Real Men

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  • Artist: Hall & Kramer
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1991
  • Type: Contains explicit content
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Real Men pairs John S. Hall's witty, surreal, and extremely deadpan monologues with Kramer's collage-style production accompaniment. The combination works well, as it essentially features each man doing what he does best. Hall's fumbling and almost bored-sounding speeches sometimes bring to mind a nervous school kid reading a report in front of his class, while his free-associative poems range from pointed ("My Personal Life") to absurd ("Everybody Screams Inside"). He has some truly choice lines, and several tracks, including "How Much Longer" and "The Birds," are laugh-out-loud funny. Kramer's backings, meanwhile, are a psychedelic, homespun mélange of samples (from artists ranging from N.W.A. to Ravi Shankar) and everyday sounds such as jackhammers, gushing water, and car horns. He does an excellent job highlighting Hall's words with the various strategically placed sounds he uses, and the stereo effects are pretty impressive, too. As with a majority of spoken word recordings, Real Men isn't something one is likely to put on every day, but it is entertaining (if perhaps a shade too long) and worth seeking out for fans of either artist. ~ William York, Rovi

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Real Men is an album by King Missile frontman John S. Hall and producer/multi-instrumentalist Kramer. It was released in 1991.

Real Men
Studio album by John S. Hall & Kramer
Released 1991
Genre Avant-garde
Length 52:10
Label Shimmy Disc
Producer Kramer
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Track listing

All lyrics by Hall. Music by Kramer, with samples from such artists as N.W.A, Henry Mancini, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ravi Shankar, Marvin Hatley, and Timothy Leary.

  1. "Everybody Screams Inside" – 2:15
  2. "Pain & Pleasure" – 1:18
  3. "The Party" – 2:22
  4. "Columbus Day Weekend" – 1:42
  5. "My Personal Life" – 2:17
  6. "Francis Bacon" – 1:51
  7. "Empty" – 1:27
  8. "The Trees" – 1:40
  9. "The Absolute" – 3:09
  10. "Real Men" – 3:44
  11. "Water" – 3:49
  12. "Enjoy Your Tea" – 1:59
  13. "Things" – 2:23
  14. "Clarity Transcending Choice" – 1:13
  15. "The Birds" – 2:16
  16. "My Life" – 1:32
  17. "How Much Longer" – 1:22
  18. "Mr. Story" – 3:24
  19. "Wind-up Toys" – 1:08
    • This track appears with the same title and lyrics, but different music and vocals, on King Missile's 1994 album of the same name.
  20. "Knowledge" – 1:05
  21. "Garbage Party" – 1:39
  22. "The Spanish Armada" – 1:12
  23. "Hide the Knives" – 5:13
  24. "Shit" – 2:00

On the back cover of the CD, the track listing inaccurately reads:

  1. "Enjoy Your Tea"
  2. "Things"
  3. "Clarity Transcending Choice"
  4. "The Birds"
  5. "My Life"
  6. "How Much Longer"
  7. "Mr. Story"
  8. "Wind-up Toys"
  9. "Knowledge"
  10. "Garbage Party"
  11. "The Spanish Armada"
  12. "Hide the Knives"
  13. "Shit"
  14. "Everybody Screams Inside"
  15. "Pain & Pleasure"
  16. "The Party"
  17. "Columbus Day Weekend"
  18. "My Personal Life"
  19. "Francis Bacon"
  20. "Empty"
  21. "The Trees"
  22. "The Absolute"
  23. "Real Men"
  24. "Water"

Personnel

  • John S. Hall – vocals
  • Kramer – everything else



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