Happy Heroes
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{{Infobox album
| name = Happy Heroes
| type = ep
| artist = Negativland
| cover = Happy Heroes EP Cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 1998
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Sound Collage
| length = 26:23
| label = Seeland Records{{cite web |last1=Gehr |first1=Richard |last2=Robbins |first2=Ira |title=Negativland |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/negativland/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=2020-07-24}}
| producer = Negativland
| prev_title = Dispepsi
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = The ABCs of Anarchism
| next_year = 1999
}}
{{album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/happy-heroes-mw0000233528|title=Happy Heroes - Negativland | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
}}
Happy Heroes is an EP by sound collage and experimental musical group Negativland, released in 1998.{{Cite web |date=1998-07-15 |title=Review - Happy Heroes |url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/1998/07/15/review-happy-heroes-2312378 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001105703/https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/1998/07/15/review-happy-heroes-2312378 |archive-date=2015-10-01 |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Orlando Weekly}}{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Brian |date=2000-05-03 |title=Dead Set on Deconstruction {{!}} On what may or may not be its farewell tour, Negativland makes the most of an age of uncertainty |url=https://www.sfweekly.com/music/dead-set-on-deconstruction/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724031208/https://www.sfweekly.com/music/dead-set-on-deconstruction/ |archive-date=2020-07-24 |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=SF Weekly}}
Critical reception
Memphis Flyer wrote that the EP "delivers more bang for the buck – particularly if you have a wicked sense of humor and high threshold for aural pain."{{Cite web |last=Duncan |first=David D. |date=1998-05-21 |editor-last=Grimstead |editor-first=Stephen |title=Memphis Flyer: Music Reviews - May 21, 1998 |url=https://www.memphisflyer.com/backissues/issue483/musrv483.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991001075410/https://www.memphisflyer.com/backissues/issue483/musrv483.htm |archive-date=1999-10-01 |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Memphis Flyer |publisher=Contemporary Media, Inc.}} The Rough Guide to Rock called it "more expert sampler anarchy."{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fie47qSuTsoC&q=Happy+Heroes+negativland+1998&pg=RA1-PA1807 |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |date=July 24, 2003 |publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=9781858284576 |editor-last=Buckley |editor-first=Peter |edition=1st |pages=713 |language=en |via=Google Books}}
Track listings
- "Mertz #1" - 1:43
- "Jolly Green Giant" - 7:23
- "Mertz #2" - 1:14
- "Chicken Diction" - 3:49
- "The Black Hole Tube" - 3:48
- "O.J. And His Personal Trainer Kill Ron and Nicole" - 3:12
- "Happy Hero: The Remedia Megamix" - 5:02
- "Mertz End" - 0:13
Personnel
- Mark Hosler - tapes, electronics, rhythms, Booper, clarinet, organ, viola, loops, guitar, etc.
- Richard Lyons - tapes, electronics, rhythms, Booper, clarinet, organ, viola, loops, guitar, etc.
- David Wills - synthesizer, voice, tape
- Peter Dayton - guitars, viola
- W. M. Kennedy - guitar
- Ernst Long - Trumpet
- Phil Friehofner - Organ
References
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