Released 1981 Artist Penguin Cafe Orchestra Producer Simon Jeffes | Length 48:15 Release date 1981 Label Editions EG | |
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Genres Ambient music, Chamber jazz Similar Music from the Penguin, When in Rome, Broadcasting from Home, Preludes Airs and Yodels: A, The Red Book | ||
Penguin cafe orchestra penguin cafe orchestra full album 1981
Penguin Cafe Orchestra was the second album by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, and was recorded at the Penguin Cafe between 1977 and 1980. By this time the line-up for the band had expanded greatly, with contribution including Simon Jeffes, Helen Leibmann, Steve Nye, Gavyn Wright of the original quartet, as well as Geoff Richardson, Peter Veitch, Braco, Giles Leamna, Julio Segovia and Neil Rennie. All pieces were composed by Simon Jeffes except for "Paul's Dance" (Jeffes and Nye), "Cutting Branches" (traditional), and "Walk Don't Run" (by Johnny Smith).
Contents
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- Track listing
- Songs
- References
"Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter" is based on the traditional Zimbabwean song "Nhemamusasa", a field recording of which can be heard played on mbira on the Nonesuch Records album The Soul of the Mbira.
The cover painting is by Emily Young.
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Track listing
- "Air à Danser" - 4:30
- "Yodel 1" - 4:07
- "Telephone and Rubber Band" - 2:28
- "Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter" - 3:09
- "Pythagoras's Trousers" - 3:18
- "Numbers 1-4" - 6:57
- "Yodel 2" - 4:34
- "Salty Bean Fumble" - 2:11
- "Paul's Dance" - 1:45
- "The Ecstasy of Dancing Fleas" - 4:01
- "Walk Don't Run" - 3:01
- "Flux" - 1:48
- "Simon's Dream" - 1:48
- "Harmonic Necklace" - 1:12
- "Steady State" - 3:36
Songs
1Air à Danser4:32
2Yodel 14:10
3Telephone & Rubber Band2:30