Constructive Melancholy

by Pearls Before Swine

Constructive Melancholy cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: ESP-Disk
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:09:11
  • Community rating: 3.91/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Naomi Yang, Damon Krukowski, Tom Rapp

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Constructive Melancholy' anthologizes Pearls Before Swine, Tom Rapp's Florida band whose hushed psychedelic folk was first issued by ESP-Disk. Rapp's intimate delivery made their records cult documents of the 1960s underground.

Genres

Descriptors: ballad, guitars, personal, delicate, gentle, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. I Saw The World / Another Time (4:56)
  2. Rocket Man (3:03)
  3. The Jeweler (2:47)
  4. From The Movie Of The Same Name (2:17)
  5. Raindrops (2:02)
  6. Love / Sex (Radio Show 1972) (2:30)
  7. Look Into Her Eyes (4:34)
  8. Sail Away (3:07)
  9. The Old Man (3:16)
  10. The Wizard Of Is (3:34)
  11. Once Upon A Time (2:35)
  12. Sonnet 65 (0:44)
  13. Casablanca (2:26)
  14. City Of Gold (3:00)
  15. Miss Morse Update (0:41)
  16. Froggle (1:21)
  17. Everybody's Got Pain (2:46)
  18. Song About A Rose (2:20)
  19. She's Gone (2:12)
  20. The Wedding (1:41)
  21. Margery (2:58)
  22. Snow Queen (3:56)
  23. If You Don't Want To, I Don't Mind (3:19)
  24. The Riegal (3:10)
  25. These Things Too (3:30)
  26. Green & Blue (0:26)

Credits

  • David Rapp - concept by [cover concept], cymbal [fingercymbals, on the new tracks]
  • Carl Edwards - guitar, vocals [on the new tracks]
  • Naomi Yang - guitar, vocals [on the new tracks]
  • Tom Rapp - guitar, vocals [on the new tracks], performer, written-by, written-by [all songs]
  • Amos Garrett - performer [original performer]
  • Bill Pippin - performer [original performer]
  • Billy Mundi - performer [original performer]
  • Bob Dorough - performer [original performer]

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