Civilization and Its Discotheques

by Fibonaccis

Civilization and Its Discotheques cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Blue Yonder
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:41
  • Community rating: 3.36/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Acting as the only full-length from the deeply peculiar Los Angeles ensemble, this record is a heavily theatrical, disturbing mutation of new wave. The band blends disjointed 'zolo' pop structures with unsettling, cabaret-style vocals and wildly avant-garde instrumentation, culminating in an anxious, surreal sonic landscape.

Genres

Descriptors: violence, rhythmic, occult, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. March To Heaven (3:18)
  2. Narcissist (3:17)
  3. Had It With Girls (3:57)
  4. Crickets (4:21)
  5. Leroy (3:00)
  6. The Thread (3:26)
  7. Stay Home (2:30)
  8. Medicine Waltz (2:52)
  9. Some Men (2:37)
  10. Old Mean Ed Gein (3:17)
  11. Romp Of The Meiji Sycophants (2:23)
  12. The Snap (3:43)

Credits

  • Suzy Beal - artwork [graphics]
  • Tom Corey - bass, mandolin, double bass [megalyra], written-by, guitar [slide]
  • Joseph Berardi - drums, percussion, written-by, cello
  • Ron Stringer - guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Max Ernst - illustration [insert illustration]
  • Ed Nunnery - painting [cover painting]
  • John Dentino - piano, mellotron, synthesizer, effects [vocoder], written-by, arranged by [horns]
  • Magie Song - vocals, written-by

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