General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners

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General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners

Studio album by Mike Patton & The X-Ecutioners
Released	February 5, 2005
Genre	Experimental rock Hip-hop Turntablism
Length	46:41
Label	Ipecac Recordings
Producer(s)	Mike Patton
All Music Guide [1] Stylus Magazine [2]

General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners is the collaboration album released by experimental rock artist Mike Patton and New York City hip-hop trio The X-Ecutioners. The album is themed around a war between the two vastly different musical styles. The album contains various samples from films (all samples are uncredited though).

[edit] Track listing

"X-Men Doctrine and Declaration: Target=40:40:11N 73:56:38W" – 1:30
"General P. Counterintelligence: Target=37:47:36N 122:33:17W" – 0:40
"¡Get Up, Punk! 0200 Hrs. (Joint Special Operations Task Force)" – 3:38
"Roc Raida: Riot Control Agent/Combat Stress Control" – 2:05
"Improvised Explosive Device 0300 Hrs." – 0:36
"¡Vaqueros Y Indios! (Joint Special Operations Task Force)" – 1:52
"Precision Guided Needle-Dropping and Larynx Mutilations (PGNDLM)" – 1:55
"Duelling Banjo Marching Drill" – 1:54
"Battle Hymn of the Technics Republic" – 1:11
"¡Fire in the Hole! 0400 Hrs. (Joint Special Operations Task Force)" – 2:14
"Convulsive Antidote for Nerve Agent Autoinjector (CANAA)" – 0:43
"Modified Combined Obstacle Overlay (MCOO) ...or... "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Turntables"" – 2:41
"Suprise Swing Insurgency/Tabla and Tongue Twist Counterattack/"Dragon Seeks Path"" – 3:41
"¡Kamikaze! 0500 Hrs. ("Take a Piece of Me") – 2:16
""We'll Paint This Town"—Throat and Phonograph Fire Support Coordination Measures (TPFSCM)" – 1:40
"Imitative Electronic Deception (IED)/Digital Nonsecure Voice Terminal (DNVT)" – 0:21
"A.W.O.L. Block Party Brawl 0600 Hrs." – 1:50
"Eastside Multichannel Tactical Scratch Communications (EMTSC)" – 1:41
"¡Pimps Up, Aces High! 0700 Hrs. (Westside Swashbuckling Parade)" – 1:28
"Warcry/Infared R'n'B Hallucination/Jungle Operations Exfiltration System" – 3:02
"L.O.L.—¡Loser On–Line! (Hate the Player, Hate the Game)" – 3:34
"Low Altitude Vocal Parachute Extraction System (LAVPES)" – 1:04
"Battle Damage Assessment and Repair/White Flag Surrender/"Wake Me Up in Heaven" – 4:52

All lyrics by Mike Patton, published by Mal di Golda (ASCAP). Produced, arranged and mixed at Vulcan Studios, San Francisco. Mastered at Oasis Mastering, Los Angeles.

[edit] Personnel

Mike Patton - Vocal General, Keyboard, Guitar, Bass and Percussion Strategies, Waveform Editing and Programming, Production, Arrangement, Mixing, Artwork
Rob Swift - Tactical Turntable Offensive
Roc Raida - Phonograph Exploitation Brigade
Total Eclipse - Scratch Artillery Operations
Gene Grimaldi - Mastering
Martin Kvamme - Artwork