There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight

by Red Red Meat

There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 February 1997
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 55:31
  • Community rating: 3.58/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Tim Hurley, Jeremy Jacobsen, Tim Rutili, Rick Rizzo, Matt Fields, Brian Deck

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Red Red Meat deconstructs blues rock into an avant-garde, noisy exploration on this experimental indie rock record. Fusing dissonant instrumentation with subtle bluegrass undertones, it presents a mysterious and uncompromising alternative sound.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, dissonant, noisy, experimental, distorted, traditional, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Sulfur (6:30)
  2. There's A Star Above The Manger Tonight (2:14)
  3. Chinese Balls (3:29)
  4. Second Hand Sea (3:03)
  5. All Tied (3:06)
  6. Paul Pachal (7:01)
  7. Bury Me (1:33)
  8. Airstream Driver (5:10)
  9. Mecanix (From Cold Milk) (1:20)
  10. Quarter Horses (4:45)
  11. Just Like An Egg On Stilts (17:15)

Credits

  • Tim Hurley - bass, synth, lap steel guitar [lap steel], berimbau, vocals, guitar, written-by
  • Katie O'Donnell - painting [paintings]
  • Ben Massarella - percussion [batterie (assorted)], written-by
  • Rick Rizzo - guitar
  • Matt Fields - vocals
  • Jeremy Jacobsen - organ, marimba

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