Misguided

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{{Infobox album

| name = Misguided

| type = studio

| artist = Argyle Park

| cover = Misguided.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 21, 1995
August 19, 2016 (remaster)

| recorded = Circle Studio, New York City
Moonsong Studio, Riverside, California

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 65:40

| label = R.E.X. Records
FiXT Music (remaster)

| producer = Celldweller

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Argyle Park

| type = studio

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| title = Misguided

| year = 1995

| next_title = Suspension of Disbelief

| next_year = 2000

}}

{{Extra chronology

| artist = Circle of Dust

| type = studio

| prev_title = Brainchild (Remastered)

| prev_year = 2016

| title = Misguided (Remastered)

| year = 2016

| next_title = Disengage

| next_year = 2016

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Cross Rhythms

|rev1score = {{Rating|9|10}}{{cite journal|last=Wilson|first=Jon|title=Argyle Park - Misguided|url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Argyle_Park/Misguided/15203/|journal=Cross Rhythms Magazine|publisher=Cross Rhythms|accessdate=July 4, 2012|date=April 1, 1997|issue=CR Mag 38|format=Web}}

|rev2 = Matt Morrow

|rev2score = {{Rating|6.5|10}}{{cite web|last=Morrow|first=Matt|title=Argyle Park - Misguided|url=http://thewhippingpost.tripod.com/argyleparkmisguided/|work=The Whipping Post|publisher=Tripod.com|accessdate=July 14, 2012}}

|rev3 = The Phantom Tollbooth

|rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tollbooth.org/2004/reviews/apark.html|title=Misguided review|last=Marihugh|first=Josh|publisher=The Phantom Tollbooth|date=7 June 2004|accessdate = 2009-05-06}}

}}

Misguided is Argyle Park's only album under that name. The album was released in 1995 by R.E.X. Records into the Christian rock market, and sits alongside other early 90s work by Circle of Dust and Mortal as being instrumental in introducing industrial music to the Christian music scene. The album was nominated for Best Metal/Hard Rock Album at the 27th Annual GMA Dove Awards in 1996.{{cite magazine|last=Price|first=Deborah Evans|title=Michael W. Smith, DC Talk's McKeehan Top Dove Noms|magazine=Billboard|date=February 24, 1996|volume=108|issue=8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LA8EAAAAMBAJ|accessdate=July 4, 2012|page=104|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|format=Print|issn=0006-2510}}

Misguided is a diverse album that combines elements such as techno, metal guitar, ragtime piano, horns, samples, and dark vocals. Members cited influences such as Portishead and jazz being responsible for the experimentation on the album. It also features a wide variety of guest appearances by other alternative Christian bands and mainstream industrial bands of the mid 90s. The lyrics generally center around themes of betrayal, bitterness, and emotional pain, with band members and associates at various times hinting that the album was acting as catharsis for a child abuse situation at the church they all attended while growing up.{{cite web

|url=http://www.celldwellertribe.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=439&Itemid=580

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709220215/http://www.celldwellertribe.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=439&Itemid=580

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=2009-07-09

|title=Klank interview

|publisher=HM Magazine

|accessdate=2009-04-11

}} The resultant thematic darkness of the album caused its reception to be mixed, with many Christian listeners protesting the lack of positive content, even going so far as to call it "anti-Christian".{{cite web

|url=http://www.automatapedia.com/index.php?title=Argyle_Park_interview_(The_Garlic_Press_no._2)

|title=Argyle Park interview

|publisher=The Garlic Press

|date=1996

|accessdate=2009-04-07

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706234253/http://www.automatapedia.com/index.php?title=Argyle_Park_interview_%28The_Garlic_Press_no._2%29

|archivedate=2009-07-06

}} R.E.X. themselves attempted to censor the band before the album's release, deeming the outro verse of the song "Doomsayer" as being too controversial and cutting it from the song. The band, however, inserted the cut snippet onto the end of the album master tape before R.E.X. noticed and the outro now appears as a hidden track at the very end of the CD.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} The controversy and backlash caused the band members to shut Argyle Park down two years after conception.{{cite web|url=http://www.celldwellertribe.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=611&Itemid=580 |title=AP2 interview |publisher=Automata |accessdate=2009-04-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709021305/http://www.celldwellertribe.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=611&Itemid=580 |archivedate=July 9, 2009 }}

Tommy Victor of Prong wrote the main riff for the song "Doomsayer", and later used this same riff in the Prong song "Controller".{{cite web

|url=http://www.hmmagazine.com/exclusive/circle_of_dust200306/index.php

|title=Circle of Dust interview

|publisher=hmmagazine.com

|date=2003

|accessdate=2009-04-06

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404113052/http://www.hmmagazine.com/exclusive/circle_of_dust200306/index.php

|archivedate=2009-04-04

}} Originally released on R.E.X. Records, the album was re-issued as a limited run in 2005 by Retroactive Records with bonus tracks, additional booklet information, and enhanced ROM material on the disc.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Guest artist(s)

| title1 = Refuge

| music1 = Argyle Park

| lyrics1 = Buka

| length1 = 1:13

| extra1 = J. G. Thirlwell

| title2 = Headscrew

| music2 = Argyle Park

| lyrics2 = Dred, Deathwish, King Salomon, Buka

| length2 = 4:57

| extra2 = Christy Sweet, Celldweller, King Salomon, Klank

| title3 = Agony

| music3 = Argyle Park

| lyrics3 = Celldweller

| length3 = 5:15

| extra3 = Gyro, Dirk Lemmenes, Jeff Bellew, Ted Cookerly, Alabama King Fish

| title4 = Futile

| music4 = Argyle Park

| length4 = 1:41

| extra4 = Keith Corp

| title5 = Scarred for Life

| music5 = Dred

| lyrics5 = Dred, Celldweller

| length5 = 4:18

| extra5 =

| title6 = A Burden's Folly

| music6 = Buka, Deathwish, Dred, Celldweller

| lyrics6 = Buka

| length6 = 2:29

| extra6 =

| title7 = Circle

| music7 = Deathwish

| lyrics7 = Deathwish

| length7 = 3:04

| extra7 = Christy Sweet

| title8 = Leave Me Alone

| music8 = Argyle Park

| lyrics8 = Dred, Lauren Boquette

| length8 = 5:31

| extra8 = Lauren Boquette, Marco Forcone, Alabama King Fish

| title9 = Violent

| music9 = Deathwish, Dred

| lyrics9 = Deathwish, Dred

| length9 = 4:29

| extra9 = Evol Eye Jeni, Celldweller

| title10 = Diesel

| music10 = Argyle Park

| length10 = 1:02

| extra10 =

| title11 = Gutterboy (I Am I Am)

| music11 = Dred

| lyrics11 = Buka, Dred

| length11 = 4:00

| extra11 = Jeff Bellew, Dirk Lemmenes, King Salomon

| title12 = Og

| music12 = Og

| length12 = 1:19

| extra12 = Og

| title13 = Misanthrope

| music13 = Buka, Dred

| length13 = 4:37

| extra13 =

| title14 = Skin Shed

| music14 = Deathwish, Dred

| lyrics14 = Dred, Celldweller, Tommy Victor

| length14 = 2:19

| extra14 = Tommy Victor, Celldweller

| title15 = Skin Shed

| music15 = Deathwish, Dred

| lyrics15 = Dred, Celldweller, Tommy Victor

| length15 = 2:28

| extra15 = Tommy Victor, Celldweller

| title16 = Skin Shed

| music16 = Deathwish, Dred

| lyrics16 = Dred, Celldweller, Tommy Victor

| length16 = 2:47

| extra16 = Tommy Victor, Celldweller

| title17 = Doomsayer

| music17 = Argyle Park, Tommy Victor

| lyrics17 = King Salomon, Buka

| length17 = 4:23

| extra17 = King Salomon, Tommy Victor

| title18 = Uffern

| music18 = Deathwish

| length18 = 4:51

| extra18 =

| title26 = [Untitled]

| length26 = 1:58

| title29 = [Untitled]

| length29 = 1:47

| title34 = [Untitled]

| length34 = 0:59

}}

Note: Following track 18, there are 3 hidden tracks and 13 silent tracks. The final hidden track, Track 34, is a spoken word piece intended as the true ending to the song "Doomsayer".

{{track listing

| headline = 2016 Remastered Re-release: Disc 1

| title1 = Refuge

| note1 = feat. JG Thirlwell

| length1 = 1:13

| title2 = Headscrew

| note2 = feat. Klank & Mark Salomon

| length2 = 4:57

| title3 = Agony

| note3 = feat. Jyro

| length3 = 5:14

| title4 = Futile

| length4 = 1:40

| title5 = Scarred for Life

| note5 = feat. Celldweller

| length5 = 4:17

| title6 = A Burden's Folly

| length6 = 2:28

| title7 = Circle

| note7 = Redux

| length7 = 3:22

| title8 = Leave Me Alone

| note8 = feat. Drown

| length8 = 5:31

| title9 = Violent

| note9 = feat. Circle of Dust

| length9 = 4:34

| title10 = Diesel

| length10 = 1:02

| title11 = Gutterboy

| note11 = feat. Chatterbox

| length11 = 4:04

| title12 = og

| length12 = 1:11

| title13 = Misanthrope

| length13 = 4:44

| title14 = Skin Shed

| note14 = feat. Circle of Dust & Tommy Victor

| length14 = 7:36

| title15 = Doomsayer

| note15 = feat. Mark Salomon & Tommy Victor

| length15 = 4:23

| title16 = Uffern

| length16 = 4:44

| total_length = 01:01:00}}

{{track listing

| headline = 2016 Remastered Re-release: Disc 2

| title1 = Fanny Pack

| note1 = feat. Blue Stahli & Mark Salomon

| length1 = 3:55

| title2 = The Communist Masters of Deceit

| length2 = 5:14

| title3 = Lonely

| note3 = Stryper cover

| length3 = 5:08

| title4 = Fanny Pack vs Doomsayer

| note4 = feat. Blue Stahli & Mark Salomon

| length4 = 3:37

| title5 = og's Revenge

| length5 = 1:31

| title6 = Leave Me Alone

| note6 = Klayton Vocal Demo

| length6 = 5:28

| title7 = Violent

| note7 = Demo

| length7 = 4:28

| title8 = Resurrection of the Ravens

| note8 = 1992 4-Track Cassette Demo; feat. Circle of Dust & lvl

| length8 = 4:17

| title9 = The Conversation

| length9 = 1:38

| title10 = A Burden's Folly

| note10 = Instrumental Demo

| length10 = 2:28

| title11 = Diesel

| note11 = Instrumental Demo

| length11 = 0:56

| title12 = Leave Me Alone

| note12 = Instrumental Demo

| length12 = 5:50

| title13 = Skin Shed

| note13 = Instrumental Demo

| length13 = 6:57

| title14 = Doomsayer

| note14 = Instrumental Demo

| length14 = 3:45

| title15 = Once Great Leaders

| length15 = 0:59

|total_length = 55:50}}

{{track listing

| headline = 2016 Remastered Re-release: Disc 3

| title1 = Refuge

| note1 = Acapella

| length1 = 0:58

| title2 = Fanny Pack

| note2 = Instrumental

| length2 = 3:54

| title3 = The Communist Masters of Deceit

| note3 = Instrumental

| length3 = 5:14

| title4 = Headscrew

| note4 = Instrumental

| length4 = 4:57

| title5 = Agony

| note5 = Instrumental

| length5 = 5:15

| title6 = Scarred for Life

| note6 = Instrumental

| length6 = 4:17

| title7 = Circle

| note7 = Redux; instrumental

| length7 = 3:23

| title8 = Gutterboy

| note8 = Instrumental

| length8 = 4:05

| title9 = Doomsayer

| note9 = No Guitar or Bass

| length9 = 3:57

| title10 = Agony

| note10 = Instrumental - No Guitar

| length10 = 5:16

| title11 = Scarred for Life

| note11 = Instrumental - No Guitar

| length11 = 4:17

| total_length = 45:13

}}

= Vinyl pressing =

There were only four pressings of the album on vinyl (technically acetates), all of which were given to members of the band. One of these acetates was eventually purchased by a fan, who confirmed on the (now-defunct) FiXT Forums that the vinyl edition of the album contains a bonus track, named "Babylon", which is not on the CD version of Misguided. This same song ended up being included on Klay Scott's 1998 Circle of Dust album Disengage, and presumably would have been one of the songs included on Buka's Backwoods Records compilation.

Release history

class="wikitable"

! Label

! Date

! Format

! Catalog

! Notes

R.E.X. Music

| 1994

| compact disc

| REX 410172-2

R.E.X. Music

| 1995

| stereo LP acetate

| REX 46013-1

| Only four (white label) copies pressed for the band

R.E.X. Music

| 1995

| compact disc

|

| Repressed for R.E.X.'s new distribution deal

Retroactive Records

| 2004

| compact disc

| RAR7787

| Enhanced disc with text notes and images

FiXT Music

| 2016

| compact disc and digital download

|

| 3-CD deluxe edition with remastered mix and many bonus tracks (remastered b-sides, instrumentals, and early demos)

Contributors

Most of the contributors to Misguided appeared under aliases or alternate spellings of their commonly known names. Their real identities, if known, are listed here.

= Main members =

  • Buka: alias of Chris Martello, at the time a producer at MTV Sports.{{cite web|title=Woodensoul|url=http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=68507632221|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=3 September 2011|date=25 February 2009}}{{cite web |date=April 26, 1995 |title=SPINonline Conference With Foetus -- Jim Thirlwell |url=http://foetus.org/text/aolchat.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970204154339/http://foetus.org/text/aolchat.html |archive-date=February 4, 1997 |accessdate=June 28, 2023 |quote=Jim Foetus : The guy from argyle park is one of the producers of MTV Sports which I do the voiceovers for and he asked me to do it at the end of a session and just gave me the script and I said why not?}}{{cite web|last1=Power|first1=Billy|title=Episode 8 - Chris "Buka" Martello|url=https://www.spreaker.com/user/getatbillypower/episode-8-chris-buka-martello|website=Urban Achiever|publisher=Spreaker|accessdate=January 4, 2016|date=March 7, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923110847/https://www.spreaker.com/user/getatbillypower/episode-8-chris-buka-martello|archivedate=September 23, 2015}}
  • Deathwish and Dred: aliases of Klayton, who also produced the album using the name Celldweller

= Guest appearances =

= Recording personnel =

References

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