Charlie (album)
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| Studio album by Melt-Banana | ||||
| Released | October 27, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Noise rock | |||
| Length | 35:36 | |||
| Label | A-Zap | |||
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Charlie is the third album by Melt-Banana. This album was the first release on their own label, A-Zap.
Charlie features guest appearances by Mike Patton and Mr. Bungle on the song "Area 877 [Phoenix Mix]". Mike Patton says: "MELT... BANANA!" at the beginning of the song and Melt-Banana have sampled this through many of their other songs including "7.2 Seconds Flipping", "Brick Again" and the version of "Bad Gut Missed Fist" on their live album MxBx 1998/13,000 Miles At Light Velocity.
Charlie was named after the movie Charly, based on the novel Flowers for Algernon.[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Introduction for Charlie" | 3:10 |
| 2. | "Circle-Jack (Chase the Magic Words, Lego Lego)" | 2:39 |
| 3. | "Spathic!!" | 2:29 |
| 4. | "Tapir's Flown Away" | 2:36 |
| 5. | "F.D.C. for Short" | 1:23 |
| 6. | "Taen Taen Taen (?)" | 0:44 |
| 7. | "Cannot" | 2:50 |
| 8. | "Area 877 [Phoenix Mix]" | 1:41 |
| 9. | "Giggle on the Stretcher" | 0:49 |
| 10. | "Section Eight" | 3:49 |
| 11. | "Drug Store" | 1:56 |
| 12. | "Stimulus for Revolting Virus" | 2:00 |
| 13. | "Excess" | 1:42 |
| 14. | "Chipped Zoo on the Wall, Wastes in the Sky................" | 7:48 |
There is also an untitled track hidden in the pregap before the first track, which is a cover of the song "Neat Neat Neat" by The Damned. It is 2 minutes and 14 seconds long followed by a minute of silence.