Released March 1982 | Length 39:50 Release date March 1982 Label Torso | |
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Recorded October 1980-January 1982 The Tunes of Two Cities(1982) Intermission Extraneous Music from the Residents' Mole Show(1983) Genres Rock music, Avant-garde, Noise rock Similar The Residents albums, Avant-garde albums, Other albums |
The residents the tunes of two cities 1982 full album
The Tunes of Two Cities is an album by The Residents, released in 1982. It is part two of the Mole Trilogy. Rather than forwarding the story of the battle between the Mole People and the Chubs, the record's concept is to display the differences between the two cultures through their music. The music of the Chubs is light cocktail jazz, while that of the Moles tends toward industrial hymns. A major feature of this album is that it was one of the first to use the E-mu Emulator, one of the earliest commercial digital samplers.
Contents
The Chub track "Mousetrap" bears a noticeable resemblance to Stan Kenton's "Eager Beaver." In one 1998 interview, band spokesman Homer Flynn acknowledged that the band listened to jazz big band artists including Kenton, as well as Charles Mingus and Sun Ra.
Track listing
- "Open Up"
- "Anvil Forest"
- "Scent of Mint"
Songs
1Serenade for Missy3:16
2A Maze of Jigsaws2:51
3Mousetrap3:23