185
by The Muffins
- Type: Album
- Released: 1981
- Label: Random Radar
- Country: United States
- Length: 40:51
- Community rating: 3.71/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The Muffins' '185' captures the Washington, D.C.-area group's complex chamber-rock and avant-prog language. The album's jagged ensemble writing, woodwind textures, and humor connect the band to both Canterbury-inspired rock and American experimental fusion.
Genres
Descriptors: Avant Garde, progressive, experimental, improvisation, complex, polyrhythmic
Tracklist
- Angle Dance (4:12)
- Antidote To Drydock (4:55)
- Zoom Resume (7:15)
- Horsebones (2:25)
- Subduction (1:00)
- Dreambeat (3:30)
- Under Dali's Wing (3:07)
- These Castle Children (7:40)
- Queenside (5:37)
- Street Dogs (1:10)
Credits
- The Muffins - primary artist, arranged by, written-by
- Tom Scott - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, bass clarinet, alto clarinet, written-by
- Dave Golub - clarinet [shuffling, shouting and squeaking]
- Paul Sears - drums, percussion, saxophone, vocals [vocal noise]
- Billy Swann - guitar, bass, vocals, tenor saxophone, noises [mysterious low], written-by
- Dave Newhouse - piano, organ, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet [whisper], bass clarinet, alto clarinet, written-by
- George Daoust - performer [shuffling and shouting]