Gideon Gaye

by The High Llamas

Gideon Gaye cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Alpaca Park
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 54:51
  • Community rating: 3.07/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Jon Fell, Marcel Corientes, Jocelyn Pook, Charlie Francis, Anne Woods, Rob Allum

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Largely ignored upon its initial independent release before gaining cult acclaim, Sean O'Hagan's meticulously crafted project resurrects the lush, highly orchestrated pop of the late 1960s. Heavily indebted to Brian Wilson's work on 'Pet Sounds', the album is a masterpiece of retro-futuristic chamber pop, dripping with string arrangements and melancholic melodies.

Genres

Descriptors: existential, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Giddy Strings (0:27)
  2. The Dutchman (4:41)
  3. Giddy And Gay (4:55)
  4. Easy Rod (2:04)
  5. Checking In, Checking Out (5:45)
  6. The Goat Strings (2:06)
  7. Up In The Hills (4:57)
  8. The Goat Looks On (6:13)
  9. Taog Skool No (1:36)
  10. Little Collie (0:44)
  11. Track Goes By (14:13)
  12. Let's Have Another Look (0:47)
  13. The Goat - Instrumental (6:17)

Credits

  • The High Llamas - primary artist
  • Kev Hopper - artwork [cover art]
  • Jon Fell - bass
  • Rob Allum - drums, percussion
  • Marcel Corientes - flute
  • Andrew Starke - other [film clips]
  • Marcus Holdaway - piano [upright], organ [vox], vibraphone, harpsichord, arranged by [string], backing vocals, cello
  • Jocelyn Pook - viola

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