Basic Pain Basic Pleasure

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{{Infobox album

| name = Basic Pain Basic Pleasure

| type = studio

| artist = Of Cabbages and Kings

| cover = Of Cabbages and Kings - Basic Pain Basic Pleasure.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1990

| recorded = Fun City Studios
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| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Noise rock

| length = 42:10

| label = Triple X

| producer = Algis Kizys, Carolyn Master, Wharton Tiers

| prev_title = Face

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Hunter's Moon

| next_year = 1992

}}

Basic Pain Basic Pleasure is the second album by Of Cabbages and Kings, released in 1990 by Triple X Records.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000849461|pure_url=yes}}|title=Basic Pain Basic Pleasure |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=February 27, 2015}}{{cite web |first=Art |last=Black |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=of_cabbages_and_kings |title=Of Cabbages and Kings |publisher=Trouser Press |year=2007 |access-date=February 27, 2015}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_music = Of Cabbages and Kings

| extra_column = Vocals

| title1 = The Reign

| lyrics1 = Algis Kizys

| extra1 = Algis Kizys, Diane Wlezien

| length1 = 6:05

| title2 = Snake

| lyrics2 = Algis Kizys

| extra2 = Algis Kizys, Diane Wlezien

| length2 = 3:25

| title3 = Of Service

| lyrics3 = Diane Wlezien

| extra3 = Carolyn Master, Diane Wlezien

| length3 = 5:19

| title4 = Land of the '57 Chevy

| lyrics4 = Carolyn Master

| extra4 = Diane Wlezien

| length4 = 7:05

| title5 = Crawl

| lyrics5 = Diane Wlezien

| extra5 = Carolyn Master, Diane Wlezien

| length5 = 4:25

| title6 = Crawl Again

| lyrics6 = Diane Wlezien

| extra6 = Diane Wlezien

| length6 = 3:10

| title7 = Locked in Position

| lyrics7 = Carolyn Master

| extra7 = Algis Kizys, Carolyn Master, Diane Wlezien

| length7 = 3:55

| title8 = John Barleycorn Must Die

| lyrics8 = Traditional, Algis Kizys

| extra8 = Diane Wlezien

| length8 = 8:46

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Basic Pain Basic Pleasure liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Basic Pain Basic Pleasure |title-link=Basic Pain Basic Pleasure |others=Of Cabbages and Kings |year=1990 |type=booklet |publisher=Triple X Records |location=Los Angeles, California}}

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;Of Cabbages and Kings

  • Richard Hutchins – drums, percussion, Chinese temple bells (1, 7)
  • Algis Kizys – bass guitar, vocals (1, 2, 7), ukelin (6, 8), production
  • Carolyn Master – guitar, vocals (3, 5, 7), keyboards (6), production
  • Diane Wlezien – vocals, percussion (1)

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;Technical personnel

  • Edward G. Lines – photography
  • Wharton Tiers – production, engineering

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Release history

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! Region

! Date

! Label

! Format

! Catalog

United States

| 1990

| Triple X

| CD, CS, LP

| 51055

References

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