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Mouth Breather

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"Mouth Breather"
Single by The Jesus Lizard
from the album Goat
B-side"Sunday You Need Love"
ReleasedDecember 15, 1990 (1990-12-15)
RecordedSeptember 1990 (1990-09)
Genre
Length2:15
LabelTouch and Go
Songwriter(s)Duane Denison, Mac McNeilly, David Wm. Sims, David Yow
The Jesus Lizard singles chronology
"Mouth Breather"
(1990)
"Puss"
(1993)

"Mouth Breather" is a 1990 song by American rock band The Jesus Lizard from the album Goat. It was revealed in the documentary Breadcrumb Trail that the song was based on Steve Albini's opinion of Slint drummer Britt Walford, after Walford had house sat for him.

Track listing

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  1. "Mouth Breather" (Denison, McNeilly, Sims, Yow)
  2. "Sunday You Need Love" (Krawinkel, Remmler)

Accolades

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Year Publication Country Article Rank
2004 Kerrang! United Kingdom 666 Songs You Must Own: The Ultimate Playlist[2] 18
2008 Pitchfork United States The Pitchfork 500[3] *
2010 Pitchfork United States Top 200 (+ 400 "See Also") Tracks of the 1990s[4] 123

(*) designates unordered lists.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Goat - The Jesus Lizard Album". Music.dejkam.com. January 30, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "666 Songs You Must Own: The Ultimate Playlist". Kerrang!. November 2004. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Guide to the Greatest Songs From Punk to the Present". Pitchfork. 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s: 200-151". Pitchfork. August 30, 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
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