Subterranean Modern

by Chrome / MX-80 Sound / The Residents / Tuxedomoon

Subterranean Modern cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1979
  • Label: Ralph
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:31
  • Community rating: 3.82/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Conceived by The Residents as a showcase for San Francisco's thriving avant-garde underground, 'Subterranean Modern' compiles exclusive material from four distinct local acts. A unifying element of the split compilation is each group's deconstructed, radical interpretation of the classic standard "I Left My Heart in San Francisco".

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, noisy, rhythmic, avant-garde, underground, experimental, eccentric, synthesizers, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Anti-Fade (3:52)
  2. I Left My Heart In San Francisco (0:27)
  3. Meet You In The Subway (5:15)
  4. Lady In Pain (2:49)
  5. I Left My Heart In San Francisco (1:52)
  6. Possessed (4:54)
  7. I Left My Heart In San Francisco (2:02)
  8. Dumbo, The Clown (Who Loved Christmas) (2:07)
  9. Is He Really Bringing Roses? (The Replacement) (2:34)
  10. Time's Up (2:54)
  11. I Left My Heart In San Francisco (1:03)
  12. Everything You Want (4:14)
  13. Waterfront Seat (4:28)

Credits

  • Various - primary artist
  • Gary Panter - artwork [cover art]
  • Douglass Cross - written-by
  • George Cory - written-by
  • Helios Creed - written-by
  • Bruce Anderson - written-by
  • Rich Stim - written-by
  • Fred Frith - guitar [soloist]

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