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Released
  
28 November 1970

Language
  
English

Release date
  
28 November 1970

Producers
  
Ron Geesin, Roger Waters

Length
  
41:28

Artists
  
Roger Waters, Ron Geesin

Movie
  
The Body

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Recorded
  
January–March, August–September 1970

Label
  
Harvest (UK) Import Records (USA) Restless Retro (1990 CD reissue)

Music from The Body (1970)
  
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984)

Genres
  
Experimental music, Psychedelic folk, Biomusic

Similar
  
Roger Waters albums, Psychedelic folk albums, Other albums

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Music from The Body is the soundtrack album to Roy Battersby's 1970 documentary film The Body, about human biology, narrated by Vanessa Redgrave and Frank Finlay.

Contents

History

The music was composed in collaboration between Pink Floyd member Roger Waters and Ron Geesin, and employs biomusic, including sounds made by the human body (slaps, breathing, laughing, whispering, flatulence, etc.), in addition to more traditional guitar, piano and stringed instruments. The date of this album places it between Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother, which both also featuring Geesin as a collaborator. The album's final track, "Give Birth to a Smile", features all four members of Pink Floyd, plus Geesin on piano, although David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright are uncredited.

The child heard on opening track is Ron's son Joe Geesin.

The LP features a different track listing to the original film soundtrack, and a 3 sided acetate does exist of the full version. The cover of the album features a Transparent Anatomical Manikin (TAM).

Waters would not release another solo album until 1984's The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking.

Track listing

All songs written by Ron Geesin, except where noted:

Side One

  1. "Our Song" (Geesin/Waters) – 1:24
  2. "Sea Shell and Stone" (Waters) – 2:17
  3. "Red Stuff Writhe" – 1:11
  4. "A Gentle Breeze Blew Through Life" – 1:19
  5. "Lick Your Partners" – 0:35
  6. "Bridge Passage for Three Plastic Teeth" – 0:35
  7. "Chain of Life" (Waters) – 3:59
  8. "The Womb Bit" (Geesin/Waters) – 2:06
  9. "Embryo Thought" – 0:39
  10. "March Past of the Embryos" – 1:08
  11. "More Than Seven Dwarfs in Penis-Land" – 2:03
  12. "Dance of the Red Corpuscles" – 2:04

Side Two

  1. "Body Transport" (Geesin/Waters) – 3:16
  2. "Hand Dance — Full Evening Dress" – 1:01
  3. "Breathe" (Waters) – 2:53
  4. "Old Folks Ascension" – 3:47
  5. "Bed-Time-Dream-Clime" – 2:02
  6. "Piddle in Perspex" – 0:57
  7. "Embryonic Womb-Walk" – 1:14
  8. "Mrs. Throat Goes Walking" – 2:05
  9. "Sea Shell and Soft Stone" (Geesin/Waters) – 2:05
  10. "Give Birth to a Smile" (Waters) – 2:49

Personnel

  • Roger Waters: bass guitar, vocals, guitar, vocalizations
  • Ron Geesin: guitar, cello, Hammond organ, harmonium, piano, banjo, mandolin, vocalizations
  • David Gilmour: electric guitar (on "Give Birth to a Smile")
  • Nick Mason: drums (on "Give Birth to a Smile")
  • Richard Wright: Hammond organ (on "Give Birth to a Smile")

    • Songs

    1Our Song1:28
    2Sea Shell and Stone2:15
    3Red Stuff Writhe1:15

    References

    Music from The Body Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA