Album of the Year
Patton: "It just turned out to be that way that the new
material is more melodic, slower and more atmospheric. The music
is kinda sad and I tried to have the mood in the lyrics as well".
01. Collision
(Hudson, Patton)
Rodka: Mike Patton, Mike Bordin and Trey Spruance went through a car
accident in Bearsville during the recording of the album King For
A Day. Patton was driving and after the accident never drove again.
I believe this song is about this car accident.
Patton: "Well, we saw God. We had a really bad car accident.
We had to look at lot of things in the face... it was nice."
02. Stripsearch
(Hudson, Patton, Bordin, Gould)
Billy: "The kernel of that song came from John Hudson, our
guitar player on the last album. Writing wise, we just weren't
speaking the same language as Dean, the guitarist we were touring
with... I had known John for years, and he said he could provide
what we were looking for... so he produced this midi file of an
idea he'd had and it was pretty good. We changed it just a little
bit but it was his song.
"The most amazing thing was he wrote a song which worked with us
and we didn't have to teach him to do it! Musically, we connected.
I think he was the first guitar player we had where that happened."
03. Last Cup of Sorrow
(Patton, Gould)
Billy: "This came from me a little bit... I would say it's
a little more dub like, the bass line was very dub-ish. I think I
heard something like this - just a very heavy, slow song, probably
like a cross between some old dub records and something like
Basement Five and a band like Chrome. They were an old San Francisco
band, kind of like punk that was very heavy metal, but dark and
foreboding... very cinematic. It's depressing, but beautiful at
the same time.
"As an album, it was our death record and it was something to feel,
something we were going through. The words are from Patton, but I
think we were all on the same page with this one."
04. Naked in Front of the Computer
(Patton)
Patton: "It's about my frustrations while surfin the
internet. I won't tell you more. I think that too many people
think too much about my lyrics. I am more a person who works with
the sound of a word than with its meaning. Often I just choose
the words because of the rhythm not because of the meaning."
05. Helpless
(Patton, Bordin, Gould)
[make your comment on this song]
06. Mouth to Mouth
(Hudson, Patton, Bordin, Gould)
[make your comment on this song]
07. Ashes to Ashes
(Hudson, Patton, Bordin, Gould, Bottum)
[make your comment on this song]
08. She Loves Me Not
(Patton, Bordin, Gould)
She Loves Me Not was referred to as "Michael Jack Song" during the
recording process of the album.
09. Got That Feeling
(Patton)
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10. Paths of Glory
(Hudson, Patton, Bordin, Gould, Bottum)
"Paths Of Glory" is an old Stanley Kubrick movie.
11. Home Sick Home
(Patton)
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12. Pristina
(Patton, Gould)
Pristina is the capital of Kosovo.