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Upgrade and Afterlife

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Released
  
June 17, 1996

Upgrade & Afterlife(1996)
  
Camoufleur(1998)

Release date
  
17 June 1996

Genres
  
Rock music, Post-rock

Length
  
49:12

Artist
  
Gastr del Sol

Label
  
Drag City

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Similar
  
Gastr del Sol albums, Post-rock albums

Upgrade & Afterlife is a 1996 album by Gastr del Sol.

Contents

The album cover is Wasserstiefel (Water Boots) by Swiss artist Roman Signer.

Track listing

  1. "Our Exquisite Replica of "Eternity":" – 8:26
  2. "Rebecca Sylvester" – 3:53
  3. "The Sea Incertain"* – 6:12
  4. "Hello Spiral" – 10:40
  5. "The Relay" – 5:49
  6. "Crappie Tactics" – 1:48
  7. "Dry Bones in the Valley (I Saw the Light Come Shining 'Round and 'Round)" – 12:28
  • Several sources (including the usually reliable Allmusic) misidentify track 3 as "The Sea Uncertain." This title, correctly rendered, appears to refer playfully both to a track on Gastr's previous full-length release titled "The C in Cake" and to one of Gastr percussionist John McEntire's other bands, The Sea and Cake, a moniker derived from McEntire's mishearing of that title. The title "Our Exquisite Replica of "Eternity"" is derived from the name of a cheap perfume marketed in public bathroom vending machines; the track contains a sample of the music used in the 50s sci-fi classic The Incredible Shrinking Man.
  • "Dry Bones in the Valley" is a cover of a John Fahey song, which features Tony Conrad on violin.

    • Songs

    1Our Exquisite Replica of "Eternity"8:26
    2Rebecca Sylvester3:54
    3The Sea Incertain6:12

    References

    Upgrade & Afterlife Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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