Rags

by Lindsay Cooper

Rags cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Arc
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 43:57
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Lindsay Cooper's 'Rags' reflects her work after Henry Cow and within the politically engaged Rock in Opposition orbit. The album combines chamber-like avant-prog writing, English folk references, and a sharp theatrical sensibility shaped by feminist and socialist concerns.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, socialism, dissonant, complex, alienation, avant-garde, folk, experimental, political, ensemble, conceptual, vocal, protest, piano

Tracklist

  1. The Exhibition Of Fashions (1:29)
  2. Lots Of Larks (1:07)
  3. General Strike (1:47)
  4. Woman's Wrongs I (4:35)
  5. Woman's Wrongs II (3:06)
  6. The Charter (1:40)
  7. Parliament Catch (1:26)
  8. Woman's Wrongs III (2:25)
  9. Film Music (4:25)
  10. Prostitution Song (2:21)
  11. 1848 (2:07)
  12. The Chartist Anthem (1:20)
  13. Cholera (2:27)
  14. Stitch Goes The Needle (2:36)
  15. A Young Lady's Vision (1:19)
  16. Pin Money (0:50)
  17. Woman's Wrong IV (4:00)
  18. The Song Of The Shirt (4:57)

Credits

  • Georgie Born - bass guitar, cello
  • Jonathan Curling - commissioned by
  • Sue Clayton - commissioned by
  • Chris Cutler - drums
  • Fred Frith - guitar
  • Gerald Reynolds - lacquer cut by
  • Bread 'n Roses - typography [typesetting (in booklet)]
  • Sally Potter - vocals [singing]

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