Charlie (album)

Charlie
Studio album by Melt-Banana
Released	October 27, 1998
Genre	Noise rock
Length	35:36
Label	A-Zap
Melt-Banana chronology
Scratch Or Stitch (1995) Charlie (1998) MxBx 1998/13,000 Miles at Light Velocity (1999)

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Allmusic	[1]

Charlie is the third album by Melt-Banana. This album was the first release on their own label, A-Zap.

Charlie marks a change in Melt-Banana's sound, the songs have gotten longer and a more "poppy" sound which would be further developed on the next few albums is present.^{[original research?]}. The production was also a major step forward since the previous two albums had quite poor sound and production.^{[original research?]}

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

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.

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Aniway interview - http://www.zenlog.com/artists/mxbx/