L'enfant assassin des mouches

by Jean-Claude Vannier

L'enfant assassin des mouches cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Suzelle
  • Country: France
  • Length: 52:32
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following his legendary orchestral arrangements for Serge Gainsbourg's 'Histoire de Melody Nelson', the French composer released this bewilderingly complex, entirely instrumental solo concept album. Blending lush string sections, fuzzy rock guitars, choir vocals, and frantic tape edits, the music depicts a surreal, grotesque narrative of a child violently interacting with insects. It is a wildly creative cult masterpiece of cinematic avant-rock.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, Leftfield, instrumental, progressive, orchestral, avant-garde, complex

Tracklist

  1. Romantic Mindless (0:39)
  2. Never Going Back To School (4:08)
  3. Woman With A Beard (3:40)
  4. Dreams (4:16)
  5. Goodbye Popkids (3:47)
  6. The First And The Last Day Of Love (2:47)
  7. Eleven (2:36)
  8. Capitol Letters (3:30)
  9. Better Days Sounds Great (4:02)
  10. Take Me Back To Tokyo (5:37)
  11. Tonight (4:59)
  12. (I Could Be Your) English Teacher (1:32)
  13. The Shape Of Sound Itself (3:48)
  14. Work For Love (3:09)
  15. Underwater State (4:02)

Credits

  • Hendrik Weber - bass, programmed by, synthesizer, written-by [music]
  • Mense Reents - drums, programmed by, vocals, keyboards [additional], flute, guitar, written-by [music], backing vocals, lyrics by
  • Thies Mynther - keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, programmed by, written-by [music], lyrics by
  • Elena Lange - lyrics by, vocals, guitar, bass, programmed by, written-by [music], backing vocals, voice [japanese recitation]
  • Petra van Raaji - other [hair], other [make-up]
  • Stephan Rath - other [product manager]
  • Phillip Sollmann - backing vocals
  • Stevie Nicks - written-by

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