998.
[edit] Track listing
All lyrics by John S. Hall.
- "Failure" (Charles Curtis, Sasha Forte, Hall, Bradford Reed) – 4:23
- "The Boy Made Out of Bone China" (Forte, Hall, Reed, Jane Scarpantoni) – 3:02
- "A Good Hard Look" (Hall, Scarpantoni) – 2:01
- "Up My Ass" (Forte, Hall, Reed) – 3:27
- "The Little Sandwich That Got a Guilt Complex Because He Was the Sole Survivor of a Horrible Bus Crash" (Forte, Hall, Reed, Scarpantoni) – 2:31
- "Despair" (Curtis, Forte, Hall, Reed) – 6:05
- "Monks" (Forte, Hall, Reed) – 2:40
- "Gay/Not Gay" (Forte, Hall, Reed) – 6:19
- "Happiness" (Curtis, Hall) – 2:23
- "Mr. Pomerantz" (Forte, Hall, Reed, Scarpantoni) – 1:50
- "Juniper Dog" (Forte, Hall, Reed, Scarpantoni) – 4:20
- "Tour Diary: Louisville" (Curtis, Hall, Reed) – 1:33
- "The Adventures of Planky" (Forte, Hall, Reed, Scarpantoni) – 4:50
- "I Dare to Hope" (Forte, Hall, Reed) – 2:21
[edit] Personnel
- John S. Hall – lead and backing vocals, Indian bells
- Bradford Reed – melodica, kranton, synthesizer, programming, piano, pencilina, backing vocals, organ, drums, percussion
- Sasha Forte – bass, violin, guitar, backing vocals, Indian bells, viola, horn arrangements
- Charles Curtis – guitar, cello, backing vocals
- Jane Scarpantoni – cello, synthesizer
- John Walsh – trumpet on "A Good Hard Look"
- Chris Washburne – trombone on "A Good Hard Look" and "Gay/Not Gay"
