The Fruit of the Original Sin
by Claude Debussy
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 1981
- Label: Les Disques du Cr茅puscule
- Country: Belgium
- Length: 1:36:47
- Community rating: 3.83/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Originally released by the Belgian independent label Les Disques du Cr茅puscule, 'The Fruit of the Original Sin' is a sprawling double-LP compilation spanning post-punk, avant-garde pop, and spoken word. The eclectic collection features an archival recording of Claude Debussy alongside contemporary experimental acts like DNA and Marine Girls, highlighting the label's distinctively intellectual aesthetic.
Genres
Descriptors: Acoustic, experimental, bizarre, spoken-word, lo-fi, piano, atmospheric, textured, vocal
Tracklist
- The Fruit Of The Original Sin (3:44)
- Boo Boo's Gone Mambo / My Guardian Angel (4:31)
- The Eye And The Hand (2:34)
- Multiple 12 (7:11)
- Clair De Lune (4:39)
- A Man And A Woman (1:10)
- Mad Horses (4:50)
- Animal In My Head (4:01)
- Affectionate Silence (2:30)
- Flesh (5:50)
- Taking Kid To School (1:50)
- Cop Buys A Donut (1:30)
- Delivering The Goods (2:04)
- An End Remains (3:49)
- The Happiness Of Lonely (2:54)
- Interview With Marguerite Duras (10:34)
- India Song (4:24)
- Music For Someone (1:55)
- Unknown Title (0:16)
- Three Cheers For Our Side (2:50)
- Sudan (Acoustic) (2:39)
- Party (3:35)
- Sketch For 'Face Of Helen' (3:44)
- Experiment In Fifth (3:37)
- The Next Best Thing To Death (5:39)
- Twilight's Last Gleaming (4:27)
Credits
- Various - primary artist
- Madeline Groves - illustration [insert, drawings]
- Patrick Moore - illustration [insert, drawings]
- Richard Jobson - illustration [sleeve, drawing of anne marie stretter], text by [poem], voice
- Victor Vasarely - painting [sleeve, the zebras]
- Campbell Owens - bass
- Roddy Frame - guitar
- Malcolm Fisher - piano