Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe

by Fishbone

Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 May 1993
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:04:27
  • Community rating: 3.18/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Terry Date, Aklia Chinn, Kristen Vigard, Vicki Calhoun, Branford Marsalis

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the final album to feature their classic lineup, Fishbone's fourth studio release is their heaviest and most aggressively metallic. The record seamlessly swings from frantic ska-punk bursts to fiercely eclectic, socially conscious alternative metal and funk-rock grooves.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, conscious

Tracklist

  1. Swim (4:39)
  2. Servitude (5:24)
  3. Black Flowers (5:45)
  4. Unyielding Conditioning (4:46)
  5. Properties Of Propaganda (Fuk This Shit On Up) (5:22)
  6. The Warmth Of Your Breath (4:56)
  7. Lemon Meringue (6:10)
  8. They All Have Abandoned Their Hopes (4:57)
  9. End The Reign (5:23)
  10. Drunk Skitzo (5:15)
  11. No Fear (6:00)
  12. Nutt Megalomaniac (5:46)

Credits

  • Angelo Moore - performer [fishbone is]
  • Christopher Dowd - performer [fishbone is]
  • John Bigham - performer [fishbone is]
  • John Norwood Fisher - performer [fishbone is]
  • Kendall Jones - performer [fishbone is]
  • Phillip Fisher - performer [fishbone is]
  • Walter Kibby - performer [fishbone is]
  • Damon Wayans - voice [sample]

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