Tales of Instant Knowledge and Sure Death

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Tales of Instant Knowledge and Sure Death is the 1990 debut album by the avant-garde rock band Idiot Flesh.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Something"	Nils Frykdahl	6:33
2.	"Thinking of a Number Above 17"	Gene Jun	2:56
3.	"Meditation"	Jun	6:45
4.	"Artstroking"	Dan Rathbun	4:36
5.	"The Tale"	Daniel Roth	4:32
6.	"Housewife"	Frykdahl, Jun	7:54
7.	"Heavy Metal Beer"	Frykdahl, Jun	5:52
8.	"Cosmic Interlude"		0:43
9.	"Get Floor!"	Frykdahl	4:50
10.	"The Widening Gyre"	Roth	5:43

Personnel

Line-up

• Gene Jun – guitar, vocals
• Nils Frykdahl – flute, vocals, guitar, saxophone, percussion
• Dan Rathbun – bass, engineer, vocals, cello
• Chuck Squier – drums, cover art
• Daniel Roth – piano, saxophone, drums, metal percussion

Guest musicians

• Danny Tunick – chimes, glockenspiel
• William Winant – glockenspiel, marimba
• Peter Josheff – clarinet

Credits

• Mark Stichman – production, engineer
• Rance Mannion – engineer
• Per Frykdahl – cover art