Released 1997 Artist Poisoned Electrick Head Label Normal | Recorded 1996 Release date 1997 | |
Producer Poisoned Electrick Head, Christophe Bride The Hanged Man
(1997) Where the Power Is
(2011) Genres Psychedelic rock, Indie rock, New wave, Post-punk, Space rock Similar The Big Eye Am, Are You Ra ?, Sweet Spot | ||
The Hanged Man is the fourth album by the English psychedelic rock band Poisoned Electrick Head, and their last prior to an eight-year hiatus.
Contents
Personnel
The band's second singer Katmandu (Andy Ford) left the band during the recording of the album, resulting in a more dominant role for the remaining singer Emerald Greenshade (Peter Atherton). Other members of the band also contributed more prominent vocals than they had in the past. Shortly prior to the album's release, the band jettisoned both their elaborate stage costumes and their previous stage names.
This was also the last album to feature bass player Paul Bunyan and keyboard player Brian Carney, both of whom were to leave the band over the next two years.
Style
In contrast to its song-based predecessor, The Hanged Man is split approximately half-and-half between full songs and short instrumentals (some of which feature minimal vocal input). The latter are predominantly synthesizer/sampler-based and explore a variety of directions including ambient trance, thrash metal, techno and world music.
Track listing
(All songs by Poisoned Electrick Head)
- Way
- Can You See What I See
- The Machine Doesn't Work
- Single Room
- I Drink Therefore I Am
- Time
- These Are Not Dreams
- Collecting Bones
- I Need Some Advice
- Animal Machine
- Through the Mill
- Tied Up in Nots
- Calm Insipience
- Hanging By a Thread
- Barefoot in Ecuador
Songs
1Four Walls and No Back DoorLouis Tillett5:59
2Ocean BoundLouis Tillett4:00
3Through the DreamLouis Tillett4:12