''The Future Is Worse Than The Past'' is a
compilation album by DIY home recording pioneer
R. Stevie Moore. It was released on July 4, 1999. It was the first of four R. Stevie Moore albums released by the German record label
Pink Lemon.
[Album review: ''The Future Is Worse Than the Past'']
'' Billboard'', August 28, 1999, p. 26. Retrieved April 2, 2016.''The Future Is Worse Than the Past''
at Discogs
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. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
Critical reception
When the album was released, ''
Billboard'' wrote, "... Moore steps into the fore with yet another collection of lo-fi symphonies... Unsung by all save a small cult, Moore deserves a wider audience. Perhaps this fine release will help him find it."
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Track listing
All the songs were written by R. Stevie Moore, except where noted.
#"Found a Job" ( David Byrne) – 4:47
#"Misplacement" – 3:27
#"Everyone, But Everyone" – 6:59
#"Where We Are Right Now" – 3:13
#"Academy Fight Song" (Clint Conley
Clinton J. Conley is an American post-punk musician and journalist from Boston, Massachusetts, best known as a co-founder, bassist, and vocalist of Mission of Burma.
Early life and education
Conley was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduate ...
) – 3:08
#"Oh Baby Baby Baby" – 2:56
# "Rose Garden" (Joe South
Joe South (born Joseph Alfred Souter; February 28, 1940 – September 5, 2012) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Best known for his songwriting, South won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1970 for " Ga ...
) – 2:56
#"Bladder" – 7:03
#"Play Myself Some Music" – 3:43
#"Idiot Opium" – 5:50
#"Column 88" – 3:35
#"Fletcher Honorama" (Ron Mael
Ronald David Mael (born August 12, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is the keyboard player and principal songwriter in the band Sparks which he founded with vocalist, occasional songwriter and younger ...
) – 3:00
#"Once and For All" – 3:05
#"Backbone Break" – 0:50
#"Baby Scratch My Back
"Baby Scratch My Back" is a 1965 rhythm and blues song by blues singer Slim Harpo. It is mostly an instrumental piece with occasional monologue and harmonica fills by Harpo.
Although it had some success with rock audiences (reaching number 16 ...
" (Slim Harpo
Slim Harpo (born James Isaac Moore; January 11, 1924 – January 31, 1970) was an American blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spiri ...
) – 3:04
#"For Vini" – 3:14
#"Disaster in the USA" – 2:14
References
External links
Partial discography and interview
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R. Stevie Moore albums
1999 albums