Английская Википедия:Eskimo (album)
Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Infobox album Eskimo is an album by American art rock group the Residents.[1][2] The album was originally supposed to follow 1977's Fingerprince; however, due to many delays and arguments with management, it was not released until 1979.
The pieces on Eskimo feature home-made instruments and chanting against backdrops of wind-like synthesizer noise and miscellaneous sound effects. The work is programmatic, each piece pairing music with text detailing a corresponding pseudo-ethnographic narrative.[3] While Eskimo is officially maintained to be a true historical document of life in the Arctic, the stories are deliberately absurd fictions only loosely based in actual Inuit culture, and the chanting is a combination of gibberish and commercial slogans. The album satirizes ignorance toward and mistreatment of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.[4]
Diskomo Шаблон:Anchor
A companion piece, Diskomo, was released in 1980 as a 12-inch single, featuring a remix of the songs backed by a disco beat. In 1988, Diskomo was covered by Belgian new beat group L&O, and retitled "Even Now". Diskomo 2000, a follow-up EP featuring the original remix, its B-side (Goosebump, a collection of children's songs played on toy musical instruments), and several other versions, was released in 2000. The EP's title track, "Diskomo 2000" redoes Diskomo in the style of "Even Now".
Critical reception
Шаблон:Music ratings The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel wrote that "Eskimo is truly a new branch on the rock and roll family tree, truly original music, a new sound."[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed Eskimo "a dreary and dank concept album."[6] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called it "creepy and funny" and "the Residents' zenith."[7]
Track listing
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1987 CD bonus tracks
Tracks 7-10 taken from the 1979 album Subterranean Modern. The album also featured the music of San Francisco bands Chrome, MX-80 Sound and Tuxedomoon.Шаблон:Track listing
2019 pREServed edition bonus tracks
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Personnel
- The Residents – vocals, instruments, effects
- Snakefinger – guitar
- Chris Cutler – percussion
- Don Preston – synthesizers
References
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