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Are You Shpongled

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Released
  
25 January 1998

Artist
  
Shpongle

Producer
  
Shpongle

Genres
  
Psybient, World music

Length
  
77:58

Release date
  
25 January 1998

Label
  
Twisted Records

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Are You Shpongled? (1998)
  
Tales of the Inexpressible (2001)

Similar
  
Shpongle albums, Psybient albums, Other albums

Shpongle are you shpongled full album


Are You Shpongled? is the first of five albums released by Shpongle. This album set the standard for psychedelic downtempo music worldwide, and created a revolution between psychedelic trance and ambient soundscapes.

Contents

Shpongle are you shpongled full album


Track listing

  1. "Shpongle Falls" – 8:33
  2. "Monster Hit" – 8:57
  3. "Vapour Rumours" – 10:26
  4. "Shpongle Spores" – 7:16
  5. "Behind Closed Eyelids" – 12:29
  6. "Divine Moments of Truth" – 10:20
  7. "... And the Day Turned to Night" – 19:57

Allusions

  • The song "Divine Moments of Truth" is a tribute to the psychoactive drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT).
  • "Monster Hit" contains a female vocal sample from sample CD "Deepest India" by Zero-G.
  • The throat singing in the beginning of "Divine Moments of Truth" is taken from a sample CD called Vocal Planet by Spectrasonics.
  • The track "Vapour Rumours" contains a sample from the 1990s The Outer Limits series' Second Soul episode.
  • "Behind Closed Eyelids" features a section of speech from an interview with Aldous Huxley from which the title is derived.
  • "Divine Moments of Truth" is also popular for being used in the widespread flash animation "Flashback".
  • "...And the Day Turned to Night" would later be remixed by Eat Static on the remix album. It is listed as "...And the Day Turned To Fright"

    • Songs

    1Shpongle Falls8:34
    2Monster Hit8:57
    3Vapour Rumours10:26

    References

    Are You Shpongled? Wikipedia
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