Parallelograms

by Linda Perhacs

Parallelograms cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Kapp[a], Kapp
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:06
  • Community rating: 4.79/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Linda Perhacs' 'Parallelograms' merges her delicate, crystalline vocals and intricate acoustic folk songwriting with the avant-garde and electronic production of composer Leonard Rosenman. The album's lyrics are rooted in rich natural and synesthetic imagery, while the sound is augmented by multi-tracked vocal harmonies, tape effects, and jazz-inflected arrangements. Initially ignored upon its 1970 release, the record was rediscovered decades later, earning significant cult status as a defining and singular work of the psychedelic folk era.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, acoustic, melodic, experimental, dreamy

Tracklist

  1. Chimacum Rain (03:24)
  2. Paper Mountain Man (03:14)
  3. Dolphin (02:53)
  4. Call Of The River (03:44)
  5. Sandy Toes (02:58)
  6. Parallelograms (04:33)
  7. Hey, Who Really Cares (02:37)
  8. Moons And Cattails (04:02)
  9. Morning Colors (04:34)
  10. Porcelain Baked-Over Cast-Iron Wedding (04:01)
  11. Delicious (04:06)

Credits

  • Linda Perhacs - vocals, guitar, electronic effects, arranger
  • Steve Cohn - lead guitar (6-string, 12-string, electric), arranger
  • John Neufield - flute, saxophone
  • Milt Holland - percussion
  • Shelly Manne - percussion
  • Reinie Press - electric bass, Fender guitar
  • Tommy - harmonica
  • Brian Ingoldsby - amplified shower hose for horn effects (1)
  • Leonard Rosenman - electronic effects, arranger, producer

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