Through the Hill

by Andy Partridge & Harold Budd

Through the Hill cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1994
  • Label: All Saints
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 59:13
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

XTC frontman Andy Partridge collaborates with ambient piano legend Harold Budd for a delicate, deeply atmospheric improvisational project. 'Through the Hill' pairs Partridge's nuanced, textured guitar treatments with Budd's signature soft pedal technique, crafting a highly serene minimalist landscape.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, ambient, piano, atmospheric, gentle, shimmering

Tracklist

  1. Hand 19 (1:19)
  2. Through The Hill (4:05)
  3. Great Valley Of Gongs (3:06)
  4. Western Island Of Apples (3:03)
  5. Anima Mundi (4:44)
  6. Hand 20 (3:00)
  7. The Place Of Odd Glances (3:17)
  8. Well For The Sweat Of The Moon (3:24)
  9. Tenochtitlan's Numberless Bridges (3:55)
  10. Ceramic Avenue (5:17)
  11. Hand 21 (1:53)
  12. Missing Pieces To The Game Of Salt And Onyx (5:59)
  13. Mantle Of Peacock Bones (2:07)
  14. Bronze Coins Showing Genitals (4:18)
  15. Bearded Aphrodite (2:33)
  16. Hand 22 (2:23)
  17. Bosch (1:48)
  18. Bruegel (2:54)

Credits

  • Andy Partridge - Primary Artist
  • Harold Budd - Primary Artist

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