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Easy Listening (Pigface album)

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Easy Listening... For Difficult F***heads
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2003 (2003-01-17)
GenreIndustrial
LabelUnderground, Inc.
Invisible Records[1]
ProducerMartin Atkins[2]
Pigface chronology
The Best of Pigface: Preaching to the Perverted
(2001)
Easy Listening... For Difficult F***heads
(2003)
Dubhead
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Easy Listening... For Difficult F***heads is an album by Pigface, released in 2003.[4][5] The album includes contributions from Chris Vrenna, Fallon Bowman, Keith Levene, Edsel Dope, Jared Louche, Jason Miller, Penn Jillette, En Esch, Chris Connelly, and Steven Seibold.

Critical reception

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The Washington Post wrote that the album "emphasizes hammering disco-metal but also encompasses Bowie-ish art-croon ('Miss Sway Action') and a sort of raga-rock ('Closer to Heaven')."[2] The Cleveland Scene called the album "coherent and engaging: a good starting point for the curious and an improvement for the longtime fan."[6] The Pitch wrote that it combines "the seemingly disparate worlds of atmospheric head music and straight-ahead hardcore in a way that satisfies both sides of the brain."[7] The Chicago Tribune called Easy Listening "a kaleidoscopic blitz of psychedelia, decadent grooves and corrosive riffing."[8]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Mind Your Own Business" (Delta 5 cover)3:25
2."Insect / Suspect"3:53
3."Sweetmeat"3:10
4."Bitch (Mattress Mix)" (Dope cover)3:10
5."Everything"3:29
6."Closer to Heaven"5:12
7."Blow You Away (G.T.F.A.F.M.)"3:28
8."Du Liebst Mich Nicht, Ich Lieb' Dich Nicht"4:20
9."King of Negativity"3:36
10."Miss Sway Action"4:11
11."Binary Stream"3:18
12."The Loneliest Sound I've Ever Heard"3:19
13."The Horse You Rode in On"2:42

Personnel

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  • Martin Atkins - drums, voices (1, 13), vocals (5, 12), vibraphone (12), scratches (5, 7, 8, 12, 13) mixing (1, 3–7, 9, 11–13)
  • Chris Connelly - vocals (2, 9, 10)
  • Steven Seibold - vocals (2), guitars (2), programming (2)
  • Keith Levene - guitars (6)
  • Charles Levi - bass (6, 8, 13)
  • Groovie Mann - vocals (6, 12)
  • Lacey Conner - vocals (6)
  • Mary Dee Reynolds - vocals (6)
  • Chris Vrenna - programming (7)
  • En Esch - vocals (8)
  • Krztoff - vocals (9), guitar (9)
  • Julian Beeston - programming (13), synths (13), others (13)
  • Jason Miller - vocals (7)
  • The Method - bass, programming (7)
  • Mike Miller - guitar (7)
  • Edsel Dope - vocals (4), guitar (4), bass (4), programming (4)
  • Andre Karkos - additional guitar (4)
  • Curse Mackey - voice (13)
  • Meg Lee Chin - backing vocals (1)
  • Greta Brinkman - bass (1)
  • Jason McNinch - guitar (1)
  • Adam Yoffe - programming (1)
  • DJ Lumas - scratches (1-3, 5)
  • Chris Randall - synths (1, 2, 5), acoustic guitar (9)
  • Fallon Bowman - vocals (1, 4), guitars (2, 5, 13)
  • Nick Korostyshevsky - mixing (2), acoustic guitar (5)
  • Dave Suycott - mixing
  • Michelle Walters - vocals (2, 5)
  • John Bergin - vocals (3), composition (3)
  • Lo - vocals (3)
  • David Flick - synths (5)
  • Rahul Sharma - sitar (6)
  • Judd Gruenbaum - vocals (7)
  • Jason Novak - vocals (8), programming (8), mixing (8)
  • Grey Parker - drums (8)
  • Dan Brill - tabla drum (8)
  • Jared Louche - vocals (11)
  • Ezekiel Kazem - engineering (13)
  • Penn Jillette - voice (13)
  • Ross Tregenza - engineering (11)

References

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  1. ^ "Pigface: Easy Listening". PopMatters. March 9, 2003.
  2. ^ a b "PIGFACE" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  3. ^ "Easy Listening... - Pigface | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ "Pigface | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ^ "Music Preview: Pigface still living the life of danger". old.post-gazette.com.
  6. ^ Narvaja, Norman. "Pigface". Cleveland Scene.
  7. ^ "Pigface". April 17, 2003.
  8. ^ "Pigface's harvest of blooming sonic anarchy". chicagotribune.com.