title: Things That Play Themselves
text: # Things That Play Themselves
  
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  Things That Play Themselves is the second studio album by noise rock band King Snake Roost, released in 1989 by Aberrant Records.
  
  ## Release and reception
  
  Critic David Sprague of the Trouser Press called the record a "feverish disc" that warrants comparison to early Pere Ubu.
  
  In 1989, the album was adopted by Amphetamine Reptile Records and re-issued on vinyl.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All music is composed by King Snake Roost, except "Talking Turkey" by Sharron Weatherill.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Adapted from the Things That Play Themselves liner notes.
  
  ## Release history
  
  | Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Australia | 1989 | Aberrant | LP | 1THING |
  | Netherlands | 1989 | Megadisc | LP | MD 7906 |
  | United States | 1989 | Amphetamine Reptile | CS, LP | ARR 89168 |
  