Tales of Instant Knowledge and Sure Death

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

Tales of Instant Knowledge and Sure Death
Studio album by Idiot Flesh
Released	January 1, 1990
Genre	Progressive rock, avant-garde rock, theatre, experimental music
Length	50:24
Label	Rock Against Rock Records
Producer	Idiot Flesh Mark Stichman
Idiot Flesh chronology
Tales of Instant Knowledge and Sure Death (1990) The Nothing Show (1993)

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

• E. Horace (Gene) Jun – guitar, vocals
• Nils James Larson Frykdahl – flute, vocals, guitar, saxophone, percussion
• Daniel Wilkins Rathbun – bass, engineer, vocals, cello
• Daniel Aaron Roth – drums, metal percussion, saxophone, piano
• Charles "Chuck" LaBarge Stevenson Squier – drums, cover art

Guest musicians

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

Production

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