A History of Madness

by Thinking Plague

A History of Madness cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Cuneiform
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 54:44
  • Community rating: 3.87/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Mark Fuller, Kent McLagan, noises, other, Mark Harris

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Mike Johnson's profoundly complex avant-rock collective returns with an incredibly tense, challenging set of heavily composed material. 'A History of Madness' relies on staggering instrumental virtuosity and jagged, unpredictable time signatures to craft a deeply chaotic, anxious, and highly dissonant musical narrative.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, dissonant, experimental, avant-garde, progressive, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Blown Apart (8:33)
  2. Consolamentum (3:57)
  3. Rapture Of The Deep (For Leslie) (5:59)
  4. G煤damy Le M谩yagot (An Phocainn Theard Deig) (2:51)
  5. Marching AsTo War, No. 1 (Featuring The Ladies Senior Piano Crusade) (1:20)
  6. Our "Way Of Life" And "War On Terra" (5:21)
  7. Marching, No. 2 (0:38)
  8. Least Aether For Saxophone & Le Gouffre (8:52)
  9. The Underground Stream (5:57)
  10. Marching, No. 3 (0:45)
  11. Lux Lucet (9:31)
  12. Marching, No. 4 - Reverie For The Children (1:00)

Credits

  • Thinking Plague - primary artist
  • Kent McLagan - acoustic bass
  • Maggie Thomas - artwork
  • Dave Willey - bass guitar [bass guitars], accordion [accordions], melodica, guitarr贸n [guitaron], other [angst, humility and acceptance]
  • David Shamrock - drums [drum kit], tambourine [tambourines], bells, noises [keys, thigh and other noises], other [willingness and focus]
  • Matt Mitchell - piano [pianos], harmonium [harmoniums], synthesizer, sampler, other [foolish optimism and unwavering confidence]
  • Mark Harris - saxophone, clarinet, flute
  • Deborah Perry - vocals [singing and other vocals emissions], other [suffering and overcoming]

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