Schizophonic!

The album was produced by the band and Brian Capouch. All five band members contributed to the songwriting.{{cite news |last1=Jordan |first1=Chris |title=MUSIC TO SIP MARTOONIS TO: FOLLOWING IN DINO'S FOOTSTEPS |work=The Record |date=29 Mar 1996 |location=Lifestyle |page=32}} "Morticia" is a cover of the Addams Family tune, composed by Vic Mizzy. The recording of the album was delayed by more than a year in order for Combustible Edison to work on the soundtrack to Four Rooms.{{cite news |last1=Tyer |first1=Brad |title=Loungette – Combustible Edison makes the listening easy—with a straight face |work=Houston Press |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/loungette-6571250 |date=November 14, 1996 |department=Music}}

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|rev1 = AllMusic

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|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=2 |page=499}}

|rev3 = Los Angeles Times

|rev3score = {{rating|2.5|4}}{{cite news |last1=Hochman |first1=Steve |title=In Brief |work=Los Angeles Times |date=3 Mar 1996 |location=Calendar |page=67}}

|rev4 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide

|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=262}}

|rev5 = (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev5score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |title=(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=186}}

|rev6 = The Tampa Tribune

|rev6score = {{rating|2|4}}{{cite news |last1=Ross |first1=Curtis |title=COMBUSTIBLE EDISON, Schizophonic (Sub Pop) |work=The Tampa Tribune |date=April 19, 1996 |location=Friday Extra! |page=23}}

|rev7 = Waikato Times

|rev7score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite news |last1=Anso |first1=Martin |title=COMBUSTIBLE EDISON Schizophonic |work=Waikato Times |date=9 July 1996 |location=Features |page=13}}

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CMJ New Music Monthly deemed the album "a musical pastiche, but just as suave and easy to listen to as its precursors."{{cite journal |last1=MacDonald |first1=Heidi |title=Reviews |journal=CMJ New Music Monthly |date=Apr 1996 |issue=32 |page=30}} Trouser Press thought that "having painted itself into a stylistic corner, Combustible Edison seems content to simply stand around and watch that paint dry."{{cite web |title=Combustible Edison |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/combustible-edison/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=13 August 2021}} The Los Angeles Times opined that "perhaps the optimal (and only) way to appreciate it is with a luridly exotic drink in hand and a steady conversational buzz in the foreground." The Waikato Times wrote that "Combustible Edison are more bizarre than banal." The Orlando Sentinel declared that Schizophonic! "has a haunting quality reminiscent of Fellini film scores by the late Nino Rota"; the paper also picked it as one of the 10 best albums of 1996.{{cite news |last1=Gettelman |first1=Parry |title=COMBUSTIBLE EDISON PLAYS IT COOL: LOUNGE MUSIC SLINKS ITS WAY INTO O-TOWN |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=15 Nov 1996 |location=Calendar |page=7}}{{cite news |last1=Gettelman |first1=Parry |title=IT'S HARD TO PICK JUST 10 BEST FOR '96 |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=29 Dec 1996 |page=G9}}

AllMusic wrote that "there's some melancholia and weariness to the torch vocal-influenced numbers in particular, which betrays an ironic, modernist bent absent from first-generation cocktail/lounge." (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "entirely uninspired, and unnecessary in a world where Martin Denny records can be found at garage sales."

1. Alright, Already
2. Bluebeard
3. The Checkered Flag
4. One Eyed Monkey
5. Solid State
6. Les Yeux Sans Visage
7. '52'
8. Short Double Latté
9. Mudhead
10. Morticia
11. Objet D'Amour
12. The Corner Table
13. Lonelyville

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• [https://www.subpop.com/artists/combustible_edison Combustible Edison at Sub Pop]

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