The Lousy Dance

by Simon Joyner

The Lousy Dance cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 19 October 1999
  • Label: Truckstop
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 52:39
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Co-produced alongside indie rock composer Fred Lonberg-Holm, 'The Lousy Dance' represents a highly melodic and sophisticated expansion of Simon Joyner's musical palette. The record blends his signature, intimate acoustic singer-songwriter folk with lush chamber-pop string arrangements, woodwinds, and subtle brass. It stands as a poetic, elegant, and deeply comfort-filled highlight in his catalog, balancing a quiet sense of hope with his characteristic dry realism.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, male-vocalist, folk, acoustic, male-vocals, storytelling, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Yenilik (Part I) (6:44)
  2. Yenilik (Part II) (5:04)
  3. Yenilik (Part III) (1:17)
  4. Yenilik (Part IV) (11:59)
  5. Yenilik (Part V) (1:40)
  6. Yenilik (Part VI) (1:52)
  7. Yenilik (Part VII) (3:36)
  8. Yenilik (Part VIII) (1:10)
  9. Gel G枚r Beni Ask N'eyledi (19:17)

Credits

  • Sultan - primary artist
  • Pete Namlook & Burhan 脰莽al - written by [tracks]
  • Burhan 脰莽al - written-by [tracks]
  • Pete Namlook - written-by [tracks]

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