The Country of Blinds is a studio album by American experimental rock and jazz band Skeleton Crew, recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg, Switzerland, December 1985 and January 1986. It was their second and final album and was released in 1986.
Skeleton Crew had become the trio of Fred Frith, Tom Cora and Zeena Parkins when this album was made. The music here is richer, more rhythmic and fuller-sounding and the songs more developed than on their first album; this ultimately led to the band's break-up. Frith explained that "we actually started to sound like a normal rock and roll band so it seemed kind of pointless to go on at that point."[2]
In 1990 RecRec Music re-issued The Country of Blinds together with Skeleton Crew's previous album Learn to Talk on a single compilation CD, Learn to Talk / Country of Blinds, omitting "Money Crack" from The Country of Blinds, and "Los Colitos" and "Life At The Top" from Learn to Talk.
In 2005 Fred Records re-issued Learn to Talk / Country of Blinds on a double compilation CD, omitting only "Money Crack" from The Country of Blinds, and adding ten extra tracks.
Referencesedit
^Mills, Ted. "The Country of Blinds". AllMusic. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
^Wolff, Sander R. "Defining The Edge: The Musical World Of Fred Frith". The Long Beach Union Newspaper. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
January 01, 1970
country, blinds, wells, short, story, country, blind, christopher, brookmyre, novel, country, blind, michael, flynn, novel, michael, flynn, studio, album, american, experimental, rock, jazz, band, skeleton, crew, recorded, sunrise, studio, kirchberg, switzerla. For the H G Wells short story see The Country of the Blind For the Christopher Brookmyre novel see Country of the Blind For the Michael Flynn novel see Michael F Flynn The Country of Blinds is a studio album by American experimental rock and jazz band Skeleton Crew recorded at Sunrise Studio Kirchberg Switzerland December 1985 and January 1986 It was their second and final album and was released in 1986 The Country of BlindsStudio album by Skeleton CrewReleased1986 1986 RecordedDecember 1985 to January 1986StudioKirchberg SwitzerlandGenreAvant rock experimentalLength39 25LabelRift US ProducerTim HodgkinsonSkeleton Crew chronologyLearn to Talk 1984 The Country of Blinds 1986 Learn to Talk Country of Blinds 1990 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Skeleton Crew had become the trio of Fred Frith Tom Cora and Zeena Parkins when this album was made The music here is richer more rhythmic and fuller sounding and the songs more developed than on their first album this ultimately led to the band s break up Frith explained that we actually started to sound like a normal rock and roll band so it seemed kind of pointless to go on at that point 2 Contents 1 Track listing 1 1 Track notes 2 Personnel 2 1 Sound and art work 3 CD reissues 4 ReferencesTrack listing editSide ANo TitleWriter s Length1 The Country of Blinds Skeleton Crew Cora4 102 Money Crack Skeleton Crew0 583 The Border Skeleton Crew Anne Hemenway3 284 The Hand that Bites Skeleton Crew Frith5 325 Dead Sheep Skeleton Crew Cora Frith3 226 Bingo Skeleton Crew Frith3 34 Side BNo TitleWriter s Length7 Man or Monkey Skeleton Crew Cutler2 378 Foot in Hole Skeleton Crew3 089 Hot Field Skeleton Crew2 3610 The Birds of Japan Skeleton Crew Frith4 0011 You May Find a Bed Skeleton Crew Frith Sharp6 10 Track notes edit Money Crack Hot Field and the last section of You May Find a Bed were recorded live in Reykjavik Iceland November 4 1985 Personnel editTom Cora cello bass accordion drums contraptions singing Fred Frith guitar 6 string bass violin home mades drums singing Zeena Parkins organ electric harp accordion drums singing Sound and art work edit Tim Hodgkinson engineer producer Katrina Brandli assistant engineer Fred Frith cover art workCD reissues editIn 1990 RecRec Music re issued The Country of Blinds together with Skeleton Crew s previous album Learn to Talk on a single compilation CD Learn to Talk Country of Blinds omitting Money Crack from The Country of Blinds and Los Colitos and Life At The Top from Learn to Talk In 2005 Fred Records re issued Learn to Talk Country of Blinds on a double compilation CD omitting only Money Crack from The Country of Blinds and adding ten extra tracks References edit Mills Ted The Country of Blinds AllMusic Retrieved June 22 2011 Wolff Sander R Defining The Edge The Musical World Of Fred Frith The Long Beach Union Newspaper Retrieved June 22 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Country of Blinds amp oldid 1154938996, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
