Charlie is the fourth album by Melt-Banana. This album was the first release on their own label, A-Zap.
Charlie features guest appearances by Mike Patton and Mr. Bungle on the song "Area 877 [Phoenix Mix]". Mike Patton says: "MELT... BANANA!" at the beginning of the song and Melt-Banana have sampled this through many of their other songs including "7.2 Seconds Flipping", "Brick Again" and the version of "Bad Gut Missed Fist" on their live album MxBx 1998/13,000 Miles At Light Velocity.
Charlie was named after the film of the same name, based on the novel Flowers for Algernon.[2]
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Introduction for Charlie"
3:10
2.
"Circle-Jack (Chase the Magic Words, Lego Lego)"
2:39
3.
"Spathic!!"
2:29
4.
"Tapir's Flown Away"
2:36
5.
"F.D.C. for Short"
1:23
6.
"Taen Taen Taen (?)"
0:44
7.
"Cannot"
2:50
8.
"Area 877 [Phoenix Mix]"
1:41
9.
"Giggle on the Stretcher"
0:49
10.
"Section Eight"
3:49
11.
"Drug Store"
1:56
12.
"Stimulus for Revolting Virus"
2:00
13.
"Excess"
1:42
14.
"Chipped Zoo on the Wall, Wastes in the Sky................"
7:48
There is also an untitled track hidden in the pregap before the first track, which is a cover of the song "Neat Neat Neat" by The Damned. It is 2 minutes and 14 seconds long followed by a minute of silence.
