Innocence & Despair

by The Langley Schools Music Project

Innocence & Despair cover art

Originally recorded in a rural Canadian school gymnasium in 1976 and 1977, these wildly unique, echo-drenched renditions of Beach Boys and David Bowie hits by a 60-piece children's choir lay dormant for decades. Championed by outsider music enthusiasts, this compilation finally granted the deeply haunting, off-kilter recordings widespread commercial release. The raw, melancholic purity of the children's voices created an unexpected indie-pop sensation.

Genres

  • Pop
  • Vocal Group

Tracklist

  1. Venus and Mars/Rock Show
  2. Good Vibrations
  3. God Only Knows
  4. Space Oddity
  5. The Long and Winding Road
  6. Band on the Run
  7. I'm into Something Good
  8. In My Room
  9. Saturday Night
  10. I Get Around
  11. Mandy
  12. Help Me, Rhonda
  13. Desperado
  14. You're so Good to Me
  15. Sweet Caroline
  16. To Know Him Is to Love Him
  17. Rhiannon
  18. You're Sixteen
  19. Little Deuce Coupe
  20. Wildfire
  21. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft