Dennis Cleveland

by Mikel Rouse

Dennis Cleveland cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 September 1996
  • Label: New World
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:13:37
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Structured as a contemporary multimedia opera, 'Dennis Cleveland' takes the form of a television talk show to explore late twentieth-century American culture. The piece utilizes totalist compositional techniques, locking multiple complex time signatures into highly rhythmic vocal patterns.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, satirical, uncommon-time-signatures, progressive, repetitive, operatic, orchestral, theatrical, vocal, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Prelude: We Deliver (4:47)
  2. "Open Up To Me" (2:46)
  3. "No You Don't" (2:00)
  4. "You Can Go" (1:59)
  5. Chorus (2:27)
  6. "Power Of Suggestion" (3:02)
  7. Confession 1 (6:05)
  8. "Power Of Suggestion" (Reprise w/Chrous) (6:07)
  9. Beautiful Murders (4:22)
  10. "L-O-V-E-L-E-S" (1:45)
  11. Confession 2 (2:24)
  12. "Money Chant" (6:42)
  13. "A Person You鈥檙e Vulnerable With" (4:28)
  14. "He's Outta There" (1:56)
  15. Altered Bodies (4:50)
  16. "Auto Pilot Advice" (4:03)
  17. Confession 3 (2:26)
  18. Chorus (3:33)
  19. "Potential Arcade" (1:26)
  20. Confession 4 (3:12)
  21. Chorus (3:17)

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