Medallion Animal Carpet

Artist: Bob Drake Label: Recommended Records Category: Music Average customer rating: Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 752725010627 EAN: 0752725010627 ASIN: B0000300QF Release Date: 1999-11-23

Medallion Animal Carpet

Tracks:

1. Part I: Hideous Shrub
2. Part I: Crude Internal Organ
3. Part I: Detrimental Robot
4. Part I: Maybe It's ____
5. Part I: Concrete Husky
6. Part I: How Was It
7. Part I: Where There Is Nothing
8. Part I: Mound
9. Part I: Bedraggled Things
10. Part I: Flashy Smog Wolf Person
11. Part I: Do You Hear, See, Ammonia
12. Part I: Slab
13. Part I: One Night, In An Old Fashioned ___
14. Part I: Light Seen In Empty ____
15. Part I: Dehydrated
16. Part I: I'm Afraid There Are Results
17. Part II: Over In The Glory Land
18. Part II: Seven Cents
19. Part II: Title Unknown
20. Part II: Angel Band
21. Part II: Title Unknown
22. Part II: I Wish It Had Been a Dream
23. Part II: Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
24. Part III: Dunwich Confidential

Customer Reviews:

A schizophrenic changing radio stations........2001-11-06

Bob uses many different styles, sounds, and recording and production techniques, at which he is a master, and combines them into a rich, deep, almost chaotic threads woven into pattern like random thoughts or as if you were changing the radio stations as you traveled through time and through parallel dimensions. So, that's somewhat vague, but there can't be anything articulated that could possibly bring one who hasn't heard this album, or Bob's styles to an understanding.

The first part of the album - songs 1-16 are just simply incredible. Here are the classic Bob-sounding melodies and dissonant harmonies which he somehow is able to make very listenable. This album is very much instrumental with only a small amount of emphasis on voice and lyrics. They aren't non-sensical Yes lyrics, but non-sensical Drake lyrics or lyrics that can't really be heard because of all the raucous noise happening in the foreground. This he does intentionally. He uses a program called "Spaghetti" for "Concrete Huskey" which makes random sentences out of one's own vocabulary.

The second part which includes tracks 17-23 sound as though someone is driving through Appalachia and switching the radio stations seemingly at random. Very cool, and very bewitchin'.

The third part is the last track which is a fine conclusion to such a major work as this.

There is some feeling of "What Day Is It" which, in my opinion, is Bob Drake's all time best album. However, "Animal Medallion Carpt" is not only breathtaking, it is an important work of art, as is Bob Drake an important sound-artist who has earned a place in my CD collection forever.

Music Album:

1. VH1: The Big 80's Pop ~ Various Artists
2. 1965: 20 Original Chart Hits ~ Various Artists
3. Ice: The String Quartet Tribute to Bjork ~ Various Artists
4. Collection
5. Hiding/Albert Lee ~ Albert Lee
6. We Can Replace You ~ The Cells
7. Logical End ~ Sleep of Reason
8. Hook
9. Sacred Love ~ Sting
10. Shine ~ Mitch Malloy

Music Album

Music Album

Music

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane ~ Duke Ellington, John Coltrane

Verve Jazz Masters 16 ~ Oscar Peterson

The Pleasure of a Jazz Inspiration ~ George Wallington

The Count Basie Remembered, Vol. 1 ~ The New York Allstars

Shock Waves ~ Leather

Hainumikaze ~ Chitose Hajime

Muenchner Freiheit - Greatest Hits ~ Freiheit

Ballade ~ Takako Okamura

A Celtic Tale: The Legend of Deirdre ~ Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna

Born to Fly ~ Dr Rhythm Unique World En