Floating World (Anathallo album)

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Floating World
Floating front big.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 25, 2006 (2006-02-25)
Genre Indie, folk, experimental
Label Artist Friendship
Anathallo chronology
Hymns
(2005)
Floating World
(2006)
Canopy Glow
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk.net (100%) [1]
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Pitchfork Media (2.7/10) [3]

Floating World, a CD based upon a Japanese Fairy Tale, is the third album by Anathallo. It was self-released in 2006. "Floating World" is the English translation of the Japanese concept of Ukiyo.

Contents

Album text

Recorded at home by Glenn Hills & Anathallo
Drums and electric guitars recorded at Glow in the Dark Studios by Matt Goldman
Mixed at Glow in the Dark Studios by Matt Goldman
Mastered at Rodney Mills Mastering House

Floating World was written and performed by
Daniel Bracken, Andrew Dost, Matthew Joynt, Nathan Sandberg,
Joel Thiele, Seth Walker, and Bret Wallin

Additional musicians
Timbre, Erica Froman, Chris Hatfield, Glenn Hills, Jeremiah Johnson,
Brian Siers, Morgan Stewart, and Israel Vasquez

Design by Greg Leppert for Quiet | letsbequiet.com

Song facts

Track listing

  1. "Ame" – 0:49
  2. "Genessaret (Going Out Over 30,000 Fathoms of Water)" – 5:32
  3. "Hoodwink" – 5:48
  4. "By Number" – 5:08
  5. "Dokkoise House (With Face Covered)" – 6:00
  6. "Hanasakajijii (Four: A Great Wind, More Ash)" – 4:44
  7. "Hanasakajijii (One: The Angry Neighbor)" – 3:10
  8. "Inu (Howling)" – 1:20
  9. "Hanasakajijii (Two: Floating World)" – 4:57
  10. "The Bruised Reed" – 6:04
  11. "Yuki! Yuki! Yuki!" – 1:14
  12. "Hanasakajijii (Three: The Man Who Made Dead Trees Bloom)" – 4:26
  13. "Cuckoo Spitting Blood" – 3:05
  14. "Kasa No Hone (The Umbrella's Bones)" – 2:08

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