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Talk about being ahead of time!
This is the self-titled debut album from American band Silver Apples, released in June 1968 on Kapp. It peaked at #193 on the US Billboard 200, making it the band's most successful album during their career.
Their music has also been influential to several artists like Portishead, Stereolab, Beck, Spritualized, Moby & Beastie Boys.
This is one of those albums whose name along with its artwork has been something I'd seen when browsing through RYM a long ... read more
The History of The Albums – n°388
Overall, the first phenomenon of popularity of Electronic music (as a whole) can be traced back to the early 1970s. For a long time, Electronic music and the Avant-Garde were one and the same. It was reserved for a niche audience, and composed by pioneers as convoluted as they were brilliant. Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Iannis Xenakis, Pierre Henry, Raymond Scott or Morton Subotnick are among the most famous. Sorry for ... read more
[Resenha Coloquial]
O álbum auto-entitulado da banda Silver Apples me decepcionou um pouco. Claro, não é ruim. Silver Apples, num geral, é uma esforço muito significativo da banda de desviar seu curso do da maioria dos grupos musicais de sua época. De certa maneira, é um álbum até que revolucionário, eu diria, com as suas misturas de eletrônico com rock experimental, porém, se por acaso tudo se tratasse de um ... read more
I'm just like fucking autistic because holy shit this is the music I love so much - I heard a song on their second record which was batshit insane, I couldn't believe it came out in 1969 - and everything on this debut lives up to the hype. I really love this early experimentation in electronic music so much more than current electronic music. The most obvious comparison is probably Suicide? But this definitely clears Suicide. This would be amazing if it came out today. It's just in a different ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Oscillations 2:47 | 78 |
| 2 | Seagreen Serenades 2:53 | 77 |
| 3 | Lovefingers 4:10 | 78 |
| 4 | Program 4:05 | 89 |
| 5 | Velvet Cave 3:28 | 80 |
| 6 | Whirly-Bird 2:39 | 71 |
| 7 | Dust 3:42 | 67 |
| 8 | Dancing Gods 5:55 | 79 |
| 9 | Misty Mountain 2:38 | 78 |
Total Length: 32 minutes
Added on: May 26, 2015