Mona: The Carnivorous Circus

by Mick Farren

Mona: The Carnivorous Circus cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1970
  • Label: Transatlantic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.44/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following his dismissal from the proto-punk outfit The Deviants, the fiercely countercultural writer and singer channeled his chaotic vision into a highly unhinged solo debut. The recording is a disturbing, drug-fueled collision of aggressive garage rock, jarring tape loops, and harsh, unpolished vocal diatribes. It serves as a fascinating, anti-commercial document of the absolute fringes of the British underground.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, experimental, theatrical, progressive, spoken-word

Tracklist

  1. Mona (A Fragment)
  2. The Whole Thing Starts
  3. But Charlie It's Still Moving
  4. Observe The Ravens
  5. Society Of The Horsemen
  6. Summertime Blues
  7. Don't Talk To Me Mary
  8. You Can't Move Me
  9. In My Window Box
  10. An Epitaph Can Point The Way
  11. Mona (The Whole Trip)

Credits

  • Ink Studios - artwork [front]
  • John Gustafson - bass
  • Paul Buckmaster - cello
  • Raul - congas, drums
  • Steve Hammond - guitar, vocals, arranged by
  • Peter Robinson - organ, piano
  • Shagrat The Vagrant - vocals, percussion
  • Ellas McDaniel - written-by

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