Ordinaires

by The Ordinaires

Ordinaires cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Dossier
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:56
  • Community rating: 3.45/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Roma Baran, Angela Babin, Jim Thomas, Robin Casey, Peter Moffitt, Sven Furberg, Barbara Schloss, David Soldier, Joe Dizney

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Formed in downtown Manhattan, the nine-piece ensemble blended strings, horns, and dual guitars to dismantle traditional genre boundaries. Their debut intertwines classical discipline with downtown noise, presenting complex arrangements driven by a chaotic, punk-infused rhythm section.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, instrumental, avant-garde, progressive, complex, experimental, minimal, diverse

Tracklist

  1. Grace (4:30)
  2. Nature (2:58)
  3. Precious Flower (4:01)
  4. Industry (3:01)
  5. Hope (3:37)
  6. Gridlock (2:53)
  7. Wide, Not Deep (2:57)
  8. She's a Rainbow (3:08)
  9. Spring (1:51)
  10. Ramayana (3:31)
  11. The Last Song (5:24)

Credits

  • Fritz Van Orden - alto saxophone [alto sax], written-by
  • Sven Furberg - bass
  • Peter Moffitt - cello, flute, written-by
  • Jim Thomas - drums, arranged by [arr.]
  • Angela Babin - guitar
  • Joe Dizney - guitar, written-by
  • SST - lacquer cut by
  • Kurt Hoffman - tenor saxophone [tenor sax], accordion, written-by

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