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- Date Released: January 1, 1975
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Label: RER Megacorp / IODA
The fine, fractured sound of art school.
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We Say...
Often regarded as a stern proposition thanks to their anarcho-syndicalist instrumental style, Henry Cow are, in fact, colourful and highly rewarding once you actually engage with them. 1975’s In Praise of Learning saw the introduction of vocalist Dagmar Krause and leanings towards a neo-Brechtian cabaret style on tracks like “War” — a direction Krause, along with Chris Cutler and Fred Frith, would pursue further as Art Bears. However, their densely knit instrumentation, featuring oscillators, the trumpet of Mongezi Feza, bassoon, oboe and electronics still makes for a rich weave, as well as a musical metaphor for an Ideal For Living.
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They Say...
A team-up with Slapp Happy may seem an obvious meeting of minds in 2000, but not at the time (1975) when all they really shared was a Marxist outlook and a record label (Virgin). The two bands had already recorded Desperate Straights, which focused more on songs and Dagmar Krause's vocals. Here, Krause gets one good song, the terrific Kurt Weill-esque "War" (subsequently covered by the Fall many years later), which leads off the album. "Living in the Heart of the Beast" takes up the rest of side one, and in long form Kraus seems lost. There's some free noise on side two, and it's a bit of a waste seeing Mongezi Feza among others play on the album. The best thing to take away from this meeting is that it went on to produce Art Bears, News From Babel, and several other groups made up from this spectacular personnel.
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War |
2:31 |
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| 02. |
Living In The Heart Of The Beast |
0:00 |
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| 03. | |
Beginning - The Long March |
6:00 |
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| 04. | |
Beautiful As The Moon - Terrible As An Army With Banners |
7:02 |
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| 05. | |
Morning Star |
6:02 |
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05 Total Tracks, 21:35 Total Length
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Credits
- Martin Bisi - Remixing // Henry Cow - Main Performer // Dagmar Krause - Piano // Dagmar Krause - Vocals // Dagmar Krause - Voices // Peter Blegvad - Clarinet // Peter Blegvad - Clarinet // Peter Blegvad - Guitar // Peter Blegvad - Guitar // Peter Blegvad - Vocals // Peter Blegvad - Vocals // Peter Blegvad - Voices // Peter Blegvad - Voices // John Greaves - Bass // John Greaves - Bass // John Greaves - Bass // John Greaves - Piano // John Greaves - Piano // John Greaves - Piano // Slapp Happy - Main Performer // Slapp Happy - Main Performer // Chris Cutler - Piano // Chris Cutler - Piano // Chris Cutler - Piano // Chris Cutler - Piano // Chris Cutler - Piano // Chris Cutler - Piano // Chris Cutler - Piano // Chris Cutler - Trumpet // Chris Cutler - Trumpet // Chris Cutler - Trumpet // Chris Cutler - Trumpet // Chris Cutler - Trumpet // Chris Cutler - Trumpet // Chris Cutler - Trumpet // Chris Cutler - Drums // Chris Cutler - Drums // Chris Cutler - Drums // Chris Cutler - Drums // Chris Cutler - Drums // Chris Cutler - Drums // Chris Cutler - Drums // Chris Cutler - Vocals // Chris Cutler - Vocals // Chris Cutler - Vocals // Chris Cutler - Vocals // Chris Cutler - Vocals // Chris Cutler - Vocals // Chris Cutler - Vocals // Chris Cutler - Radio // Chris Cutler - Radio // Chris Cutler - Radio // Chris Cutler - Radio // Chris Cutler - Radio // Chris Cutler - Radio // Chris Cutler - Radio // Lindsay Cooper - Bassoon // Lindsay Cooper - Oboe // Lindsay Cooper - Wind // Mongezi Feza - Trumpet // Phil Becque - Synthesizer // Phil Becque - Engineer // Phil Becque - Oscillator // Werner Diermaier - Drums // Fred Frith - Guitar // Fred Frith - Guitar // Fred Frith - Piano // Fred Frith - Piano // Fred Frith - Violin // Fred Frith - Violin // Fred Frith - Keyboards // Fred Frith - Keyboards // Fred Frith - Xylophone // Fred Frith - Xylophone // Fred Frith - Remixing // Fred Frith - Remixing // Tim Hodgkinson - Organ // Tim Hodgkinson - Clarinet // Tim Hodgkinson - Piano // Tim Hodgkinson - Keyboards // Tim Hodgkinson - Saxophone // Tim Hodgkinson - Vocals // Tim Hodgkinson - Remixing // Geoff Leigh - Trumpet // Geoff Leigh - Saxophone // Geoff Leigh - Sax (Soprano) // Anthony Moore - Synthesizer // Anthony Moore - Piano // Anthony Moore - Keyboards // Anthony Moore - Vocals // Anthony Moore - Electronics // Anthony Moore - Tapes // Gunther Wusthoff - Saxophone // Simon Heyworth - Engineer // Ray Smith - Artwork
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