Moondog
Details
1956 / Release Date
LP / Format
Moondog Records / Label
Exotica, Avant-Folk, Experimental
Field Recordings
, Minimalism
, Nature Recordings
, Third Stream
/ GenreFull Credits
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Critic Reviews
90
All very enigmatic yet attention-holding stuff, ripe for discovery by new generations that will appreciate his defiantly idiosyncratic mix of styles and formats.
9y
80
His self-titled album is the best example of how enjoyable American minimalism could have been and remains the ultimate tribute to the homeless, street musician.
4y
While kind of all over the place and spotty for the LP format, it is a solid window into the creative world of Moondog
-- ONE ALBUM FOR EVERY YEAR -- PART II -- 1956 -- MOONDOG - MOONDOG --
Aphex Twin, but in the 1950s
As I was going through the charts to find an album for 1956 I had plenty of options from various Jazz and vocal Jazz classics to the start of Rock 'n Roll music in Elvis Presley's debut album. However, then I saw something that really peaked my interest. A 1956 album with genre tags such as Avant-Folk, Experimental and Field Recordings was NOT something I would have expected to see. I ... read more
Quite an unusual menagerie of sounds and musical ideas, and while not all of them pan out, there's enough great musical moments that are so ahead of their time it's honestly astonishing. A cool and intriguing experimental album.
Not that bad and has quite some interesting moments, but after Moondog lost that novelty factor with me (because i listened to his 1953 projects before this one) i can't connect with his musical experiments too much.
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Track List
| 1 | Caribea 1:33 | 66 |
| 2 | Lullaby 2:16 | 63 |
| 3 | Tree Trail 2:18 | 70 |
| 4 | Death, When You Come to Me 2:06 | 85 |
| 5 | Big Cat 1:52 | 70 |
| 6 | Frog Bog 2:12 | 78 |
| 7 | To a Sea Horse 1:45 | 70 |
| 8 | Dance Rehearsal 0:54 | 62 |
| 9 | Surf Session 6:58 | 91 |
| 10 | Trees Against the Sky 0:52 | 74 |
| 11 | Tap Dance 1:19 | 71 |
| 12 | Oo Debut 1:10 | 75 |
| 13 | Drum Suite 2:20 | 70 |
| 14 | Street Scene 3:37 | 67 |
Total Length: 31 minutes
