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'''View-Monster''' is [[Lemon Demon]]’s sixth album, released on August 1st, 2008.
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==Description==
View-Monster would be the last major album until 2016's [[Spirit Phone]]. It is unique in the fact that it includes short, even-numbered transition tracks, fully making 32 tracks, the most of any main [[Lemon Demon]] album. It features many of the same extras as [[Dinosaurchestra]] before it, but its [[View-Monster: Commentary|commentary track]] is unfinished, only reaching track 3, [[Amnesia Was Her Name]]. There are HTML files giving more info on some tracks in particular digital releases.
==History==
View-Monster was released in 2008, after the longest break between [[Lemon Demon]] albums thus far. [[Neil]] kept fans satiated during this break period with the release of the [[Deporitaz]] album [[Circa 2000]] in 2007, which kept the streak of [[Neil]] releases occurring once per year. This streak would not be broken until two years later, between [[Almanac 2009]] and [[Live (Only Not)]]. A teaser video for the album was released on [[Neil]]'s YouTube channel before it was released, with snippets of songs like [[The Man in Stripes and Glasses]].


'''View-Monster''' is [[Lemon Demon]]’s sixth album, released on August 1st 2008. It would be the last major album until 2016's [[Spirit Phone]].
Multiple songs from the album were released as singles through various means, many a long time before the album. These tracks include [[The Only House That’s Not on Fire (Yet)]] in November 2006,<ref>citation needed</ref> [[Marketland]] in December 2006,<ref>citation needed</ref> [[Knife Fight]] in February 2007,<ref>https://trapezzoid.livejournal.com/2007/02/27/</ref> and [[Amnesia Was Her Name]] in December 2007.<ref>https://trapezzoid.livejournal.com/2007/12/15/</ref>
 
==Track listing==
==Track listing==
[[File:Viewmonsternjr.jpg|thumb|2020 Needlejuice Records reissue cover]]
===Main Album===
====Side A====
#[[Kaleidoskull]]
#[[Kaleidoskull]]
#[[Untitled (view-monster)|Untitled [view-monster]]]
#[[Untitled (view-monster)|Untitled [view-monster]]]
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#[[Gadzooks]]
#[[Gadzooks]]
#[[Untitled (prelude to a knife fight)|Untitled [prelude to a knife fight]]]
#[[Untitled (prelude to a knife fight)|Untitled [prelude to a knife fight]]]
#[[Knife Fight]]
====Side B====
#<li value="11">[[Knife Fight]]</li>
#[[Untitled (autofocus)|Untitled [autofocus]]]
#[[Untitled (autofocus)|Untitled [autofocus]]]
#[[The Only House That’s Not on Fire (Yet)]]
#[[The Only House That’s Not on Fire (Yet)]]
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#[[Untitled (alternate history)|Untitled [alternate history]]]
#[[Untitled (alternate history)|Untitled [alternate history]]]
#[[Being a Rock Star]]
#[[Being a Rock Star]]
#[[Untitled (like a balloon)|Untitled [like a balloon]]]
====Side C====
#<li value="22">[[Untitled (like a balloon)|Untitled [like a balloon]]]</li>
#[[Ask For Nothing]]
#[[Ask For Nothing]]
#[[Untitled (disconnect)|Untitled [disconnect]]]
#[[Untitled (disconnect)|Untitled [disconnect]]]
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#[[While My Keytar Gently Weeps]]
#[[While My Keytar Gently Weeps]]
#[[Treasure Map]]
#[[Treasure Map]]
#[[Super Hey Ya]]
#[[Super Hey Ya (OutKast Remix)]]


===Hidden track===
===Hidden track===
#[[creepy]]
#[[creepy]]
== Physical Releases ==
<gallery>
File:BetweenTheFramesVinyl.png|The "Between The Frames" picture disc vinyl variant of View-Monster.
File:ViewMonster-WetHair-Vinyl.png|The "Wet Hair" vinyl variant of View-Monster.
File:ViewMonster-XrayGlasses-Vinyl.png|The "X-Ray Glasses" vinyl variant of View-Monster.
File:Disconnect View Monster Vinyl.png|The "Disconnect" vinyl variant of View-Monster.
File:ViewMonster-Autofocus-Vinyl.png|The "Autofocus" vinyl variant of View-Monster.
File:ViewMonsterDoubleCD.png|The Needlejuice View-Monster double CD mockup.
File:ViewMonsterCassetteTape.png|The Needlejuice cassette tape mockup of View-Monster.
File:ViewMonster-MiniDisc-Mockup.png|The Needlejuice View-Monster MiniDisc mockup.
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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*On the Needlejuice Records CD of the album, Super Hey Ya is unlisted and hidden in the pre-gap of disc 2 (meaning to hear it requires rewinding before track 1). Due to size limitations on the disc, the first few seconds of the song are cut off (This is not an issue for any other format). It is also unlisted (along with <i>creepy</i>) on the Needlejuice Bandcamp download.
*On the Needlejuice Records CD of the album, Super Hey Ya is unlisted and hidden in the pre-gap of disc 2 (meaning to hear it requires rewinding before track 1). Due to size limitations on the disc, the first few seconds of the song are cut off (This is not an issue for any other format). It is also unlisted (along with <i>creepy</i>) on the Needlejuice Bandcamp download.
**On the initial CD run of View-Monster done by Needlejuice in 2020, Treasure Map is followed by 30 tracks of silence, each 4 seconds in length, then a single track of the "laugh" from [[Untitled (spooky sounds vol 6)|Untitled [spooky sounds vol 6]]]. The rest of the CD, tracks 49 to 98, consist of <i>creepy</i>, split into 4 second chunks. After negative feedback, <i>creepy</i> was condensed back into a single track on subsequent pressings.
**On the initial CD run of View-Monster done by Needlejuice in 2020, Treasure Map is followed by 30 tracks of silence, each 4 seconds in length, then a single track of the "laugh" from [[Untitled (spooky sounds vol 6)|Untitled [spooky sounds vol 6]]]. The rest of the CD, tracks 49 to 98, consist of <i>creepy</i>, split into 4 second chunks. After negative feedback, <i>creepy</i> was condensed back into a single track on subsequent pressings.
**This would've made this album with the most tracks, at 131, but since creepy was condensed into one track, it makes it have 82 tracks.
*On the 8-track release of the album, Spring Heeled Jack and Untitled [alternate history] were moved to play before The Ocean to fit the 8-track format. However, the label with the tracklist was not adjusted to reflect this.
*A 7" vinyl record was made to contain the song [[Something Glowing]] and 4 other bonus tracks not on Side D of the View-Monster, it was called [[Something Glowing EP]].

Latest revision as of 16:19, 17 April 2026

View-Monster is Lemon Demon’s sixth album, released on August 1st, 2008.

View-Monster
Viewmonster.jpg
Album
Artist: Lemon Demon
Released August 1, 2008
Recorded 2006-2008
Length 1:00:46 (With transitions), 1:44:44 (with bonus tracks and hidden track)
Label Self-released (2008), Needlejuice Records (2020)
Producer Neil Cicierega
Links: Purchase original version digitally
Purchase remastered version digitally and physically (Needlejuice Records Bandcamp)
Purchase remastered version physically (Needlejuice Records website)
Miscellaneous audio files
Bonus content from original CD
Lemon Demon chronology
Dinosaurchestra
(2006)		 View-Monster
(2008)		 Almanac 2009
(2009)

Description

View-Monster would be the last major album until 2016's Spirit Phone. It is unique in the fact that it includes short, even-numbered transition tracks, fully making 32 tracks, the most of any main Lemon Demon album. It features many of the same extras as Dinosaurchestra before it, but its commentary track is unfinished, only reaching track 3, Amnesia Was Her Name. There are HTML files giving more info on some tracks in particular digital releases.

History

View-Monster was released in 2008, after the longest break between Lemon Demon albums thus far. Neil kept fans satiated during this break period with the release of the Deporitaz album Circa 2000 in 2007, which kept the streak of Neil releases occurring once per year. This streak would not be broken until two years later, between Almanac 2009 and Live (Only Not). A teaser video for the album was released on Neil's YouTube channel before it was released, with snippets of songs like The Man in Stripes and Glasses.

Multiple songs from the album were released as singles through various means, many a long time before the album. These tracks include The Only House That’s Not on Fire (Yet) in November 2006,[1] Marketland in December 2006,[2] Knife Fight in February 2007,[3] and Amnesia Was Her Name in December 2007.[4]

Track listing

2020 Needlejuice Records reissue cover

Main Album

Side A

  1. Kaleidoskull
  2. Untitled [view-monster]
  3. Amnesia Was Her Name
  4. Untitled [hippocampus]
  5. The Man in Stripes and Glasses
  6. Untitled [spooky sounds vol 6]
  7. Marketland
  8. Untitled [x-ray glasses]
  9. Gadzooks
  10. Untitled [prelude to a knife fight]

Side B

  2. Knife Fight
  3. Untitled [autofocus]
  4. The Only House That’s Not on Fire (Yet)
  5. Untitled [combs]
  6. The Ocean
  7. Untitled [wet hair]
  8. The Afternoon
  9. Untitled [afterafternoon]
  10. Spring Heeled Jack
  11. Untitled [alternate history]
  12. Being a Rock Star

Side C

  2. Untitled [like a balloon]
  3. Ask For Nothing
  4. Untitled [disconnect]
  5. The Satirist’s Love Song
  6. Untitled [therapy]
  7. The Machine
  8. Untitled [between the frames]
  9. Bill Watterson
  10. Untitled [sleeping]
  11. Something Glowing
  12. Untitled [finale]

Bonus tracks

  1. 320x200
  2. Ben Bernanke
  3. Drinky-Bird
  4. Everyday French
  5. Gadzooks (Original version)
  6. Hip Hop Cherry Pop
  7. Modify
  8. Nightmare Fuel
  9. Strangelet
  10. Sundial
  11. Super Hey Ya (OutKast Remix)
  12. Today’s Secret Word
  13. Treasure Map
  14. The Wiggles Hate Each Other in Real Life
  15. You Got a Toothache

Bonus tracks (Needlejuice Records rerelease)

  1. Sundial
  2. Ben Bernanke
  3. Modify
  4. Nightmare Fuel
  5. Hip Hop Cherry Pop
  6. 123456 Pokemon
  7. Toy Food
  8. The Wiggles Hate Each Other in Real Life
  9. You Got a Toothache
  10. 320x200
  11. Drinky-Bird
  12. Strangelet
  13. Today's Secret Word
  14. Gadzooks (Original)
  15. Everyday French
  16. While My Keytar Gently Weeps
  17. Treasure Map
  18. Super Hey Ya (OutKast Remix)

Hidden track

  1. creepy

Physical Releases

  • The "Between The Frames" picture disc vinyl variant of View-Monster.

  • The "Wet Hair" vinyl variant of View-Monster.

  • The "X-Ray Glasses" vinyl variant of View-Monster.

  • The "Disconnect" vinyl variant of View-Monster.

  • The "Autofocus" vinyl variant of View-Monster.

  • The Needlejuice View-Monster double CD mockup.

  • The Needlejuice cassette tape mockup of View-Monster.

  • The Needlejuice View-Monster MiniDisc mockup.

Trivia

  • A number of Illemonati at one point petitioned the album to be named “Mumbergo”.
  • Much of the information about this album, including its title and track listing, were kept secret until its release. This was likely due to multiple songs on Dinosaurchestra being leaked prior to the album's release.
  • The version of the album on streaming services does not include transition tracks.
  • On the Lemon Demon Bandcamp page, the transition tracks are attached either to the end of the previous tracks, or occasionally the beginning of the following track.
  • On the Needlejuice Records CD of the album, Super Hey Ya is unlisted and hidden in the pre-gap of disc 2 (meaning to hear it requires rewinding before track 1). Due to size limitations on the disc, the first few seconds of the song are cut off (This is not an issue for any other format). It is also unlisted (along with creepy) on the Needlejuice Bandcamp download.
    • On the initial CD run of View-Monster done by Needlejuice in 2020, Treasure Map is followed by 30 tracks of silence, each 4 seconds in length, then a single track of the "laugh" from Untitled [spooky sounds vol 6]. The rest of the CD, tracks 49 to 98, consist of creepy, split into 4 second chunks. After negative feedback, creepy was condensed back into a single track on subsequent pressings.
    • This would've made this album with the most tracks, at 131, but since creepy was condensed into one track, it makes it have 82 tracks.
  • On the 8-track release of the album, Spring Heeled Jack and Untitled [alternate history] were moved to play before The Ocean to fit the 8-track format. However, the label with the tracklist was not adjusted to reflect this.
  • A 7" vinyl record was made to contain the song Something Glowing and 4 other bonus tracks not on Side D of the View-Monster, it was called Something Glowing EP.
  1. ↑ citation needed
  2. ↑ citation needed
  3. ↑ https://trapezzoid.livejournal.com/2007/02/27/
  4. ↑ https://trapezzoid.livejournal.com/2007/12/15/
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