Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts

by Kula Shaker

Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 March 1999
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 49:21
  • Community rating: 3.4/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: George Drakoulias, Bob Ezrin, Alonza Bevan, Paul Winter-Hart, conch, Graham Pattison, Aksaya, bansuri, Rick Rubin

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released as the Britpop movement was sharply declining, the band's bloated sophomore effort doubled down on Eastern mysticism and extravagant, 1960s-inspired psychedelic production. The highly eclectic integration of sitars, brass bands, and choir arrangements yielded a polarizing commercial disappointment that eventually led to their initial disbandment.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, guitar-driven, british, retro, grandiose

Tracklist

  1. Great Hosannah (6:07)
  2. Mystical Machine Gun (5:41)
  3. S.O.S. (2:54)
  4. Radhe Radhe (2:49)
  5. I'm Still Here (1:31)
  6. Shower Your Love (3:39)
  7. 108 Battles (Of The Mind) (3:15)
  8. Sound Of Drums (4:27)
  9. Timeworm (4:02)
  10. Last Farewell (2:46)
  11. Golden Avatar (4:29)
  12. Namami Nanda-Nandana (5:12)
  13. Stotra (2:22)

Credits

  • Kula Shaker - primary artist, music by
  • Pirate Design - assemblage [suit constructed at]
  • Alonza Bevan - bass, backing vocals, acoustic guitar [loops], music by, lyrics by, music by
  • Paul Winter-Hart - drums, cymbal [symbols]
  • Jay Darlington - electric organ [hammond], electric piano [wurlitzer], keyboards [creamy analog], electric organ [farfisa & acetone]
  • The Mighty Horn Assortment - guest [musician], brass
  • Graham Pattison - loops, sounds [soundscapes]
  • Timothy O'Donnell - model [suit worn by]

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