The Green Album (John S. Hall and King Missile album)

The Green Album is a compilation of John S. Hall's 1996 album The Body Has a Head and fourteen live tracks by Hall's band King Missile, plus an alternate version of the song "Gay/Not Gay" from King Missile's 1998 album Failure.^[1]

Track listing

All lyrics by Hall.

The Body Has a Head

1. "The Bunny Who Wanted to Be a Rat" (Sasha Forte, Hall, Jane Scarpantoni) – 3:08
2. "Punish Him" (Dougie Bowne, Forte, Hall, Scarpantoni) – 3:06
3. "A Good Hard Look" (Bowne, Forte, Hall, Scarpantoni) – 2:16
   • This track appears in a different arrangement on Failure.
4. "On the Metro North" (Bowne, Forte, Hall, Scarpantoni) – 2:14
5. "The Friendly Man" (Bowne, Forte, Hall, Scarpantoni) – 2:54
6. "Keep Walking" (Bowne, Forte, Hall, Scarpantoni) – 3:37
7. "My Lover" (Forte, Hall, Scarpantoni) – 2:35
8. "Wizard" (Bowne, Forte, Hall, Scarpantoni) – 2:03
9. "A Little Restraint" (Forte, Hall, Scarpantoni) – 1:22
10. "Clamsauce" (Bowne, Forte, Hall, Scarpantoni) – 2:10
11. "Satan" (Forte, Hall, Scarpantoni) – 3:06
12. "Freyne" (Bowne, Forte, Hall, Scarpantoni) – 2:26
13. "The Angel" (Forte, Hall, Scarpantoni) – 1:17
14. "Nine Wishes" (Forte, Hall, Bradford Reed, Scarpantoni) – 1:09
15. "Prophecy" (Forte, Hall, Reed, Scarpantoni) – 3:47

Bonus track

16. "Gay/Not Gay (Short n' Dirty Version)" (Forte, Hall, Reed) – 3:32

Live tracks

17. "Take Stuff from Work" (Hall, King Missile)
18. "Sensitive Artist" (Dogbowl, Hall)
19. "Wuss" (Hall, King Missile)
20. "Ned"
21. "I'm Open" (Dogbowl, Hall)
22. "The Sandbox" (Hall, Dave Rick)
23. "The Little Sandwich That Got a Guilt Complex Because He Was the Sole Survivor of a Horrible Bus Crash" (Forte, Hall, Reed, Scarpantoni)
24. "Farm" (Dogbowl, Hall)
25. "My Father" (Forte, Hall, Reed)
26. "Cheesecake Truck" (Hall, Rick)
27. "Detachable Penis" (Hall, Roger Murdock, Rick, Chris Xefos)
28. "Socks" (Hall, Murdock, Rick, Xefos)
29. "Jesus Was Way Cool" (Hall, Xefos)
30. "Martin Scorsese" (Hall, Murdock, Rick, Xefos)

• The studio versions of tracks 17, 18, and 19 appear on the 1987 album Fluting on the Hump.
• The studio versions of tracks 21 and 24 appear on the 1988 album They.
• The studio versions of tracks 22, 26, and 29 appear on the 1990 album Mystical Shit.
• The studio versions of tracks 27 and 30 appear on the 1992 album Happy Hour.
• The studio version of track 28 appears on the 1994 album King Missile.
• The studio version of track 23 appears on Failure.
• The studio version of track 25 appears on the 2003 album The Psychopathology of Everyday Life.
• Track 20 appears exclusively on this release.

Personnel

The Body Has a Head

• John S. Hall – lead vocals, guitar on "The Angel"
• Dougie Bowne – drums on "Punish Him," "On the Metro North," "The Friendly Man," "Keep Walking," "Wizard," "Clamsauce," and "Freyne," tambourine on "Punish Him," guitar on "Punish Him" and "Clamsauce," vibes on "Clamsauce"
• Sasha Forte – violin, bass, backing vocals on "Punish Him," guitar on "The Bunny Who Wanted to Be a Rat," "Punish Him," "On the Metro North," "Clamsauce," and "Prophecy," percussion on "A Little Restraint," lasso d'amore on "Satan," synthesizer on "Nine Wishes," bells on "Prophecy"
• Bradford Reed – drums on "Nine Wishes" and "Prophecy," pencilina on "Prophecy," bells on "Prophecy"
• Jane Scarpantoni – cello, bass on "Punish Him" and "On the Metro North," backing vocals on "Punish Him," piano on "The Friendly Man" and "Keep Walking," Wurlitzer on "The Friendly Man," synthbassoon on "The Friendly Man," vacuum cleaner on "A Little Restraint," guitar on "Satan," flute on "The Angel," bells on "Prophecy"

Other tracks

• Credits currently unavailable.

References