The Country of Blinds
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{{For|the H. G. Wells short story|The Country of the Blind}}
{{For|the Christopher Brookmyre novel|Country of the Blind}}
{{For|the Michael Flynn novel|Michael Flynn|In the Country of the Blind}}
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = The Country of Blinds |
Type = [[Studio album]] |
Artist = [[Skeleton Crew (80s band)|Skeleton Crew]] |
Cover = SkeletonCrew AlbumCover CountryBlinds.jpg |
Released = 1986 |
Recorded = Sunrise Studio, [[Kirchberg, St. Gallen|Kirchberg]],<br />[[Switzerland]], December 1985<br />to January 1986 |
Genre = [[Avant-progressive rock]] |
Length = 39:25 |
Label = [[Rift Records|Rift]] (USA) |
Producer = [[Tim Hodgkinson]] |
Reviews =
*''[[Allmusic]]'' {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5hnsa9tgu238 link]
*[[Piero Scaruffi]] (5.5/10) [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol3/frith.html link]
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Last album = ''[[Learn to Talk]]''<br />(1984) |
This album = '''''The Country of Blinds'''''<br />(1986) |
Next album = ''[[Learn to Talk / The Country of Blinds]]''<br />(2005) |
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'''''The Country of Blinds''''' is a studio album by [[United States]] [[experimental rock]] and [[jazz]] band [[Skeleton Crew (80s band)|Skeleton Crew]], recorded at Sunrise Studio, [[Kirchberg, St. Gallen|Kirchberg]], [[Switzerland]], December 1985 and January 1986. It was their second and final album and was released in 1986.
Skeleton Crew had become the trio of [[Fred Frith]], [[Tom Cora]] and [[Zeena Parkins]] when this album was made. The music here is richer, more rhythmical and the songs more developed than on their first album, and this ultimately led to the band's break-up. Frith explained that "we actually started to sound like a normal rock and roll band so it seemed kind of pointless to go on at that point." [http://home.earthlink.net/~srwolff/Fred_Frith_Story.html]
==Track listing==
Side A
#"The Country of Blinds" (Cora) – 4:10
#"Money Crack" (Skeleton Crew) – 0:58
#"The Border" ([[Anne Hemenway|Hemenway]]) – 3:28
#"The Hand that Bites" (Frith) – 5:32
#"Dead Sheep" (Cora/Frith) – 3:22
#"Bingo" (Frith) – 3:34
Side B
#"Man or Monkey" ([[Chris Cutler|Cutler]]) – 2:27
#"Foot in Hole" (Skeleton Crew) – 3:08
#"Hot Field" (Skeleton Crew) – 2:36
#"The Birds of Japan" (Frith) – 4:00
#"You May Find a Bed" (Frith/[[Rebby Sharpe|Sharpe]]) – 6:10
===Track notes===
*"Money Crack", "Hot Field" and the last section of "You May Find a Bed" were recorded live in [[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]], [[4 November]] [[1985]].
==Personnel==
*[[Tom Cora]] – Cello, bass, accordion, drums, contraptions, singing
*[[Fred Frith]] – Guitar, 6-string bass, violin, home-mades, drums, singing
*[[Zeena Parkins]] – Organ, electric harp, accordion, drums, singing
===Sound and art work===
*[[Tim Hodgkinson]] – Engineer, Producer
*[[Katrina Brändli]] – Assistant Engineer
*[[Fred Frith]] – Cover art work
==CD reissues==
In 1990 [[RecRec Music]] re-issued ''The Country of Blinds'' together with Skeleton Crew's previous album ''[[Learn to Talk]]'' on a single compilation CD, ''[[Learn to Talk / The Country of Blinds]]'', omitting "Money Crack" from ''The Country of Blinds'', and "Los Colitos" and "Life At The Top" from ''Learn to Talk''.
In 2005 [[Fred Records]] re-issued ''Learn to Talk'' and ''The Country of Blinds'' on a double compilation CD, ''[[Learn to Talk / The Country of Blinds]]'', omitting "Money Crack" from ''The Country of Blinds'', plus ten extra tracks.
==External links==
*[http://home.arcor.de/nyds-exp-discogs/frith.htm Fred Frith discography]
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