I Am the Fun Blame Monster!

I Am the Fun Blame Monster! is the debut album of the band Menomena. It was self-released on May 20, 2003 and made available exclusively through online retailer CD Baby. The CD was re-released by FILMguerrero in 2004, and then again by Barsuk/FILMguerrero in 2007. A white vinyl LP was released by FILMguerrero in 2005 that featured an origami design by band member Brent Knopf and hand screen printing/assembly by band member Danny Seim. The original run was limited to 500 copies, which sold out. FILMguerrero re-released the LP in 2007 on 180 gram vinyl, but without the intricate packaging. The title is an anagram for "The First Menomena Album."

I Am the Fun Blame Monster!
Studio album by
Menomena
ReleasedMay 20, 2003 (Self release) & October 23, 2003 (Through FILMguerrero)
Recorded2003 Hot Water Bottle in Cornelius, Oregon
Genre
Length44:26
Label
ProducerMenomena
Menomena chronology
I Am the Fun Blame Monster!
(2003)		 Under an Hour
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Pitchfork8.7/10[3]
Stylus MagazineB+[2]
Tiny Mix Tapes5/5[1]

On May 24, 2011, the album was reissued as a double album alongside a bonus DVD. The bonus material features 9 bonus tracks and rare footage of the band's appearances on Portland cable public-access television program The Sista Social Show, a live performance at Portland's Meow-Meow and music videos for the album tracks "Trigga Hiccups" and "Cough Coughing".[6]

Track listing
  1. "Cough Coughing" – 3:20
  2. "The Late Great Libido" – 4:59
  3. "E. Is Stable" – 5:17
  4. "Twenty Cell Revolt" – 4:05
  5. "Strongest Man in the World" – 5:35
  6. "Oahu" – 5:18
  7. "Trigga Hiccups" – 4:02
  8. "Rose" – 2:58
  9. "The Monkey's Back" – 8:52

Deluxe Reissue Track listing
  1. "Shirt"
  2. "Crunka"
  3. "Let's All Unite!"
  4. "The Ladder"
  5. "Sepia"
  6. "Nebali"
  7. "Divad"
  8. "Tung Track"
  9. "Posh Isolation"

References
  1. "Menomena – I Am the Fun Blame Monster". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  2. Estefan, Kareem (November 25, 2003). "Menomena – I Am the Fun Blame Monster – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on September 16, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  3. Tangari, Joe (October 21, 2003). "Menomena: I Am the Fun Blame Monster". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  4. "Reviews for I Am The Fun Blame Monster by Menomena". Metacritic. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  5. Ruhlmann, William. "I Am the Fun Blame Monster! – Menomena". AllMusic. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  6. Barsuk Records: I Am the Fun Blame Monster! (Deluxe Reissue)



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