Masters of Reality (album)

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Masters of Reality is the debut album by the band of the same name, Masters of Reality, originally released in January 1989 on Def American. Due to the artwork on the cover, the original release is sometimes referred to as 'The Blue Garden'.

A reissue was released in 1990 on the Delicious Vinyl label. The reissue saw a new cover, a change in song sequence and the addition of "Doraldina's Prophecies". Delicious Vinyl would reissue the album again in 2012 on deluxe compact disc and vinyl, bundled with the live album How High the Moon: Live at the Viper Room.

The track "The Blue Garden" is sampled on Lemon Jelly's track "'88 aka Come Down on Me" on their 2005 album '64 - '95.

Track listing

• All songs by Chris Goss and Tim Harrington.

1. "Theme for the Scientist of the Invisible" - 1:30
2. "Domino" - 3:46
3. "The Blue Garden" - 4:22
4. "Gettin' High" - 3:09
5. "The Candy Song" - 3:21
6. "Magical Spell" - 5:03 (full-length)
7. "The Eyes of Texas" - 3:20
8. "Sleep Walkin'" - 3:33
9. "Lookin' to Get Rite" - 3:06
10. "John Brown" - 3:37
11. "Kill the King" - 7:34

1990 re-release

1. "Candy Song"
2. "Doraldina's Prophecies"
3. "John Brown"
4. "Gettin' High"
5. "Magical Spell"
6. "Theme for the Scientist of the Invisible"
7. "Domino"
8. "The Blue Garden"
9. "The Eyes of Texas"
10. "Lookin' to Get Rite"
11. "Kill the King"
12. "Sleep Walkin'"

Personnel

Band members

• Chris Goss - vocals, guitar
• Tim Harrington - lead guitar
• Googe - bass
• Vinnie Ludovico - drums

Additional musicians

• Mr. Owl - additional keyboards

Production

• Rick Rubin - producer
• Matt Dike, Michael Ross, Chris Goss - additional production on 1990 edition
• David Bianco - engineer, mix engineer
• Steve Ett - engineer
• Brian Jenkins - assistant engineer
• John Leamy - cover painting