Fluting on the Hump

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{{Infobox album

| name = Fluting on the Hump

| type = studio

| artist = King Missile (Dog Fly Religion)

| cover = Fluting on the Hump (King Missile album) cover art.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1987

| recorded = Noise New York
{{small|(New York City, New York)}}

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|experimental rock}}

| length = 22:35

| label = Shimmy Disc

| producer = Kramer

| chronology = King Missile

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = They

| next_year = 1988

}}

Fluting on the Hump is the first album by avant-garde band King Missile (Dog Fly Religion), first released exclusively in LP format in 1987 and later included on the CD compilation Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump.{{cite journal |first1=Richard |last1=Gehr |first2=Ira |last2=Robbins |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/king-missile-dog-fly-religion/ |title=King Missile (Dog Fly Religion) |journal=Trouser Press |publisher=Trouser Press LLC |access-date=September 6, 2020}}{{cite book |first=Steven |last=Blush |author-link=Steven Blush |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezTpDAAAQBAJ |title=Now I Got Worry: Indie Rock |others=New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group |date=October 4, 2016 |page=369 |isbn=9781250083616 |access-date=September 4, 2020}}{{cite book |first1=Joshua |last1=Blum |first2=Bob |last2=Holman |first3=Mark |last3=Pellington |author-link2=Bob Holman |author-link3=Mark Pellington |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92ixAAAAIAAJ |title=John S. Hall |others=United States of Poetry |publisher=Harry N. Abrams |date=March 30, 1996 |page=171 |isbn=9780810939271 |access-date=September 6, 2020}}{{cite book |first=Jonathan |last=Buckley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fie47qSuTsoC |title=John S. Hall |others=The Rough Guide to Rock |publisher=Rough Guides |date=2003 |page=558 |isbn=9781858284576 |access-date=September 6, 2020}}

Reception

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000410508|pure_url=yes}}|title=King Missile: Fluting on the Hump > Overview |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=August 12, 2020}}

}}

AllMusic awarded Fluting on the Hump two out of five stars.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Lou

| length1 = 1:54

| title2 = At Dave's

| length2 = 2:01

| title3 = Muffy

| length3 = 2:29

| title4 = Take Stuff From Work

| length4 = 2:13

| title5 = Sensitive Artist

| length5 = 2:39

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Wuss

| length1 = 1:42

| title2 = Heavy Holy Man

| length2 = 2:13

| title3 = Pygmies & Drums

| length3 = 0:27

| title4 = Fluting on the Hump

| length4 = 2:26

| title5 = Dick

| length5 = 2:19

| title6 = That Old Dog

| length6 = 2:12

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Fluting on the Hump liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Fluting on the Hump |others=King Missile |year=1987 |type=sleeve |publisher=Shimmy Disc |location=New York City}}>

King Missile

Additional performers

Production and design

Release history

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! Date

! Label

! Format

! Catalog

United States

|rowspan="2"| 1987

| Shimmy Disc

|rowspan="2"| LP

| SHIMMY-00003

Netherlands

| Shadowline

| SR 6987

References

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