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1990 compilation album by Skeleton Crew From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Learn to Talk / Country of Blinds is a CD compilation album by American experimental rock and jazz band Skeleton Crew. It was released by RecRec Music in 1990 and comprises the band's two studio albums, Learn to Talk and The Country of Blinds, with two tracks omitted from the former album, and one track omitted from the latter.
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Released | 1990 | |||
Recorded | Studio tracks: Switzerland, December 1983 – January 1984; December 1985 – January 1986 | |||
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Length | 75:11 | |||
Label | RecRec Music (Switzerland) | |||
Producer | Skeleton Crew Robert Vogel Tim Hodgkinson | |||
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Source | Rating |
Dusted | favourable[1] |
In 2005 Fred Records reissued the compilation on a double CD, omitting only one track from The Country of Blinds, and adding ten live tracks taken from the band's North American and European tours, nine of which were previously unreleased. This reissue was dedicated by Fred Frith to Tom Cora, who died in 1998: "Dedicated to the memory of Tom Cora – dear friend, master musician and enthusiastic co-conspirator."
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Que Viva" | Cora, Frith | 3:40 |
2. | "Onwards and Upwards" | Cora, Frith | 3:39 |
3. | "The Way Things Fall (Back Apart)" | Cora, Frith, Rebby Sharp | 2:35 |
4. | "Not My Shoes" | Cora, Frith | 2:14 |
5. | "The Washington Post" | Sousa, arr. Skeleton Crew | 1:28 |
6. | "We're Still Free" | Cora, Frith | 4:16 |
7. | "Victoryville" | Cora, Frith | 2:43 |
8. | "Learn to Talk" | Cora, Frith | 3:40 |
9. | "Factory Song" | Cora, Frith | 5:13 |
10. | "It's Fine" | Cora, Frith | 4:22 |
11. | "Zach's Flag" | Cora | 3:10 |
12. | "The Country of Blinds" | Skeleton Crew, Cora | 4:10 |
13. | "The Border" | Skeleton Crew, Anne Hemenway | 3:28 |
14. | "The Hand that Bites" | Skeleton Crew, Frith | 5:32 |
15. | "Dead Sheep" | Skeleton Crew, Cora, Frith | 3:22 |
16. | "Bingo" | Skeleton Crew, Frith | 3:34 |
17. | "Man or Monkey" | Skeleton Crew, Cutler | 2:37 |
18. | "Foot in Hole" | Skeleton Crew | 3:08 |
19. | "Hot Field" | Skeleton Crew | 2:36 |
20. | "The Birds of Japan" | Skeleton Crew, Frith | 4:00 |
21. | "You May Find a Bed" | Skeleton Crew, Frith, Sharp | 6:10 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Que Viva" | Cora, Frith | 3:40 |
2. | "Onwards and Upwards" | Cora, Frith | 3:39 |
3. | "The Way Things Fall (Back Apart)" | Cora, Frith, Rebby Sharp | 2:35 |
4. | "Not My Shoes" | Cora, Frith | 2:14 |
5. | "The Washington Post" | Sousa, arr. Skeleton Crew | 1:28 |
6. | "We're Still Free" | Cora, Frith | 4:16 |
7. | "Victoryville" | Cora, Frith | 2:43 |
8. | "Los Colitos" | trad. Ecuador, Cora, Frith | 2:53 |
9. | "Life at the Top" | Frith | 1:44 |
10. | "Learn to Talk" | Cora, Frith | 3:40 |
11. | "Factory Song" | Cora, Frith | 5:13 |
12. | "It's Fine" | Cora, Frith | 4:22 |
13. | "Zach's Flag" | Cora | 3:10 |
14. | "Sick as a Parrot" | Cora, Frith | 2:57 |
15. | "Automatic Pilot" | Cora, Frith | 1:28 |
16. | "Hook" | Frith | 2:14 |
17. | "Killing Time" | Frith/Lasswell/Maher | 2:27 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Country of Blinds" | Skeleton Crew, Cora | 4:10 |
2. | "The Border" | Skeleton Crew, Anne Hemenway | 3:28 |
3. | "The Hand that Bites" | Skeleton Crew, Frith | 5:32 |
4. | "Dead Sheep" | Skeleton Crew, Cora, Frith | 3:22 |
5. | "Bingo" | Skeleton Crew, Frith | 3:34 |
6. | "Man or Monkey" | Skeleton Crew, Cutler | 2:37 |
7. | "Foot in Hole" | Skeleton Crew | 3:08 |
8. | "Hot Field" | Skeleton Crew | 2:36 |
9. | "The Birds of Japan" | Skeleton Crew, Frith | 4:00 |
10. | "You May Find a Bed" | Skeleton Crew, Frith, Rebby Sharp | 6:10 |
11. | "Sparrow Song" | Frith | 1:29 |
12. | "Safety in Numbers" | Skeleton Crew | 3:18 |
13. | "Howdywhoola Too" | Cora | 2:47 |
14. | "Second Rate" | Skeleton Crew | 5:32 |
15. | "New Orleans Stomp" | Morton, arr. Skeleton Crew | 3:14 |
16. | "Hasta la Victoria" | Skeleton Crew | 3:24 |
Learn to Talk
The Country of Blinds
Additional live tracks on Fred Records release
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