My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours

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{{Infobox album

| name = My Pain and Sadness is More Sad and Painful Than Yours

| type = Album

| artist = Mclusky

| cover = My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours.jpg

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| released = 2000, r. 2003

| recorded = 1999–2000

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| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Noise rock|post-hardcore|punk rock}}

| length =

| label = Fuzzbox, r. Too Pure

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| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Mclusky Do Dallas

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{Singles

| name = My Pain and Sadness is More Sad and Painful Than Yours

| type = Studio

| single1 = Joy

| single1date = July 18, 2000

| single2 = Rice is Nice

| single2date = September 4, 2000

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r521103|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic link]

| rev2 = NME

| rev2Score = {{Rating|7|10}} [https://www.nme.com/reviews/mclusky/3675 NME Review]

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My Pain and Sadness is More Sad and Painful Than Yours is the first studio album by British rock band mclusky. It was initially released on Fuzzbox in 2000 and re-released by Too Pure in 2003. Andy Falkous is recorded as saying that the album started out as a collection of demos, which were later turned into album form.{{Cite web|url=http://www.playlouder.co.uk/feature/+mclusky-4/|title = Playlouder.co.uk}} The album was predated by two singles, "Joy" and "Rice is Nice".

Track listing

  1. "Joy" – 1:11
  2. "Friends Stoning Friends" – 4:21
  3. "Whiteliberalonwhiteliberalaction" – 2:58
  4. "Rice is Nice" – 1:06
  5. "Flysmoke" – 3:36
  6. "Rock vs. Single Parents" – 3:07
  7. "She Come in Pieces" – 1:52
  8. "(Sometimes) I Have to Concentrate" – 2:56
  9. "When They Come Tell Them No" – 1:16
  10. "You Are My Sun" – 2:59
  11. "Rods on Crutches" – 2:31
  12. "Problems Posing as Solutions" – 3:49
  13. "mi-o-mai" – 0:58
  14. "Medium is the Message" – 2:51
  15. "World Cup Drumming" – 3:13
  16. * "Evil Frankie" (hidden track) – 2:35

Personnel

  • Mat Harding – drums
  • Andrew Falkous – guitar, vocals
  • Jon Chapple – bass, vocals

All songs written by Falkous/Chapple/Harding.

  • John and Ian – recording
  • James Bernard – mastering
  • Sleeve layout – Absolute Design
  • Zincsplash – management

Production credits are oddly absent in the liner notes of the album.

References

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{{Mclusky}}

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Category:Mclusky albums

Category:2000 albums

Category:Too Pure albums

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