The Band That Would Be King

by Half Japanese

The Band That Would Be King cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 April 1989
  • Label: 50, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 Watts
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:49
  • Community rating: 3.55/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Brothers Jad and David Fair continue their fiercely idiosyncratic trajectory with a sprawling, lo-fi burst of outsider art-punk. Enlisting a massive roster of underground collaborators, 'The Band That Would Be King' revels in joyous, untutored chaos and delightfully fractured rock conventions.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, DIY, noisy, unpolished, eccentric

Tracklist

  1. Open Your Eyes / Close Your Eyes (1:09)
  2. Daytona Beach (1:47)
  3. Lucky Star (2:21)
  4. Some Things Last a Long time (2:19)
  5. My Most Embarrassing Moment (0:49)
  6. Buried Treasure (1:05)
  7. Open Book (1:00)
  8. Little Records (1:17)
  9. Deadly Alien Spawn (2:36)
  10. Postcard from Far Away (1:38)
  11. Ventriloquism Made Easy (0:42)
  12. Something in the Wind (0:38)
  13. Bingo's Not His Name-o (1:19)
  14. Put Some Sugar on It (2:48)
  15. What More Can I Do (1:24)
  16. Brand New Moon (1:36)
  17. Another World (1:34)
  18. Every Word Is True (1:20)
  19. I Live for Love (2:06)
  20. Werewolf (1:30)
  21. Ride Ride Ride (0:31)
  22. Sugarcane (2:31)
  23. I Wish I May (1:32)
  24. Ashes on the Ground (2:40)
  25. Curse of the Doll People (0:33)
  26. Horseshoes (2:11)
  27. BlueBirds (1:39)

Credits

  • 1/2 Japanese - primary artist
  • David Fair - artwork by [cover]
  • Rob Kennedy - bass
  • Scott Jarvis - drums
  • Mr. J. Rice - guitar
  • Don Fleming - guitar, vocals
  • Jad Fair - vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Fred Frith - guitar

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