You Used to Think

by Erica Pomerance

You Used to Think cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1969
  • Label: ESP-Disk
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 46:07
  • Community rating: 3.14/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded with a revolving cast of avant-garde jazz and folk musicians, this intense, largely improvised session channels raw emotional chaos. The Montreal-born artist blends stark poetry with abrasive acoustic accompaniment, resulting in a challenging and uncompromising piece of outsider art.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, stream-of-consciousness

Tracklist

  1. You Used to Think (3:15)
  2. The Slippery Morning (3:47)
  3. We Came Via (7:05)
  4. The French Revolution (3:23)
  5. Julius (4:44)
  6. Burn Baby Burn (5:41)
  7. Koanisphere (7:09)
  8. Anything Goes (5:32)
  9. To Leonard from the Hospital (5:27)

Credits

  • Erica Pomerance - primary artist, lyrics by, vocals, music by, rhythm guitar, drums [hand]
  • Trevor Koehler - alto saxophone
  • David Syversen - artwork [cover art]
  • Michael Behn - graphics [back cover]
  • Richard Heisler - rhythm guitar, voice [chanting]
  • Gail Pollard - sitar, voice [chanting], flute
  • Don Cooper Smith - percussion
  • Ron Price - lead guitar

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