Aquatic (album)

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Aquatic
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Released1994
Recorded1994
Genre Improvised music
Length53:08
Label Fish of Milk
The Necks chronology
Next
(1990)
Aquatic
(1994)
Silent Night
(1996)
Professional ratings
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Aquatic is the third album by Australian improvised music trio The Necks released on the Fish of Milk label in 1994 and reissued on the Carpet Bomb label in the US in 1999. The album features two tracks, both titled "Aquatic", performed by Chris Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton and Tony Buck with the addition of Stevie Wishart playing hurdy-gurdy on the second.

Contents

Reception

The Wire review described the album as "Real splendour...a hugely mature album, a rare spark of brilliance...a marvel". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by The Necks.

  1. "Aquatic I" - 27:38
  2. "Aquatic II" - 25:30

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic Review
  2. The Necks website Archived 2009-01-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed 13 January 2009.