Space Escapade

by Les Baxter

Space Escapade cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1958
  • Label: Capitol
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 29:40
  • Community rating: 3.44/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Trading his usual exotica-flavored jungles for the cosmos, the influential arranger crafts a campy, futuristic symphony designed explicitly for stereo demonstration. The dramatic strings, theremin-like effects, and soaring wordless choirs perfectly encapsulate the rampant sci-fi optimism of the atomic age.

Genres

Descriptors: lounge, instrumental, space, melodic, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Shooting Star (1:58)
  2. Moonscape (3:07)
  3. Mr. Robot (2:52)
  4. The City (2:57)
  5. A Distant Star (3:09)
  6. The Commuter (2:24)
  7. Winds Of Sirius (2:37)
  8. The Other Side Of The Moon (2:10)
  9. A Look Back At Earth (2:44)
  10. Earth Light (1:32)
  11. The Lady Is Blue (2:21)
  12. Saturday Night On Saturn (1:43)

Credits

  • Yellow Note - primary artist

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