Open City

by The Muffins

Open City cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Cuneiform Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:48
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Fred Frith, Tom Scott, Dave Newhouse, Billy Swann

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Composed of archival studio material and live recordings tracked between 1977 and 1980, this posthumous release captures the Washington D.C. ensemble's complex improvisational capabilities. The instrumental tracks highlight their mastery of the Rock in Opposition aesthetic, blending intricate jazz-rock rhythms with eccentric avant-garde structuring.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, avant-garde, progressive, instrumental, experimental

Tracklist

  1. Vanity, Vanity (2:42)
  2. Boxed & Crossed (5:27)
  3. Blind Arch (8:33)
  4. Expected Freedom (2:15)
  5. Open City (0:49)
  6. Not Alone (13:05)
  7. In The Red (4:54)
  8. Dancing In Sunrise, Switzerland (3:03)

Credits

  • The Muffins - primary artist, music by
  • Paul Sears - drums, percussion
  • Billy Swann - electric bass, guitar, percussion, vocals, music by
  • Fred Frith - guitar, piano, music by
  • Chris Cutler - lyrics by

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