Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Apricot Colour Vinyl LP) (Integral Distribution Services)
Format: Apricot Colour Vinyl LP
Cat No: INTGDS00014LP
‘Penguin Cafe Orchestra’ is the second studio album by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, released in 1981, and recorded between 1977 and 1980. By this album, the line-up for the band had expanded greatly, with contribution including Simon Jeffes, Helen Leibmann, Steve Nye and Gavyn Wright of the original quartet, as well as Geoff Richardson, Peter Veitch, Braco, Giles Leamna, Julio Segovia and Neil Rennie.
All pieces were composed by Simon Jeffes, except for ‘Paul’s Dance’ (Jeffes and Nye), ‘Cutting Branches’ (traditional), and ‘Walk Don’t Run’ (by Johnny Smith). ‘Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter’ is based on the traditional Zimbabwean song, ‘Nhemamusasa’, a field recording of which can be heard played on mbira on the Nonesuch Records album ‘The Soul of the Mbira’.
In 2021, ‘Penguin Cafe Orchestra’ was named among The Fifty Best Albums Of 1981 by Spin. The Boston Globe opined that “this is one of the most eccentric records released this or any year...It’s also one of the most delightful.”
This repress uses the 2008 remaster.
The cover painting is by Emily Young.
TRACKLISTING:
1. Air À Danser
2. Yodel 1
3. Telephone And Rubber Band
4. Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter
5. Pythagora's Trousers
6. Numbers 1-4
7. Yodel 2
8. Salty Bean Fumble
9. Paul's Dance
10. The Ecstasy Of Dancing Fleas
11. Walk Don't Run
12. Flux
14. Simon's Dream
15. Harmonic Necklace
16. Steady State
