Auspicious Winds

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Auspicious Winds
Yume Bitsu - Auspicious Winds.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 14, 2000
RecordedFebruary – June 2000 (2000-06)
StudioRadsoul and Dub Narcotic Studios
(Portland, OR)
Genre Post-rock
Length48:18
Label K
Yume Bitsu chronology
Yume Bitsu
(1999)
Auspicious Winds
(2000)
Golden Vessyl of Sound
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Auspicious Winds is the third studio album by Yume Bitsu, released on November 14, 2000, by K Records.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Wedding Procession"Jason Anderson, Alex Bundy, Adam Forkner, Franz Prichard13:55
2."Doctor Trips"Franz Prichard4:54
3."Sharp, Twisted"Adam Forkner4:15
4."Mothmen Meet the Council of Frogs"Alex Bundy12:50
5."Into the Hole"Jason Anderson12:24

Personnel

Adapted from the Auspicious Winds liner notes. [3]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States2000 K CD, LP KLP 121

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References

  1. Cramer, Stephen. "Yume Bitsu: Auspicious Winds - Review". Allmusic. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  2. columnist (April 2001). "Yume Bitsu: Auspicious Winds". Alternative Press : 88.
  3. Auspicious Winds (booklet). Yume Bitsu. Olympia, Washington: K. 2000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)