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Miranda July's The Binet-Simon Test is one of the most bizarrely fascinating releases Kill Rock Stars has ever put out. It's not really music in a conventional sense as much as it's a post-riot grrrl indie-punk take on Laurie Anderson's early multimedia work: the minimalist music is there primarily to underpin July's surreal dialogues. In keeping with the album's title, each of the five lengthy pieces (three hover around the ten-minute mark) features a type of interview or interrogation, with July playing all the vocal roles. A sense of increasing paranoia pervades the album, climaxing in the hectoring "WSNO," a sort of sardonic morality play set in the ugly confines of a sensationalistic talk show "hosted" by July in a chillingly smarmy Dr. Laura-type voice. The Binet-Simon Test is unsettling, sometimes unpleasant listening, but it works more often than not, and a dry-as-dust sense of humor does offset some of the bleaker passages. ~ Stewart Mason Binet-Simon Test Music | List Price | $14.97 (You save $2.08) | | Category | Rock Albums, Spoken CDs, Rock/Pop, Alternative | | Label | Kill Rock Stars | | Orig Year | 1998 | | All Time Sales Rank |  255576  | | CD Universe Part number | 1122643 | | Catalog number | 296 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 12, 1998 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Miranda July | | Engineer | Matthew Steinke; Larry Crane | | Recording Time | 38 minutes | | Additional Info | Reissue |
Miranda July Binet-Simon Test Songs | 1. | Medical Wonder |
| 2. | Lena Beamish |
| 3. | I Can-Japan |
| 4. | Wsno |
| 5. | Co-Star, The |
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