Adult Themes for Voice

Adult Themes for Voice is an album recorded by Mike Patton (vocalist for Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, etc.) in hotel rooms during a Faith No More tour. It consists of vocal noises by Patton himself. The 34 tracks aren't considered singing in any conventional sense, as they consist mainly of Patton shouting, screaming, clapping, squeaking and moaning. These elements were then spliced and edited in a fashion that resulted in a dramatic ebb and flow of bizarre, albeit organic sounding compositions. The compositions do not adhere to the traditional song writing structure of Western Pop music. The body of work could rightfully be classified as free-form experimental sound utilizing a singular vocal instrument.

Mike Patton stated that Japanese noise band Hanatarash's album Aids - A - Delic inspired this release.

Track listing

1. "Wuxiapian" – 2:12
2. "I Killed Him Like a Dog... And He Still Laughed" – 0:56
3. "Smog" – 0:45
4. "The Man in the Lower Left Hand Corner of the Photograph" – 1:47
5. "Robot Sex" (Neon) – 0:25
6. "Screams of the Asteroid" – 0:55
7. "Robot Sex" (B/W) – 0:16
8. "Porno Holocaust" – 1:00
9. "Inconsolable Widows in Search of Distraction" – 3:09
10. "Hurry Up and Kill Me...I'm Cold" – 0:06
11. "Man Alone In Steambath" – 1:01
12. "Guinea Pig 1" – 0:35
13. "Guinea Pig 2" – 1:26
14. "Guinea Pig 3" – 0:16
15. "Guinea Pig 4" – 1:42
16. "A Woman with the Skin of the Moon" – 0:37
17. "A Lizard with the Skin of a Woman" – 1:38
18. "Catheter" – 1:18
19. "Fix It So the Bruises Don't Show" – 1:20
20. "Robot Sex (watercolors)" – 0:24
21. "A Ceremony of Senses, an Alibi In The Red Light District" – 0:40
22. "Butterfly in a Glass Maze" – 2:19
23. "Pajama Party Horror" – 0:57
24. "A Leper with the Face of a Baby Girl" – 2:40
25. "The One Armed vs. 9 killers" – 1:17
26. "Pillow Biter" – 2:42
27. "Raped on a Bed of Sand" – 1:46
28. "Violence⁵" – 2:17
29. "Red Mouth, Black Orgasm" – 0:26
30. "Wuxiapian Fantastique" – 0:16
31. "A Smile, A Slap in the Face, A Fart, A Kiss on the Mouth" – 0:26
32. "Private Lessons on Planet Eros" – 0:36
33. "Pneumonia with Complications" – 0:13
34. "Orgy in Reverb (10 Kilometers of Lust)" – 4:53

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