Advice From the Happy Hippopotamus

by Cloud Cult

Advice From the Happy Hippopotamus cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 2005
  • Label: Earthology
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:03:43
  • Community rating: 3.23/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Craig Minowa

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released independently on their own eco-friendly label, the Minnesota collective's fifth album is a sprawling, emotionally overwhelming indie rock epic. Craig Minowa鈥檚 deeply philosophical lyricism addresses devastating personal tragedies through an incredibly eclectic array of manic electronic pop, acoustic balladry, and triumphant orchestral rock.

Genres

Descriptors: existential

Tracklist

  1. Intro (3:03)
  2. Living on the Outside of Your Skin (`) (3:06)
  3. Happy Hippo (2:40)
  4. What Comes at the End (3:57)
  5. You Got Your Bones to Make a Beat (3:01)
  6. Washed Your Car Intro (0:26)
  7. Washed Your Car (1:59)
  8. Transistor Radio (4:08)
  9. What It Feels Like to Be Alive (0:51)
  10. Moving to Canada (3:06)
  11. Start New (1:43)
  12. Car Crash (2:55)
  13. Light at the End of the Tunnel (2:45)
  14. Million Things (2:36)
  15. Can't Stop the Journey Now (3:24)
  16. Clip-Clop (2:30)
  17. Training Wheels (4:04)
  18. We Made Up Your Mind for You (2:23)
  19. That Man Jumped Out the Window (3:46)
  20. Blank Track 1 (Hidden Track) (0:18)
  21. Lucky Today (2:10)
  22. Blank Track 2 (Hidden Track) (1:04)
  23. Rockwell (4:20)
  24. Blank Track 3 (Hidden Track) (0:15)
  25. Bobby's Spacesuite (Hidden Track) (3:02)

Credits

  • Joe Mabbott - tracking by [drums]

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