Hanging Gardens (The Necks album)

Hanging Gardens
Studio album by the Necks
Released	1999
Recorded	January 1997
Genre	Improvised music, Avant-garde jazz [1]
Length	60:30
Label	Fish of Milk
The Necks chronology
The Boys (1998) Hanging Gardens (1999) Aether (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Hanging Gardens is the seventh album by Australian improvised music trio the Necks (their fifth excluding live and soundtrack albums). It was first released on the Fish of Milk label in 1999 and the ReR label internationally. The album features the single, hour-long eponymous track, improvised by the trio.

Reception

The Guardian review called the album "mesmerising, grandiose music from one of the best bands on the planet." ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Hanging Gardens" – 60:30

Personnel

• Chris Abrahams – piano, electric piano
• Lloyd Swanton – bass
• Tony Buck – drums

References

1. AllMusic Review
2. The Necks website Archived 5 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine accessed 13 January 2009