Things That Play Themselves - Composition

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Things That Play Themselves is the second studio album by noise rock band King Snake Roost, released in 1989 by Aberrant Records.

Things That Play Themselves

Studio album by

King Snake Roost

Released

1989

Recorded

1987 – 1988

Studio

Sound Barrier Studios
(Sydney, AU)

Genre

Noise rock

Length

40:37

Label

Aberrant (original release)
Amphetamine Reptile (reissue)

Producer

Dave Boyne

King Snake Roost chronology

From Barbarism to Christian Manhood
(1987)

Things That Play Themselves
(1989)

Ground Into the Dirt
(1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Release and reception

Critic David Sprague of the Trouser Press called the record a "feverish disc" that warrants comparison to early Pere Ubu.[2]

In 1989, the album was adopted by Amphetamine Reptile Records and re-issued on vinyl.

Track listing

All music is composed by King Snake Roost, except "Talking Turkey" by Sharron Weatherill.

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Worm's Eye View"	Tolnay	3:16
2.	"D.T.'s"	Hill	3:41
3.	"The Ledge Does Vegas"	Hill	4:13
4.	"Everything Falls Apart"	Bostle	3:24
5.	"Hammerhead"	Bostle	2:15
6.	"Acid Heart"	Quinn	2:39

Side two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Fried"	Tolnay	5:10
2.	"Trogman's Buried"	Quinn	2:41
3.	"Talking Turkey"	Bostle	4:46
4.	"Shunting Yard"	Trigger	2:11
5.	"That Again?"	Tolnay	3:59
6.	"Gutterbreath"	Quinn	2:18

Personnel

Adapted from the Things That Play Themselves liner notes.[3]

King Snake Roost

Bill Bostle – drums
Peter Hill – lead vocals, guitar, trombone, harp
David Quinn – bass guitar, backing vocals, illustration
Charles Tolnay – guitar, bass guitar

Additional musicians

Adrian Hornblower III – saxophone (A2, B1)
Lachlan McLeod – guitar (A2)
Tom Sturm – trumpet (A2)

Additional musicians and production

Caroline Birkett – design, illustration
Dave Boyne – production, engineering, piano (A4), guitar (B1)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Australia	1989	Aberrant	LP	1THING
Netherlands		Megadisc	LP	MD 7906
United States		Amphetamine Reptile	CS, LP	ARR 89168

References

"King Snake Roost: Things That Play > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
Sprague, David (2007). "King Snake Roost". Trouser Press. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
Things That Play Themselves (sleeve). King Snake Roost. Sydney, Australia: Aberrant Records. 1988.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

Things That Play Themselves at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e King Snake Roost
Studio albums	From Barbarism to Christian Manhood Things That Play Themselves Ground Into the Dirt
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