My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than Yours

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My Pain and Sadness is More Sad and Painful Than Yours is the first album by Welsh rock band mclusky. It was initially released on Fuzzbox in 2000 and re-released by Too Pure in 2003. Andy Falkous is recorded as saying that the album started out as a collection of demos, which were later turned into album form.^[3] The album was predated by two singles, "Joy" and "Rice is Nice".

Track listing

1. "Joy" – 1:11
2. "Friends Stoning Friends" – 4:21
3. "Whiteliberalonwhiteliberalaction" – 2:58
4. "Rice is Nice" – 1:06
5. "Flysmoke" – 3:36
6. "Rock vs. Single Parents" – 3:07
7. "She Come in Pieces" – 1:52
8. "(Sometimes) I Have to Concentrate" – 2:56
9. "When They Come Tell Them No" – 1:16
10. "You Are My Sun" – 2:59
11. "Rods on Crutches" – 2:31
12. "Problems Posing as Solutions" – 3:49
13. "mi-o-mai" – 0:58
14. "Medium is the Message" – 2:51
15. "World Cup Drumming" – 3:13
    • "Evil Frankie" (hidden track) – 2:35

Personnel

• Mat Harding - drums
• Andrew Falkous - guitar, vocals
• Jon Chapple - bass, vocals

All songs written by Falkous/Chapple/Harding.

• John and Ian - recording
• James Bernard - mastering
• Sleeve layout - Absolute Design
• Zincsplash - management

Production credits are oddly absent in the liner notes of the album.

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