Half-Mute

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Half-Mute
TuxedomoonHalfMute.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 15, 1980 (1980-03-15)
RecordedDecember 1979
StudioAudios Amigos (San Francisco, California)
Genre Post-punk, experimental rock
Length40:04
Label Ralph
Producer Tuxedomoon
Tuxedomoon chronology
Scream with a View
(1979)
Half-Mute
(1980)
Desire
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Half-Mute is the debut studio album by American post-punk band Tuxedomoon, released on March 15, 1980, by Ralph Records. [4] It was their first long-form record, after two EPs, 1978's No Tears and 1979's Scream with a View . [5] Half-Mute was reissued on CD in 1985 by Cramboy, bundled together with Scream with a View. The album's cover art is by Patrick Roques.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steven Brown, Peter Dachert and Blaine L. Reininger.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Nazca"3:07
2."59 to 1"3:58
3."Fifth Column"2:55
4."Tritone (Musica Diablo)"2:50
5."Loneliness"2:56
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."James Whale"2:42
2."What Use?"4:01
3."Volo Vivace"2:48
4."7 Years"3:08
5."KM/Seeding the Clouds"11:39
1985 CD issue bonus tracks
No.TitleMusicLyrics/VocalsLength
11."Nervous Guy" (from Scream with a View )ReiningerReininger5:11
12."Where Interests Lie" (from Scream with a View)DachertBrown4:07
13."(Special Treatment for the) Family Man" (from Scream with a View)BrownBrown5:10
14."Midnite Stroll" (from Scream with a View)Michael BelferBelfer3:21

Personnel

Adapted from the Half-Mute liner notes. [6]

Tuxedomoon

Production and additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (Record Business) [7] 10
Chart (2016)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 198
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] 135

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1980 Ralph LP TX8004
France Celluloid 529806
Netherlands1985 Cramboy CBoy 1010
CD CBoy 1040
United States1988Ralph80042
Netherlands2016CramboyCBoy 1011

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