Control Songs

by David Garland

Control Songs cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Review
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:12:35
  • Community rating: 3.47/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An eclectic, deeply surreal outing from the American composer and radio host, characterized by dense, atonal arrangements and sharp satirical wit. The project frequently incorporates unconventional structures and jarring dissonance, challenging the typical boundaries of contemporary avant-pop.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, atonal, satirical, dissonant, experimental

Tracklist

  1. I Am With You (03:21)
  2. Very Popular (02:56)
  3. The Stick Figure (02:52)
  4. I Am an I-Beam Girder (03:48)
  5. My Pony鈥檚 Falling (04:29)
  6. On Planet X (06:06)
  7. Forest Fractures (05:21)
  8. TV Can Teach Me (04:04)
  9. Clocks (06:52)
  10. Furniture (02:13)
  11. Keep In Touch (05:21)
  12. Don鈥檛 Shoot (04:49)
  13. Bad Advice (04:18)
  14. Another Mistake (02:06)
  15. Growth (01:58)
  16. Hist鈥檙y (07:02)
  17. Simba (04:59)

Credits

  • Anne Garland - musician [assisting musician], backing vocals [back-up vocals]
  • Guy Klucevsek - musician [assisting musician], accordion
  • John Zorn - musician [assisting musician], alto saxophone, performer [game calls]
  • Mark Abbott - musician [assisting musician], bass guitar

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