KING MISSILE really topped themselves with HAPPY HOUR, which is also one of my favorite albums of the 90's! JOHN S. HALL was always a brilliant lyricist, or poet and he came up with some of his best lyrics for this, and some of his funniest, especially on I'M SORRY and DETACHABLE PE..... What also makes this album a masterpiece is the music itself, which, for KING MISSILE, had never been so strong. Musically, they combine 90s grunge rock with 70's prog rock and hard rock. The musical star of this al- bum is ROGER MURDOCK, whose adventurous and heavy jazz rock drumming is all over this album. On IT'S SATURDAY, MURDOCK improvises a wild and crazy drum solo, over which JOHN S HALL recites some a very funny poem. There is such a variety in the songs, from the very heavy AND, which has some pretty disgusting sound effects, to the very laid back HEAVEN to the dirge-like, almost church hymn like HAPPY HOUR, which is the most serious song HALL and company have ever written and is also my favorite KING MISSILE song of all time. I can't understand HALL'S lyrics, but for some reason, they strike a minor chord in me and his singing for this song is his most emotional ever. WHAT A SONG!! I can't recommend thsi album enough, really!