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Thank God for Mental Illness
Rock · 1996 · 13 tracks

Thank God for Mental Illness

The Brian Jonestown Massacre

October 25, 1996 · A Records (4)

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A stark, cynical, and deeply intimate collection of lo-fi folk that feels like a private confession.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
Spanish Bee
3:48
02
IT Girl
2:12
03
13
2:35
04
Ballad of Jim Jones
2:14
05
Those Memories
2:01
06
Stars
3:15
07
Free and Easy, Take 2
2:28
08
Down
3:52
09
Cause I Love Her
1:14
10
Too Crazy to Care
1:22
11
Talk-Action=Shit
2:07
12
True Love
3:32
13
Sound of Confusion
33:03
Moments Worth Listening For
The skeletal acoustic strumming on 'Spanish Bee' that sets a stark, immediate tone for the record.
The unsettlingly casual delivery of the dark narrative in 'Ballad of Jim Jones'.
The massive, thirty-minute experimental sprawl of 'Sound of Confusion' that dissolves the folk structure into a psychedelic void.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Thank God for Mental Illness sound next to the rest of The Brian Jonestown Massacre's catalogue?

VOCPROINSLYRNRG
Nasal+2.5σ

The vocals lean far further into nasal than the rest of the catalogue.

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